What you missed at New York Climate Week
For the past few months, there have been whispers that New York Climate Week 2025 would be a subdued affair, with fewer attendees and many companies scaling back their participation in light of President Donald Trump’s ongoing anti-ESG backlash. The reality couldn’t have been further from this — a sure sign that the sustainability movement has no plans to go quietly.
“The city was buzzing with events, engagement and momentum,” says Eva von Alvensleben, executive director and secretary general of The Fashion Pact, which hosted its Operations Committee with chief sustainability officers in New York last week, as well as a more public-facing event on its Future Supplier Initiative on the Thursday.