S&D ENVI Seminar - Sustainable textiles: Making fast fashion out of fashion
Wednesday, 11 January 2023, 14.00 - 16.30 in European Parliament, room Altiero Spinelli (ASP) 3G3
Programme
Moderated by MEP Delara Burkhardt
14.00 - 14:05 Introductory remarks
MEP Delara Burkhardt (S&D, DE)
14:05 - 14.15 Keynote speech by Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius (tbc)
14.15 - 15.15 Panel discussion 1: "How to move to sustainable production and use of textiles?"
Panelists:
- Lars Fogh Mortensen, Head of Sustainable Consumption and Production at European Environmental Agency (EEA)
- Mauro Scalia, Director Sustainable Businesses at EURATEX
- Elspeth Hathaway, Senior Policy Advisor at industriAll European Trade Union
- Valeria Botta, Head of Nature Protection & Restoration at ECOS
(including a 15-minute Q&A)
15.15 - 16.20 Panel discussion 2: "How to regulate textiles: Ecodesign and beyond"
Panelists:
- MEP Alessandra Moretti (S&D, IT)
- Matjaž Malgaj, Coordinator of the Sustainable Products Initiative at DG ENV, European Commission
- Bente Bauer, Director of Public Affairs, Policy Hub - Circularity for Apparel and Footwear
- Emily Macintosh, Senior Policy Officer for Textiles at European Environmental Bureau (EEB)
- Julia Blees, Policy Director at European Recycling Industries' Confederation (EuRIC)
(including a 15-minute Q&A)
16.20 - 16.30 Concluding remarks
MEP Alessandra Moretti (S&D, IT)
Live streaming at live streaming at www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu with interpretation in DE/EN/FR/IT/ES (no registration necessary)
The registration for attending the event in person is now closed.
