The Texpertise Network in collaboration with the United Nations Office of Project Services (UNOP) and the United Nations Fashion and Lifestyle Conscious Network (CFLN) has launched a stakeholder collaboration, sharing share knowledge and sustainability, and promote the fashion and textile sectors to become more sustainable industries on an international level, according to the network’s newly released SDG report.
The Messe Frankfurt Texpertise Network’s SDG actions reached over 21,000 exhibitors, 508,000 trade visitors and 945k social media followers by 2023. The network has implemented extensive collaboration. parties, share knowledge and encourage sustainability. Network achievements include seminars, press conferences, podcasts, and hackathons.
The report details some of the achievements of the Texpertise Network on an international level. As early as March 2019, Neonyt hosted a showcase of selected brands to mark the establishment of the United Nations Sustainable Fashion Alliance in Nairobi.
Techtextil India 2019 saw the launch of NEXT, India’s first hackathon in technical textiles and sustainability. Among the participants were Shrikar Dhole, founder and chief executive officer of the SDG Foundation, and Niharika Gautam, who is working to achieve SDGs in the fashion industry and is the co-chair of the Delhi All Ladies League.
The digital version of Heimtextil Russia 2020 features a welcome message from Vladimir Kuznetsov, head of the United Nations Information Center (UNIC) in Moscow.
The digital edition of Texworld USA (now Texworld New York City) and Apparel Sourcing USA in the summer of 2020 included a talk on the Conscious Fashion Campaign and assisted in producing a podcast with Hiep’s Claire Kells United Nations Global Convention. Many other fairs, with SDG walls, QR codes and links to the central Texpertise Network website covering every aspect of SDG, drew attention to the targets.
The Messe Frankfurt Texpertise network combines current topics, trends and events around the textile industry and connects more than 500,000 people from all over the world. With over 50 international textile trade fairs in 11 countries, Messe Frankfurt is the global market leader in textile trade fairs. Texpertise covers the entire textile value chain. Messe Frankfurt has been integrating its sustainability strategy into textile events around the world for about 15 years now, using theme-specific formats and content. Together with the United Nations Lifestyle and Fashion Conscious Network, a joint initiative between the United Nations Office of the Partnership and the Fashion Impact Fund, Messe Frankfurt’s Texpertise Network has also promoted the visualize the Sustainable Development Goals at its events since 2019.
“I am delighted to be able to personally present our SDG Report to Kerry and Lucie. I’m proud that we were able to do, initiate and achieve so much together,” stressed Olaf Schmidt. “Through the Messe Frankfurt Texpertise Network, we are working to accelerate innovation and transformation in the textile and fashion industries. To drive action this decade towards achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, we are informing and mobilizing stakeholders across the textile value-added chain and our partners They are in the industry, focusing on realizing solutions for society, economy and ecology. metabolism.”
“Collaboration is key to driving transformative industry engagement and accelerating the implementation of the SDGs,” asserts Lucie Brigham. “The mobilization of expertise, innovation, technology and resources can only be achieved through strong partnerships. Messe Frankfurt’s Texpertise Network is one of the first members and valued partners of the Conscious Fashion and Lifestyle Network. We are proud to have been involved in the extensive SDG activities since the beginning and look forward to developing these activities together in the future.”
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