FUTURE FASHION CONCEPTS
FELDER FELDER
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Description
Future Fashion Concepts (FFC) illuminates the pressing call for environmentally and socially responsible practices within the fashion and textile design sectors while celebrating the pioneering innovators driving transformative change. Curated by Annette and Daniela Felder, co-founders of Felder Felder, FFC showcases a diverse array of responsible advancements and innovative creations underscoring how culture impacts systematic changes. By partnering with an educational institution, Future Fashion Concepts aims to involve, inspire and initiate future generations of creatives to utilize their talent and knowledge to contribute to a responsible fashion ecosystem. The genesis of "Future Fashion Concepts" traces back to 2018 when Annette and Daniela Felder inaugurated the exhibition during Art Basel Miami. Serving as a catalyst for discourse, the initiative provided a platform to articulate the imperative for ecologically and socially mindful practices within the fashion industry, sparking dialogues that continue today.
Information and education is shared through panel discussions that we are organizing together with our partners. Furthermore, we are organizing workshops to share examples of working with innovative textiles + biomaterials as well as principles of circular economy to foster immersive experiences and to build community engagement.
For the panel discussions, we are thriving to foster an open and honest conversation between industry experts, innovators, students and the wider community. Sharing information through personal story telling (e.g. of climate innovators) has the ability to offers a deeper understanding of the different processes required for a responsible fashion industry and can create a stronger sense of inter-connectedness between fashion with people and planet.
For sharing the panel discussions with the industry, we are planning to have them recorded and streamed on social media platforms and our website.
Furthermore, we are striving to create a report every year and every program (once we are able to expand into other cities, countries) which capture the experience of the students, and will also include any feedback, challenges and solutions that were experienced.Since we are working with fashion, design and communication students, the report aims to highlight the creativity of the students and therefore is done in close collaboration with the students, working inter-disciplinary across different pathways, where possible. In doing so, the tone, aesthetic and content of the report, aims to appeal to the students' peers and generation, fostering a stronger interest in exploring responsible design and business choices.
With a focus on ‘SDG12 Responsible Consumption and Production’ and ‘SDG13 Climate Action’, panels, conversations and lectures are exploring these goals in more depth and reconnect panel discussions as well as the report back to how businesses can best align with climate actions and how brands and companies can foster responsible consumption and production. The report will be shared with the wider industry via social media platform and our website.
For our governance structure at Felder Felder, we are looking into B Corp Certification at the moment. Felder Felder is mission locked and with our Future Fashion Concepts Initiative our goal is to share knowledge on responsible business and design processes to consider all stakeholders, including people and nature.
Furthermore, it is our mission to create meaningful connections between innovators, that create climate solutions for the fashion and textile industry with design students and the next generation of creatives.
Our decision-making process is directed by an advisory board, made up of a variety of stakeholders to allow broader perspectives.
Our communication channels consist of bi-annual meetings with our advisory board via zoom, monthly emails to board with updates. Felder Felder and Future Fashion Concepts utilize UNEP’s Sustainable Fashion Communication Playbook as a guideline for any activation and communication, always considering SDG12 Responsible Consumption and Production as an overarching principle.
Furthermore, we are in the process of getting certified as Carbon Literate through a program that is authorized by the Carbon Literacy Trust.
1. Training Programs: As part of the program, Felder Felder is working closely with colleges and students through workshops and lectures to create an initial understanding of working with Next Gen Materials and technologies for a more responsible fashion industry.
2. Knowledge Sharing Platforms: Platforms that are used to share knowledge include zoom, Canvas, Google Docs & Google Sheets.
3. Mentorship and Coaching: Students are mentored throughout the entire process of the program by Annette & Daniela Felder. Furthermore, students will work in close partnership with the innovators of Next Gen solutions which will foster a connection and understanding between the future(s) of the industry.
4. Collaborative Projects: Partnerships with educational institutions, such as colleges as well as collaborations with stakeholders within the responsible fashion sector are creating further opportunities for growing this sector.
5. Resource Materials: Future Fashion Concepts will provide guides, manuals and toolkits for capacity building.
6. Showcase and Conferences: The outcomes of the program will be shared in an exhibition as well as panel discussions, showcasing the creativity in the exhibition and discussing any highlights as well as challenges in the panel.
7. Community of Practice: In the duration of the program, weekly meetings with students are taking place discussing challenges and solutions.
