Profit is NICE but so are People & Planet - contributing to a sustainable world and the enjoyment of life is key to the success of the fashion industry.
On December 9th 2009, more than 650 players of the global fashion industry, CSR experts and politicians gathered at the Copenhagen Opera House in Denmark to kick-start the ambitious
initiative Nordic Initiative Clean and Ethical -NICE.
The Fashion Summit was catalyzing a discussion on the evolution of the fashion industry in a world where new business models are required to tackle the growing sustainability challenges facing the
planet and our societies.
The Fashion Summit 2009 was a one-day event that included lectures, presentations, a gallery of sustainable materials provided by CLASS (Creative Lifestyle and Sustainable Synergy), and a
spectacular runway competition by Nordic designers.
Following experts and members of the fashion industry gave inspiring speeches on how and why they work with CSR, and suggestions on what a more sustainable fashion industry looks like:
Laurent Claquin, Senior VP of CSR for PPR (Gucci Group)
Christian Kemp-Griffin, Chief Mission Officer of Edun
Manuel Baigorri, Director of Social & Environmental Sustainability of Levi Strauss & Co.
Julie Gilhart, VP and Senior Buyer of Barneys New York
Marjorie Yang, Chairman of Esquel
Vanessa Friedman, Fashion Editor of the Financial Times
Peter Ingwersen, Founder and Creative Director of Noir
Peder Michael Pruzan-Jørgensen, Managing Director, Europe for BSR
Ros Harvey, Global Programme Manager of the Better Work programme
