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= Global Fashion Agenda =

Global Fashion Agenda (GFA) is a non-profit organisation founded in 2016. It is a leadership forum that promotes industry collaboration on sustainability in fashion, guiding and supporting industry leaders in changing the way fashion is produced, marketed and consumed. GFA was formerly known as the Danish Fashion Institute which was founded in 2005. The organisation is led by CEO & President, Eva Kruse.

GFA has organised and hosted Copenhagen Fashion Summit since 2009. It is also known for publishing the annual Pulse of the Fashion Industry report in collaboration with The Boston Consulting Group, its annual CEO Agenda, and for launching the 2020 Circular Fashion System Commitment.

The organisation develops this content by working with a group of Strategic Partners, including ASOS, BESTSELLER, H&M group, Kering, Li & Fung, Nike, PVH Corp., Sustainable Apparel Coalition and Target.

GFA is located at Frederiksholms Kanal 30 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Copenhagen Fashion Summit:
Launched in 2009, Copenhagen Fashion Summit is Global Fashion Agenda’s flagship event. It is a leading business event on sustainability in fashion. Convening major fashion industry decision makers, the multi-stakeholder event facilitates agenda-setting discussions on the critical environmental, social and ethical issues facing the fashion industry and planet.

Copenhagen Fashion Summit is an annual two-day event that takes place in May at the Copenhagen Concert Hall, under the patronage of HRH The Crown Princess of Denmark. 2019 marks the event’s 10th anniversary.

In addition to facilitating discussions and speeches from industry leaders, the Summit also presents the Innovation Forum – a sustainable solutions platform designed to help small and large fashion business accelerate or embark on their sustainability journey by showcasing exhibitors with innovative tools. Innovation Forum covers the entire supply chain – from new fabrics to green packaging solutions – and thereby gives the visiting fashion companies the opportunity to turn words to action by meeting solutions face to face at the Summit. The Innovation Forum also includes a Design Studio which displays a curation of solutions tailored to the needs of creative directors and designers.

Youth Fashion Summit
Youth Fashion Summit is a sustainability education programme and idea generation platform for students engaged in sustainability and fashion. The mission of the programme is to give students the opportunity to influence the decisions made today for a better tomorrow.

Masterclasses
Global Fashion Agenda hosts masterclasses in multiple cities to engage with local industry stakeholders and spread the insights from its publications, the CEO Agenda and the Pulse of the Fashion Industry report, to different target groups – brands, retailers, media, influencers and policy makers.

The CEO Agenda:
The CEO Agenda was first published in 2018 and is an annual publication that provides fashion CEOs and industry stakeholders with an outline of the necessary priorities to future-proof their businesses. The Agenda details topics that should be top of mind for any CEO in fashion right now, outlining the core priorities for immediate implementation and the transformational priorities to secure fundamental change. The CEO Agenda has become a reference for implementing sustainability measures, guiding corporate strategies, policymaking and investments.

The Pulse of the Fashion Industry Report:
The annual Pulse of the Fashion Industry report is co-authored together with the Boston Consulting Group. First published in 2017, it assesses the industry’s environmental and social performance and provides guidance on how brands can improve.

2020 Circular Fashion System Commitment:
The 2020 Circular Fashion System Commitment was launched during the Copenhagen Fashion Summit in 2017 and calls on the fashion industry to take action on circularity in order to accelerate the industry’s transition to a circular fashion system By June 2018, the 2020 Circular Fashion System Commitment (2020 Commitment) had been signed by 94 companies, representing 12.5% of the global fashion market.