Hosted by the British Embassy at the Hotel de Charost, the residence of the British ambassador on Paris’s upscale rue Saint Honoré, four fashion sustainability heavyweights discussed these key areas for progress in a debate moderated by FashionNetwork.com’s Global Editor-in-Chief, Godfrey Deeny.The expert panel assembled by the British Embassy included Marie-Claire Deveu who is Kering’s chief sustainability officer and head of international institutional affairs; Stella McCartney’s head of sustainability and ethical trade Claire Bergkamp; the head of the London College of Fashion, Frances Corner; and Tamsin Lejeune, CEO and founder of the  Ethical Fashion Forum and networking platform Common Objective.

Among the broad-ranging issues, one theme in particular emerged: sol…