WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE FASHION?
As shared in SFC’s inaugural sector report, the fashion industry is one of the largest polluters in the world, with an estimated 7% of total global emissions. The fashion industry also consumes 1.5 trillion litres of water annually, with a chemical usage of 23% globally.
Sustainable fashion looks to reduce fashion’s negative impact on the environment. Mainly, it refers to the practice of creating, producing and consuming fashion, with UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 12, ‘Responsible Consumption and Production’ being the front.
Sustainable fashion promotes circularity in the fashion industry, with products that can be reused or recycled at the end of their lifecycle instead of being discarded. Sustainable fashion is crucial to ensure the fashion industry’s long-term viability.
To find out more, download SFC’s inaugural sector report here.
CREATIVE BRIEF
What is your solution to drive sustainability in fashion?
- Submitted digitally
- Enables and focuses on sustainable fashion
- Individual Submission: Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident: Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident
- Group Submission: Minimum 1 Singaporean/PR student, up to 3 students per group
- Current full-time student of any year and faculty in Institute of Higher Learning or Post-Secondary schools in Singapore
WHAT TO SUBMIT
- Solution based on the creative brief provided.
- Write-up (100 words or less) to summarise your solution.
- Personal statement (500 words or less) expressing yourself and your community impact to sustainability.
- Guideline: Why did you apply for SFC Student Challenge Award? What is your personal goal? How have you involved yourself in the community to make an impact towards sustainability in Singapore?
- Prove of school’s matriculation status via a letter of certification or student status letter.
- Portfolio/case studies to showcase process and outcome in ANY OTHER sustainability projects.
*All submitted documents, including videos, should be submitted via PDF and/or URL. Please ensure all documents are accessible for external downloading and viewing. If submitted documents are inaccessible, your application will not be reviewed.
FORMAT FOR SUBMISSION OF SOLUTION
- SFC is open to solutions created in any medium (i.e. Slides, garment, new material research paper, campaigns, print, webpage, and more).
- Digitally visualise the above solution in high-resolution (e.g. If your solution consists of a physical garment, submit a high-resolution photo/video of the garment).
*Please ensure that any moving submissions (e.g., animation, videos) submitted are below 2-minutes. The submission will not be reviewed beyond the 2-minute mark.
Mr. Leonard Augustine Choo
Director, Industry Development, Singapore Fashion Council
Ms. Sharon Chong
Vice President, Group Sustainability and External Affairs, RGE
Ms. Cynthia Yap
Sustainability & Climate Change Senior Manager, PwC Singapore
2 May 2023: Applications open for sign-ups.
23 June 2023: Applications close.
21 July 2023*: Top 10 finalists are required to present their submissions to the judges.
1 August 2023: Announcement of Top 3 winners during Singapore Fashion Council’s Summit.
*Date is subject to change.
STAND A CHANCE TO WIN
Grand Prize: S$3,000
1st Runner-up: S$1,500
2nd Runner-up: S$800
- Assist in SFC sustainability engagements and initiatives alongside the SFC sustainability team, for 1 year, as part of their learning and development journey towards becoming a sustainable fashion leader.
- Serve as youth ambassadors to promote SFC initiatives to raise awareness in sustainability.
- Applicant needs to be a Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident.
- Applicant must be a current full-time student of any year and faculty in university or post-secondary schools located in Singapore.
- Applicant must be a student member of SFC.
- Applicant must not be an immediate family member of SFC’s staff or council members.
- SFC Student Challenge Award allows individual or group entry, with up to three students per group
- Group entry should comprise only full-time students in Singapore’s institutions, with minimum 1 Singaporean/PR student.
- Prize money is awarded based on the entry, and if a group puts in the winning award, the monies will be split amongst the number of team members.
- Applicant must not be working under SFC at the time of application.
- SFC owns a 2-year promotional rights to the 10 shortlisted submissions and may reuse the material for marketing purposes for exhibition and digital channels.
- SFC Student Challenge Award recipients have a responsibility to promote and engage in SFC’s initiatives to further raise awareness of fashion sustainability.
- By participating in this application, you allow SFC to use your personal data, including photos/videos of you during the shortlisting process of SFC Student Challenge Award, in our promotional and marketing materials.
- By applying for SFC Student Challenge Award, you agree to SFC’s privacy policy.
- SFC reserves the right to withdraw and/or terminate any student’s application without notice and reason.
Strategic Partner
Date: 18 May 2023
Time: 4:30-5:30pm SGT
Fees: Free (SFC Members), S$30 (Non-members)
Sign Up Here!
Singapore Fashion Council has engaged Trendstop, the global trend forecasting agency used by leading fashion companies such as VF Corporation, Timberland and Landmark Group, to conduct a series of trend insight webinars for 2023.
The next session will discuss the question of: Can engaging influencers truly engage your audience? This session will lay out innovative and thoughtful approaches for social and influencer marketing for a digital landscape.
Date: 11 June – 17 June 2023
Location: Milan and Florence, Italy
Minimum Participants: 11 companies
Programme Fees
- Early Bird (ends 3 April 2023)
SFC Member: S$5,600
Non Member: S$6,400 - Standard (ends 24 April 2023)
SFC Member: S$6,400
Non Member: S$7,200
* All Prices exclude GST
About:
Join SFC’s Business Mission to Milan and Florence, Italy! Gain insights into the Italian fashion market and ecosystem — from retail to production. Network with Italian fashion businesses and success stories, visit the inner workings of famous fashion houses, and experience and explore the huge tradeshows happening this summer: ITMA, and Pitti Uomo. Organised by SFC in collaboration with Italian Chamber of Commerce in Singapore, and with the kind support of the Embassy of Italy.
