Beyond the Label: Unpacking Fashion’s Supply Chain and Sustainability

How can fashion balance creativity with responsibility? This thought-provoking panel brings together leading voices from across the industry to discuss transparency, innovation and the future of sustainable fashion.

Join the conversation shaping the future of fashion. Whether you’re a designer, entrepreneur or conscious consumer, this event will spark fresh ideas and open opportunities for collaboration.

This is a space for creative entrepreneurs, designers and changemakers to connect, share ideas and gain practical insights in a forward-thinking and open environment. Attendees will also have the opportunity to network with like-minded individuals who are driving meaningful change in fashion.

Panellists:

Lauren Junestrand - Innovation & Sustainability Network Manager at UK Fashion & Textile Association (UKFT).

Lauren leads collaborative sustainability and innovation initiatives including the Circular Fashion Innovation Network and multiple academic-industry projects focused on sustainable manufacturing and UK recycling infrastructure. She builds strategic partnerships across the UK and internationally, represents UKFT at global events, and has launched UKFT’s innovation membership offer while coordinatining the annual UKFT Sustainability Conference. Holding an MA in Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsiblity and a PhD in sustainable fashion consumption from LCF, she brings deep expertise in circularity and innovation and is driven by a commitment to transforming the fashion and textile industry through sustainability-led innovation.

Muchaneta ten Napel - Founder of Shape Innovate, bridging fashion & policy & FashNerd.com, a leading platform at the intersection of fashion and technology.

Muchaneta has a background spanning fashion publishing, PR and innovation. She has authored deep-dive research for LVMH Atelier, spoken at major global industry events including Global Fashion Summit, Premiere Vision, and COP27 and COP28. Muchaneta contributes as a senior writer to The Interline and Vogue Business. Alongside her industry leadership, she chairs the Culture and Creative Industries Taskforce, serves as a UNFCCC Global Innovation expert, lectures at LCF and collaborates with institutions including the Royal College of Art, bringing strategic insight and a strong commitment to advancing sustainable, innovation-led change across the fashion sector.