How we operate
Corporate governance
Steering Committee
Global Fashion Agenda is a Copenhagen-based non-profit organisation that mobilises and guides the global fashion industry to take bold action on sustainability. Funding for our activities comes from both the public and private sectors across five key areas: partners (Strategic and Associate), sponsors, summit ticket sales, public funding and grants.
Our corporate governance structure encompasses the organisation’s board of directors and our steering committee of Strategic Partners.
The Global Fashion Agenda steering committee acts as the sounding board by providing essential leadership to support Global Fashion Agenda’s mission. The steering committee convenes three times a year and comprises two senior sustainability representatives from each Strategic Partner company. Our Strategic Partners are a small group of hand-picked companies, representing different market segments and geographies, who are committed to driving sustainable progress and provide essential leadership to support GFA’s mission. Each company contributes a fixed amount of money annually.
Board of Directors
The board of directors is Global Fashion Agenda’s executive body and signs off on the organisation’s budget and strategy. The board is comprised of six to eight appointed executive members, who have experience from the fashion industry or from other areas relevant to Global Fashion Agenda’s purpose. The board’s role, in addition to ensuring corporate governance and compliance, is to oversee that Global Fashion Agenda operates in a healthy manner in terms of the organisation, team, funding and overall objectives and activities.






