Sustainable Fashion Capitals

Co-organized by the Columbia Global Paris Center, the City Diplomacy Lab, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the UN Alliance for Sustainable Fashion, Institut Français de la Mode (IFM), and Paris Good Fashion (PGF).

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Event attendees are invited to join us for a cocktail following the conference at 7 p.m.

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Join the Columbia Global Paris Center, City Diplomacy Lab, UNECE, UN Alliance for Sustainable Fashion, Institut Français de la Mode (IFM), and Paris Good Fashion (PGF) for an international conference at the intersection of style, sustainability, and city leadership.

Discover how cities can lead the charge in transforming the fashion industry and how urban innovation is shaping circular fashion — from creation and production to consumption and recycling.

The event will include a photo exhibition from the Paris Good Fashion and Eyes on Talents 2025 Grand Prix Photography & Sustainability.

Speakers

Opening Remarks

• Séverine Martin, Director of the Columbia Undergraduate Programs in Paris and the Public Programs Manager at Columbia Global Paris Center
• Bettina Heller, Programme Officer, United Nations Environment Programme
• Sylvie Ebel, Vice-Dean of IFM and President of Paris Good Fashion
• Lorenzo Kihlgren Grandi, Founding Director, City Diplomacy Lab

Roundtable Discussion

• Paris: Isabelle Lefort, Co-Founder & Executive Director of Paris Good Fashion

• London: Shailja Dubé, Deputy Director, Institute of Positive Fashion at British Fashion Council

• Copenhagen: María Luisa Martínez Díez, Vice President of Public Affairs, Global Fashion Agenda

• Moderator: Dr. Lorenzo Kihlgren Grandi, Founding Director, City Diplomacy Lab

Closing Remarks

• Andrée-Anne Lemieux, Sustainability Chair, IFM

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This event will take place in Reid Hall’s Grande Salle Ginsberg-LeClerc, built in 1912 and extensively renovated in 2023 thanks to the generous support of Judith Ginsberg and Paul LeClerc.

Reid Hall, the Columbia Global Paris Center, and the Institute for Ideas and Imagination are not responsible for the views and opinions expressed by their speakers and guests.