Institute of Positive Fashion Forum 2021

On Thursday 10th June, the British Fashion Council hosted its inaugural Institute of Positive Fashion Forum to bring together leading voices from the fashion industry and beyond to unpack key issues facing the fashion industry ahead of COP26, the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, hosted in Glasgow in November. The day-long event featured 51 speakers coming together from all around the world to focus on catalysts for Positive Change through inspirational talks and practical action-led discussions. Speaker highlights included HRH the Prince of Wales, Alok Sharma (COP26), Virgil Abloh (Off-White & Louis Vuitton Mens), June Sarpong  (BBC), Ovais Sarmad (UNFCCC), Marco Gobbetti (Burberry), Stella McCartney, Priyanka Chopra Jonas (BFC Ambassador), Emmanuel Gintzburger (Alexander McQueen), Marie-Claire Daveu (Kering), Cyrill Gutsch (Parley for the Oceans), Nicolaj Reffstrup (GANNI), Bandana Tewari, Ayesha Barenblat (REMAKE), Baroness Lola Young, Kalpona Aktar (Bangladesh Centre for Worker Solidarity) and many more. The IPF Forum encouraged participants to take action by signing up and adopting the recommendation of its Action Partners including Race to Zero, Terra Carta, Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action, Fashion Pact, Sustainable Development Goals. Over 80 commitments have already been made. The BFC recently joined the Race to Zero campaign, pledging to take immediate action to halve its greenhouse gas emissions before 2030; achieve net zero emissions b