The Global Fashion Summit: Copenhagen Edition 2025, the premier international forum on sustainability in fashion, will return from 3-5 June at the Copenhagen Concert Hall. Organised by Global Fashion Agenda (GFA), the non-profit championing a net positive fashion industry, the summit enters its 16th year with the urgent theme, ‘Barriers and Bridges’, aiming to transform challenges into opportunities for meaningful industry change.
The event will gather over 1,000 stakeholders from fashion, policy, finance, innovation, and adjacent sectors to address regulatory, financial, and ideological hurdles facing the industry. Five pivotal forces Innovation, Capital, Courage, Incentives, and Regulation will serve as the summit’s guiding framework to shape fashion’s sustainable future.
Her Majesty The Queen of Denmark, a longstanding patron of GFA, will open the summit on 4 June and tour the Innovation Forum, which is set to be a major feature of this year’s edition. The forum will host a curated selection of solution providers from across the value chain, from next-gen materials to advanced end-of-use processes.
It will also showcase the shortlisted innovations from GFA’s Trailblazer Programme 2025, developed with PDS Ventures, highlighting three sustainability pillars: Working With Nature, Closed Loop Pathways, and Tech Powered Transformation. The winner will be announced on 5 June.
Confirmed speakers include leaders from Kering, Gucci, H&M Group, eBay, Ganni, Zalando, RE&UP, Visa Europe, The Lycra Company, UN Environment Programme, Cornell Global Labor Institute, Fair Labor Association, and Bangladesh Centre for Worker Solidarity.
The summit will feature a dynamic programme of sessions including ‘Innovation vs. Imitation: Fashion + A.I.’, ‘Electrify Everything? The Carbon Transition’, ‘Tariffs, Timelines and Transitions’, ‘Jobs with Dignity’, and ‘Who Cares? Closing the Consumer Gap’. Additionally, over 20 closed-door Leadership Roundtables will offer policymakers and industry leaders a platform for focused dialogue and tangible outcomes. Topics include ‘Bridging Bangladesh’s Circularity Deadlock’, ‘A People-Centric Transition’, and ‘Climate Adaptation in Luxury Value Chains’.
Federica Marchionni, CEO of GFA, stated that the 2025 edition comes at a critical juncture, emphasising the need to bridge gaps in an increasingly complex landscape and push forward a regenerative, inclusive, and innovative fashion ecosystem.
