Who should attend this online week-long summit?

Shoe designers, development, sourcing, supply chain, marketing, and sales professionals from retailers, brands, and factories should register and attend from their laptop or phone. There will be special content providing new ideas and action items to implement across the full shoe spectrum, from design to retail.

What can I expect to get out of it?

Registered attendees get:

Access to exclusive video interviews of top sustainability experts and shoe leaders—providing you with extremely valuable intelligence from starting sustainability programs to improving your operations and strategy around sustainability.
Exclusive access to 3 live webinars during the series with top sustainability experts sharing new ideas and taking your questions. This is why you should register today!
Access to the series' exclusive data and videos remains through December 31, so you can return to the analysis as needed to help your job or business.

How does this week run?

Monday–Friday, August 31–September 4, Join from anywhere around the world on this website to get access from your laptop, desktop, phone or tablet. Register now and you will receive login information prior to the event so that you can return to this site each day of the series to login and access timely content and data. Each day of Shoe Sustainability Summit week, we will post new video interviews with leaders and experts on hot topics and sharing best practices.

Our online series allows attendees to enter the event each day of the series to view new videos and join special webinars. The content will remain in place through December 31 for continual access using your login, so if you are unavailable for a certain session or a whole day, you won't miss any insights!

Format: Each day’s new content will be posted by 9:00 am EST. You can watch any topic or speaker on demand on your own time—almost like a daily Netflix sustainability series. The content (including recordings of the live webinars) will remain through December 31, so you can keep going back to review videos, or plan to view a few a week over several months until you’ve seen them all!* We will be having several exclusive live attendee-only Q&A sessions with leaders during the week—a great reason to register now to ensure you have access.

Access: The week before kickoff on August 31, we will send you your unique password to get access to each day’s special content, as well as links to register for the live webinars you wish to join.

Who are some of the key companies sharing strategy and insights?

VF
Wolverine Worldwide
Deckers Brands
Target
The Footwearists
Allbirds
KEEN
Reebok

What are some of the topics covered?

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The do’s and don’ts of marketing sustainability
Designing shoes with sustainability in mind
Shoe Circulatory 101 to advanced ideas and practices
Sustainability programs at work at various companies
Sustainability innovation and collaboration trends
Sustainability structure—do you have an independent team, is there a leader in each brand, how do you set up reporting structures?
Low-cost sustainability tips and best practices
How to train factories to reduce and recycle waste
Sustainable sourcing trends
New views on sustainable supply chains
New digital tools and their impact on compliance, traceability and sustainability
How to optimize packaging
Improving retail sustainability

Questions?

Contact FDRA to get more info on our speakers, topics, format, or to sponsor this series!

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