The Y7 Summit
One of our SFW ambassadors, Alice Revell, is also an ambassador for the Y7, the official youth engagement group for the G7. Last week, a few of our ambassadors met on zoom and had a really engaging chat about the issues in the fashion industry and came up with solutions that Alice will be putting forward to the climate change delegate for consideration.
WHAT IS THE G7?
The G7 is an annual global gathering of world leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the U.K., the U.S, with the European Union as a permanent guest. The world leaders have an open discussion about shared problems and agree actions they will all take to try and solve them. In past years the G7 has taken action to strengthen the global economy, save 27 million lives from AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, and supported the education of millions of children in the poorest countries. In 2015 its members led the way in helping secure the historic Paris Climate Agreement to limit global emissions. The member states take it in turn to host the meeting. In 2021, the U.K. Prime Minister will host world leaders at a Summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, from 11 - 13 June.
WHAT IS THE Y7?
The Y7 is the official youth engagement group for the G7. Young leaders from each G7 country come together to write policy recommendations on behalf of youth which are presented to the world leaders. This helps to ensure that the decisions and agreements made by world leaders represent the needs of young people. The member states also take it in turn to host the meeting. In 2021, the Future Leaders Network is hosting global young leaders, on behalf of the U.K. They will announce their policy recommendations at a virtual Summit, to be held 14 - 15 May 2021.
The main solutions to tackling sustainability issues in fashion that the SFW ambassadors collectively came up with were:
1) Better government guidance on recycling clothing and textiles
2) Government to invest in better education around clothing and textiles at a younger age
3) Government to make companies more accountable for their actions (or lack of actions)
4) Government to change legislation around transparency and have a way in which information can be monitored to ensure its can’t be misleading to consumers
HOW TO GET INVOLVED?
The Y7 Summit 2021 will take place virtually on Friday 14 and Saturday 15 May 2021.
If you want to share any more ideas for the Y7 please get in touch with us and Alice can take them with her to the Summit.