The event aims to shift the industry from mere aspirational goals to actionable strategies that align with environmental sustainability and equitable work conditions.
Participants will be urged to collaborate on developing scalable innovations and adopt business practices that contribute positively to society and the environment, ensuring the industry's net impact is regenerative rather than extractive.
Slated for 15-17 September, the meeting is expected to draw over 800 attendees ranging from manufacturers, brands and retailers to affiliates.
The event will open on 16 September with a live-streamed session by Cascale interim CEO Harsh Saini.
“The 2025 Annual Meeting in Hong Kong will challenge our industry to move beyond ambition and into alignment — on climate, on equity, and on the business practices that define our shared future. This is not just a convening of stakeholders, it’s a call to co-create solutions, scale innovation, and ensure that the consumer goods industry gives back more than it takes from people and planet,” Saini said.
Programme development for the two-day event will be guided by an Advisory Council comprising industry experts such as Dhanujie Jayapala from MAS Holdings, Priyanka Khanna of Fashion for Good, Dr. Delman Lee from TAL Apparel, Dr. Katy Stevens of the European Outdoor Group, Quentin Thorel from CIEL Textile, and Matthew Thurston from REI.
Keynote speakers include Joseph Phi, Group CEO of Li & Fung; Hon. Sunny Tan from the HKSAR Legislative Council; and Suren Fernando, CEO of MAS Holdings. Their presentations will be live streamed on 16 and 17 September respectively.
Discussions will cover topics like supply chain decarbonisation with insights from Matthew Thurston of REI Co-op and climate risk management by Dr Thiwanka De Fonseka from Komar.
Roger Lee of TAL Apparel, Anne-Laure Descours of Puma, and Dinesh Virwani from EPIC Group will contribute to a plenary session on responsible purchasing practices linked to decarbonisation.
The event is sponsored by several industry players including Li & Fung, retraced, Epic Group, Tal Group, VF Corporation, Nike, Invest HK, among others.
Sustainability data platform Worldly and exclusive licensee of Cascale’s Higg Index tools, will hold their Customer Forum in Hong Kong on 18 September following the annual meeting.
A digital experience featuring live-streamed content and virtual workshops will cater to participants from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) and North, Central, and South America (AMER) time zones.
