Sustainability Breakfast 2025

Newport Suite - Telford International Centre - 7:30-9am

The popular Slide & OTS Winter Sustainability Breakfast will take place once again this year.  The breakfast takes place on Wednesday 8th January, 7:30-9am, in the Newport Suite at the show venue, the Telford International Centre.

All are welcome to attend, but breakfast will be first-come first-served, and registration is recommended, so that we can send you the presentations following the event (please note: registration priority will be given to exhibiting brands, retailers and press).

Please register your attendance by emailing Full Name, Company & Job Title to the show organisers.

Breakfast Agenda

7.30am – 7.55am Breakfast and networking

7.55am – 8.00am SIGB Welcome and introduction

8.00am – 8.20am Jade Gerrard, Head of Sports Development, Snowsport England. Working together to build a sustainable future for Snowsport in England and beyond. 

8.20am – 8.35am Zoë Phenix McCandless, United Repair Centre. The Business of Fixing: Making Repair Work for Outdoor. 

8.35am – 8.50am Mark Edridge, Product Manager, bluesign technologies.  How bluesign helps brands, and their supply-chain, meet the new EU Regulations.

8.50 am – 9.00am Q&A

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8.00am – 8.20am Jade Gerrard, Head of Sports Development, Snowsport England.

Working together to build a sustainable future for Snowsport in England and beyond. Snowsport England, the National Governing Body for Skiing and Snowboarding in England are working across the sector to unite conversation, plans and activity to help build a more sustainable future for the sport.  Join us to hear our progress as we work to develop a strategy for sustainability.

8.20am – 8.35am Zoë Phenix McCandless, United Repair Centre.

The Business of Fixing: Making Repair Work for Outdoor. In a world where repair is becoming a necessary service, how can your business adapt?  United Repair Centre will use their experience and knowledge to share how brands, especially in the outdoor market, can make repairs a natural and profitable part of what you do.  How does repair impact your bottom line?  How can your brand can fit repairs into your budget and business model?  URC will make a holistic case for how you can make repairability work for your brand, both financially and sustainably.

 

8.35am – 8.50am Mark Edridge, Product Manager, bluesign technologies.

How bluesign helps brands, and their supply-chain, meet the new EU Regulations In the next 6 years, the EU plans to clean up apparel & textiles using legislation and taxes… For the past 25 years, bluesign has been achieving the same through collaboration & co-operation. Hear how bluesign is the forerunner of the EU’s Strategy for Circular & Sustainable Textiles and how you can be part of it.