The group's first symposium focused on ways to improve the environmental, social and cultural challenges it faces.
Footwear manufacturers, designers and academics flocked to Havas Village in King’s Cross on Wednesday to attend panel discussions and workshop sessions that aimed to look at the industry from all angles: social, cultural, environmental and economic., said in his keynote address that “22 billion pairs of shoes go into landfill each year. Unfortunately, that footwear is going to be around for many millennia to come.
“To produce to the industry’s scale, start-ups need certain amounts of financial commitments. The industry isn’t used to buying years in advance or to off-take agreements that say they’re willing to commit financially to taking these quantities,” she explained. The coalition was founded in January by author and designer Darla Gilroy, who invited designer Liz Ciokajlo; founder of Footwear Research Network Dr. Alexandra Sherlock; consultancy agency Gate One; Havas’ principal Joe Kearins; and creative commercial partnership specialist Sarah Byfield-Riches, to work alongside her.
“By having open conversations and endeavoring to reach consensus, GFFC believes that we can draw a line of sight from where we are today to where we collectively want to get to in the future,” said Gilroy in her opening address.
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