Mission Objectives:
- Delve into Italy’s ecosystem/network as you meet with trade associations, craftsmen, producers and suppliers
- Elevate your brand’s product standards through access to high quality boutique manufacturing
- Discover Go-to-Market opportunities via meetings with retailers, stores, distributors
- Visit notable Italian fashion businesses or individuals and gain market insights for growth in Italy/Europe
- Connect with Italian designers and businesses via our networking sessions
Programme fee* includes:
- 6 nights hotel accommodation
Business matching meetings and networking sessions - Trade fair entry tickets
- Railway tickets between cities
- Ground travel services within cities
- Organised meals (select)
- Marketing collaterals promoting delegation
- SFC support and trip administration
*Please note that the final trip package and pricings are fixed and cannot be modified in part or whole.
For more details and trip itinerary, please download the flyer here.
To register your interest, fill in the Expression of Interest Form https://forms.office.com/r/39w4WzYALd and SFC will be in touch with you shortly.
Please feel free to email industrydev@sgfashioncouncil.org.sg should you require any for more information.
*Mission subject to final approval by EnterpriseSG.
Date: 06 April 2023
Time: 4:30-5:30pm SGT
Fees: Free (SFC Members), S$20 (Non-members)
Sign Up Here!
Registration closes on 3 April 2023, 6pm SGT
Zoom link to the webinar will be shared with participants on 3 April 2023.
Singapore Fashion Council has engaged Trendstop, the global trend forecasting agency used by leading fashion companies such as VF Corporation, Timberland and Landmark Group, to conduct a series of trend insight webinars for 2023.
The inaugural session for 2023 will focus on the most cost effective and practical ways through which you are able to adopt sustainability into your business. Trendstop will also be looking at relevant case studies of businesses taking on sustainable solutions.
Time: 4:30-5:30pm SGT
Fees: Free (SFC Members), S$20 (Non-members)
Sign Up Here!
Registration closes on 17 February 2023, 6pm SGT
Zoom link to the webinar will be shared with participants on 20 February 2023.
Singapore Fashion Council has engaged Trendstop, the global trend forecasting agency used by leading fashion companies such as VF Corporation, Timberland and Landmark Group, to conduct a series of trend insight webinars for 2023.
The inaugural session for 2023 will focus on innovative retail pop-ups and collaborations, as well as provide insights on how global brands generate better brand experiences and create meaningful consumer engagement.
ITMA 2023 returns to Milan from 8-14 June as the leading global sourcing exhibition dedicated to latest textile and garment technologies and solutions. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect in-person with the community once every four years!
Date: 08 – 14 June 2023
Venue: Fiera Milano Rho Exhibition Centre, Milan, Italy
Date: 1 March 2023
Time: 10:45am – 4:00pm
Engage with the community while learning more about end-to-end enablers, payment solutions and content creation during our E-Commerce Day.
Register now!
Do note that physical attendance is required as there is an in-person business networking session included in the programme.
*Event details are subject to change without prior notice.
Talk 1: Community Building in Digital Spaces
Joyce Teh
Founder & CEO
Baptiste Le Gal
Chief Revenue Officer
Anseina Eliza
Co-Founder & Designer
Talk 2: Impactful Content Creation
Zhangyong Song
Founder
Hui Min Ong
Marketing Manager
Talk 3: Data Analytics & Supply Chain Management for Contemporary Fashion
Jason Lee
Sales Director, APAC
Taka Yamada
VP of Measurement Products
Matej Urban
Associate Commercial Regional Director
Talk 4: Navigating Cybersecurity & Payment Systems for E-commerce Businesses
Dr. Kelvyn Zhuang
Director, Cybersecurity and Information Security
Hoi Wai Khin
Partner (Business Consulting)
Aditya Haripurkar
Co-Founder & CEO
Talk 5: Livestreaming 101
Niki Han
Founder
Nicholas Lim
VP Commercial Digital+
Daniel Lim
Co-Founder
Dates: Wednesday, 26 April 2023 – Saturday, 29 April 2023 (tentative)
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Participants: 5-10 companies
Fees: S$800 (SFC Member); S$1,200 (non SFC Member)
About:
Organised in collaboration with Cotton Council International (CCI) and the Thai Garment Manufacturers Association (TGMA), this fully customised materials and manufacturer-matching programme is intended to help Singapore’s designers and manufacturers find new sources of cotton material and manufacturing in Bangkok, Thailand.
The trip will match Singapore participants with suitable factories in Thailand, according to their requirements. SFC, CCI, and TGMA will organise specific matches and visits to potential factories and mills – making introductions and forging new business connections.
Programme includes*:
- Round-trip Economy Airfare
- 3 Nights 4-star Hotel Accommodation
- Individual Bespoke brand-to-factory matching
- Ground travel services in Bangkok
- Organised meals in Bangkok
- SFC support and trip administration
* Please note that the trip package and pricing are fixed and cannot be modified in part or whole.
Trip Requirements:
- Minimum order size: 300/ style [across a maximum of 4 sizes and colours]
- CCI will support only one representative per company.
- Participants will be required to pay for their other personal expenses.
To read more about the trip click here
To register your interest, please fill in both the forms below:
- Application Form: https://forms.office.com/r/EZuiPNWZFK
- Product Detail Form: Download here
Submit your completed Product Detail Form to industrydev@sgfashioncouncil.org.sg by Friday, 10 March 2023, 11.59pm
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