Copenhagen Fashion Week has partnered with Zalando for the next three years. The two parties will accelerate sustainability efforts in the fashion industry.

Zalando revealed their do.MORE strategy in October 2019 with the vision to be a sustainable fashion platform with a net-positive impact for people and the planet. One part of the strategy is to continuously increase ethical standards and by 2023 only work with partners who align with them. To this end, Zalando has made sustainability assessments mandatory for both its private labels and partner brands.

Copenhagen Fashion Week unveiled its sustainability action plan at the start of 2020, which announced its ambition to transition and develop into a pioneering, sustainable industry platform. Outlining targets across not only the event itself but also setting minimum sustainability requirements for all participating brands by 2023, the sustainability action plan aims to push the fashion industry to implement necessary and comprehensive positive change, according to a press release by Copenhagen Fashion Week.

Together, both Zalando and Copenhagen Fashion Week will align across these three year action plans in order to leverage impactful change together.

The partnership between Copenhagen Fashion Week and Zalando will run from 2020-2023 and it commences as Copenhagen Fashion Week is preparing for the next edition of fashion week, to be held from February 2-5, 2021.