8. Evaluation and Feedback: Effectiveness of activities will be monitored and improved by carefully analyzing feedback from all stakeholders and discussing possible solutions with them as well as with our advisory board.
9. Assessment Methods: In order to assess and evaluate the initiative’s impact and effectiveness we will use surveys, interviews with students and climate innovators as well as with the wider community.
10. Key Findings: Key findings and any insights will be summarized from these assessments to review successes and areas for improvement, as well as any encountered challenges and possible solutions.
11. Challenges and Solutions: Challenges will be discussed with the Advisory Board to find solutions and to create action plans.
12. Lessons Learned: Key lessons learned will be shared with our stakeholders and community for transparency and education and also to support any similar projects.
13. Stakeholder Feedback: Feedback from students as well as innovators and any partners will be shared to analyze where materials or design processes encounter any opportunities and challenges.
Material Innovators (Osomtex, Soarce USA, Ecovative, Forager, NFW, Orange Fiber, Pinatex), Educational Institutions (Istituto Marangoni Miami), Tech Developers (in progress).
SDGS & Targets
Goal 12
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
12.1
Implement the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns, all countries taking action, with developed countries taking the lead, taking into account the development and capabilities of developing countries
12.1.1
Number of countries developing, adopting or implementing policy instruments aimed at supporting the shift to sustainable consumption and production
12.2
By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources
12.2.1
Material footprint, material footprint per capita, and material footprint per GDP
12.2.2
Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material consumption per GDP
12.3
By 2030, halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses
12.3.1
(a) Food loss index and (b) food waste index
12.4
By 2020, achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment
12.4.1
12.4.2
(a) Hazardous waste generated per capita; and (b) proportion of hazardous waste treated, by type of treatment
12.5
By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse
12.5.1
National recycling rate, tons of material recycled
12.6
Encourage companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle
12.6.1
12.7
Promote public procurement practices that are sustainable, in accordance with national policies and priorities
12.7.1
Number of countries implementing sustainable public procurement policies and action plans
12.8
By 2030, ensure that people everywhere have the relevant information and awareness for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature
12.8.1
Extent to which (i) global citizenship education and (ii) education for sustainable development are mainstreamed in (a) national education policies; (b) curricula; (c) teacher education; and (d) student assessment
12.a
Support developing countries to strengthen their scientific and technological capacity to move towards more sustainable patterns of consumption and production
12.a.1
Installed renewable energy-generating capacity in developing and developed countries (in watts per capita)
12.b
Develop and implement tools to monitor sustainable development impacts for sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products
12.b.1
Implementation of standard accounting tools to monitor the economic and environmental aspects of tourism sustainability
12.c
Rationalize inefficient fossil-fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption by removing market distortions, in accordance with national circumstances, including by restructuring taxation and phasing out those harmful subsidies, where they exist, to reflect their environmental impacts, taking fully into account the specific needs and conditions of developing countries and minimizing the possible adverse impacts on their development in a manner that protects the poor and the affected communities
12.c.1
Amount of fossil-fuel subsidies (production and consumption) per unit of GDP
Goal 13
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
13.1
Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries
13.1.1
Number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population
13.1.2
Number of countries that adopt and implement national disaster risk reduction strategies in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030
13.1.3
Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk reduction strategies
13.2
Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning
13.2.1
Number of countries with nationally determined contributions, long-term strategies, national adaptation plans and adaptation communications, as reported to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
13.2.2
Total greenhouse gas emissions per year
13.3
Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning
13.3.1
Extent to which (i) global citizenship education and (ii) education for sustainable development are mainstreamed in (a) national education policies; (b) curricula; (c) teacher education; and (d) student assessment
13.a
Implement the commitment undertaken by developed-country parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to a goal of mobilizing jointly $100 billion annually by 2020 from all sources to address the needs of developing countries in the context of meaningful mitigation actions and transparency on implementation and fully operationalize the Green Climate Fund through its capitalization as soon as possible
13.a.1
Amounts provided and mobilized in United States dollars per year in relation to the continued existing collective mobilization goal of the $100 billion commitment through to 2025
13.b
Promote mechanisms for raising capacity for effective climate change-related planning and management in least developed countries and small island developing States, including focusing on women, youth and local and marginalized communities
13.b.1
Number of least developed countries and small island developing States with nationally determined contributions, long-term strategies, national adaptation plans and adaptation communications, as reported to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Goal 17
Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development
