Zalando x Global Fashion Agenda

New partnership to accelerate sustainable impact in fashion

January 14, 2020
Fashion

Zalando is delighted to announce its partnership with Global Fashion Agenda, the leadership forum for industry collaboration on fashion sustainability. Zalando joins Global Fashion Agenda as Associate Partner together with TAL Apparel and VF Corporation. Since 2009, Global Fashion Agenda has been inspiring change with several initiatives, such as the Copenhagen Fashion Summit, the CEO Agenda and the Pulse of the Fashion Industry Report; living the principle that on matters of sustainability, team-ups and knowledge sharing are essential.

Zalando co-CEO, David Schneider, commented on the collaboration, “It is Zalando’s sustainability vision to be a sustainable fashion platform with a net-positive impact for people and the planet. This means constantly improving our own business and making it easy for customers to spot and shop more sustainable fashion. We are collaborating with strong partners to face the fundamental sustainability issues of our industry and shape a more sustainable future for fashion.That's why we are excited to have Global Fashion Agenda by our side as a key partner and believe that we can make a difference together.”

Eva Kruse, CEO of Global Fashion Agenda: “Global Fashion Agenda is driven by a collaborative and solutions-driven approach to identify the major challenges facing our planet and industry, as well as the opportunities and innovations that can transform the fashion business. As a new Associate Partner ,Zalando will further diversify the representation of companies joining our movement and will share their findings and challenges. We are absolutely thrilled to work with them and be able to draw on their knowledge as an industry insider.”

The partnership is part of Zalando’s integrative sustainability strategy, named do.MORE, which launched last fall. Learn more about sustainability at Zalando in the do.MORE magazine.

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