Textile Exchange and bluesign coordinate Milan conferences
24/08/2018
The fifth bluesign conference will take place at Milan’s Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia on October 19 and 19. The theme is ‘TraceAbility. NetworkAbility. TransformAbility: Stitching the blue way together’.
Immediately afterwards, from October 22-24, Textile Exchange will hold its annual Textile Sustainability Conference at the Milano Congressi. The theme of this event is ‘United by Action: Accelerating Sustainability in Textiles and Fashion’.
“We are pleased to cooperate with Textile Exchange and connect professionals around the world to drive the sustainability transformation in the industry,” said Jill Dumain, CEO of bluesign technologies. “The fifth bluesign conference will offer plenty of opportunities for match making and networking with other attendees and sharing your business prospects with like-minded colleagues in the industry.”
For her part, the managing director of Textile Exchange, LaRhea Pepper, said: “Textile Exchange recognises the importance of collaboration in order to accelerate sustainability in fashion, and this year’s Textile Exchange conference is noteworthy for highlighting collaborative initiatives transforming our industry in more sustainable ways.”