17.1
Strengthen domestic resource mobilization, including through international support to developing countries, to improve domestic capacity for tax and other revenue collection
17.1.1
17.1.2
17.2
Developed countries to implement fully their official development assistance commitments, including the commitment by many developed countries to achieve the target of 0.7 per cent of ODA/GNI to developing countries and 0.15 to 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries; ODA providers are encouraged to consider setting a target to provide at least 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries
17.2.1
17.3
Mobilize additional financial resources for developing countries from multiple sources
17.3.1
Additional financial resources mobilized for developing countries from multiple sources
17.3.2
17.4
Assist developing countries in attaining long-term debt sustainability through coordinated policies aimed at fostering debt financing, debt relief and debt restructuring, as appropriate, and address the external debt of highly indebted poor countries to reduce debt distress
17.4.1
17.5
Adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for least developed countries
17.5.1
Number of countries that adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for developing countries, including the least developed countries
17.6
Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation and enhance knowledge sharing on mutually agreed terms, including through improved coordination among existing mechanisms, in particular at the United Nations level, and through a global technology facilitation mechanism
17.6.1
Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, by speed
17.7
Promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries on favourable terms, including on concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed
17.7.1
Total amount of funding for developing countries to promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies
17.8
Fully operationalize the technology bank and science, technology and innovation capacity-building mechanism for least developed countries by 2017 and enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology
17.8.1
17.9
Enhance international support for implementing effective and targeted capacity-building in developing countries to support national plans to implement all the Sustainable Development Goals, including through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation
17.9.1
Dollar value of financial and technical assistance (including through North-South, South‑South and triangular cooperation) committed to developing countries
17.10
Promote a universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system under the World Trade Organization, including through the conclusion of negotiations under its Doha Development Agenda
17.10.1
17.11
Significantly increase the exports of developing countries, in particular with a view to doubling the least developed countries’ share of global exports by 2020
17.11.1
Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global exports
17.12
Realize timely implementation of duty-free and quota-free market access on a lasting basis for all least developed countries, consistent with World Trade Organization decisions, including by ensuring that preferential rules of origin applicable to imports from least developed countries are transparent and simple, and contribute to facilitating market access
17.12.1
Weighted average tariffs faced by developing countries, least developed countries and small island developing States
17.13
Enhance global macroeconomic stability, including through policy coordination and policy coherence
17.13.1
17.14
Enhance policy coherence for sustainable development
17.14.1
17.15
Respect each country’s policy space and leadership to establish and implement policies for poverty eradication and sustainable development
17.15.1
17.16
Enhance the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in all countries, in particular developing countries
17.16.1
Number of countries reporting progress in multi-stakeholder development effectiveness monitoring frameworks that support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals
17.17
Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships
17.17.1
Amount in United States dollars committed to public-private partnerships for infrastructure
17.18
By 2020, enhance capacity-building support to developing countries, including for least developed countries and small island developing States, to increase significantly the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data disaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant in national contexts
17.18.1
Statistical capacity indicators
17.18.2
17.18.3
Number of countries with a national statistical plan that is fully funded and under implementation, by source of funding
17.19
By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop measurements of progress on sustainable development that complement gross domestic product, and support statistical capacity-building in developing countries
17.19.1
17.19.2
Proportion of countries that (a) have conducted at least one population and housing census in the last 10 years; and (b) have achieved 100 per cent birth registration and 80 per cent death registration
SDG 14 targets covered
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Firstly, students are benefiting from the Future Fashion Concepts Initiative as our educational program offers an immersive experience for them, working with material alternatives and industry experts, fostering a more responsible fashion industry.
Through this engaging design and educational program, the students get access to often hard to get material innovations and through Felder Felder’s mentorship of the program they are able to explore any challenges with guidance.
Furthermore, innovators of Next Gen Materials are benefiting from our program as it offers firsthand experience with future talents in the industry and with it also any feedback and comments that can be taken on board for further developments.
Additionally, we are thriving to create a desire for and understanding of working with more responsible and considered materials, technology and business models within the fashion industry, which is fostered through Future Fashion Concepts.
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Annette & Daniela Felder, Felder Felder