Sustainable Fashion: Challenges
and Possible Breakthroughs
for the Green Transition of
the Asia Pacific Fashion Industry
and Its Value Chain
29 September – 6
October 2022 – Centre International de Formation des Autorites et Leaders Jeju
(CIFAL Jeju) organized an international
workshop on “Sustainable Fashion:
Challenges and Possible Breakthroughs for the Green Transition of the Asia
Pacific Fashion Industry”. The workshop invited 48 participants from 11 countries, including Bangladesh, Cambodia, India,
Indonesia, Nepal, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia and Singapore.
The three-day
workshop was composed of (1) six experts’
lectures, (2) one panel discussion, (3) five case studies, (4) Interactive Quiz
and (5) group activity to develop possible action plans. The sessions
featured nine invited experts from public,
private and academic sector, Ms. Youngran Hur, UNEP Asia and the Pacific
Office, Mr. Gundolf Klaehn & Ms. Kristin Sommer, GIZ FABRIC Asia, Mr. Hong
Quan Nguyen, Vietnam National University, Ms. Devyani Hari, Centre for
Responsible Business (CRB), Ms. Le Kim, CL2B-Closed Loop to Balance, Ms. Tina
Chen, KPMG China, Ms. Carolyn Poon, Singapore Fashion Council, Mr. Kwanghyun
Kim, Patagonia and Mr. Hey Wook Jung, BYN Black Yak. The 10 speakers covered
issues such as the overall view of environmental
impacts of fashion industry and its value chain, imminent global green
regulations on the industry and its anticipated impacts on our region, global
fashion companies' movement and ultimately best practices from both public and
private sectors we may learn from.
The most fruitful outcome of the workshop was that with the help of professional advisors, 2 constructive sustainable fashion education programs, 2 sustainable fashion business models, possible action plans for sustainable fashion and its value chain in the area of cross-cutting, regulation, business/economy, education/awareness-raising and technology were promisingly proposed by participants.
[Annex 1] Possible Action Plans Suggested by Participants for the Sustainable Fashion Industry and its value chain in the Asia-Pacific Region