12 Sustainable Fashion Networking Communities To Accelerate Your Career
by Conscious Fashion Collective Team
If you’d like to connect with consciously-minded professionals to further your career, expand your knowledge, or build meaningful business partnerships, we’ve curated 13 sustainable fashion groups and memberships that are a great place to start.
Conscious Fashion Collective is the go-to sustainable fashion community and resource hub for sustainable fashion founders and freelancers who want to build businesses that matter — without going at it alone.
Each week, members can tap into expert mentor sessions for intimate Q&As with industry leaders, hands-on workshops covering everything from ethical sourcing to marketing strategy, and connection events designed to forge real relationships with fellow founders and freelancers.
And for those who can't always show up live, an ever-growing library of 60+ recorded sessions — featuring voices from EILEEN FISHER, Patagonia Worn Wear, Global Fashion Agenda, Good on You, and more — means that insider insights are always on demand.
To boost visibility, Members can share news and events with an audience of over 8,000 industry professionals via the CFC newsletter, get featured in the Sustainable Fashion Freelancer Directory or Business Directory, and get profiled in a Member Spotlight promoted to a following of over 75 000.
Members also gain access to private forums, personalised member matching, live feedback sessions, and a vault of proven templates and vetted supplier guides — plus hundreds of dollars in member discounts on tools, courses, and coaching.
Whether members are launching their first collection, growing a consulting practice, or navigating ethical production challenges, this membership provides direct access to industry experts, a global sustainable fashion community of values-aligned peers, proven resources, and visibility opportunities to help you grow.
Conscious Fashion Collective supports over 100 members across five continents — from emerging makers to established brand owners — to make meaningful connections, solve real-time challenges, and grow their businesses with confidence.
Best for: Sustainable fashion founders and freelancers who want to build businesses that matter
Location: Global (online) + in-person meetups in select cities
How to join: Become a Member of Conscious Fashion Collective
Untangling Circularity is a dynamic think tank created by circularity professionals, Laura Novich and Cynthia Power, that focuses on circularity community building — with a frequent focus on fashion & textiles — and engaging conversations on central topics.
Building on their eponymous podcast, which explores a variety of topics related to the circular economy, their Circularity Coalitions are one of Untangling Circularity’s signature offerings. The Coalitions are highly interactive and learning-focused groups that meet once per week for the duration of a podcast season, usually 6-10 weeks. Each session fosters trust-building, sharing, networking, and community amongst members.
The coalitions are open to people at various points in their circular journey to join the coalition. From organizations with established circular models looking to continue their journey, to those that are curious about circularity and want to incorporate small changes one step at a time.
The cohorts are focused on networking, strengthening industry collaboration, sparking curiosity and sharing examples of what’s possible and practical strategies for circular business models.
Best for: Circularity professionals in any industry, but heavy focus on fashion & textiles
Location: Global (online)
How to join: Join a Cohort of Untangling Circularity Coalition
If you’re someone part of building a better brand with a bold vision, La Positive Society connects you with a sustainable fashion network of like-minded visionaries to share real answers, build relationships, and support each other in the work of transforming fashion.
This sustainable fashion community is open to anyone working on sustainability, traceability, transparency, or impact at a consumer brand. Consultants and freelancers are also welcome if they’re actively working inside brands as operators on the topic.
They host a range of in-person events, including casual dinners and brunches aimed at sparking real conversations and lasting connections. Plus, their virtual offering includes a Slack community, WhatsApp group, fireside chats with industry experts, and monthly office hours.
Best for: Sustainability enthusiasts at fashion brands.
Location: Global (online) with in-person events in key cities (Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, and New York)
How to join: Apply to Join La Positive Society
Common Objective is all about rethinking the business of fashion. Their sustainable fashion community includes over 65,000 buyers, suppliers, and innovators, all committed to rethinking fashion’s business models.
Joining Common Objective gives you free access to over 500 resources and tools, the ability to network with leaders and pioneers, promote your products, and find partners. Plus, you can join their peer group Circles where you can meet, collaborate, and share your expertise and services in targeted professional groups.
Circles are virtual collaborative spaces where members connect around shared topics — including sustainable supply chain finance, sustainable sourcing, storytelling for sustainability, and worker voices — exchange knowledge, and drive change. Essentially, they’re mastermind groups for sustainable fashion changemakers from across the world.
Best for: Buyers, suppliers, and innovators rethinking the business of fashion
Location: Global (online)
How to join: Join a Common Objective Circle
The Canadian Circular Textiles Consortium is a national initiative that unites over 100 brands and retailers, policymakers, charities, NGOs, academia, and innovators to advance circularity in textiles across Canada. They have a vision of creating an integrated, circular system that eliminates global textile waste and advances the transition to a regenerative economy.
Their work is focused on their Futures Framework, which is a strategic roadmap to accelerate Canada’s transition to a circular textiles economy. Developed through extensive multi-stakeholder engagement, the Framework identifies 10 interconnected action areas critical for system-wide transformation, including circular business models, policy drivers, citizen awareness, financial incentives, and more.
Currently, their membership is only open to organizations. As a member, you gain access to cutting-edge research and insights, their exclusive monthly newsletter, Learning Series webinars on topics such as ‘Sorting for Circularity in the North American Ecosystem’, ‘Next-Generation Materials’, and ‘Pre-Processing Technologies’, invitations to closed-door roundtables, working groups, strategic engagement sessions, and opportunities to collaborate with industry innovators.
Best for: Brands, retailers, policymakers, charities, NGOs, academia, and innovators advancing circularity in textiles across Canada
Location: Canada
How to join: Apply to join Canadian Circular Textiles Consortium
The New York Fashion Workforce Development Coalition (NYFWDC) is a multi-stakeholder working group bringing together individuals from the fashion industry, community, academia, non-profit sectors and government to find solutions to strengthen and grow New York’s fashion future via social justice, women's economic advancement and empowerment.
Their advocacy has secured big wins, including $120 million in economic development resources for the Garment District.
They hold regular member events, which are usually centred on active community work in the Garment District and strengthening solidarity between members. Examples include their regular Member Meetups and Garment District Canvassing Day — a volunteering day going door-to-door to connect with their community in the Garment District.
If you’re looking to get involved in a sustainable fashion community in New York, this coalition is for you.
Best for: Citizens, fashion enthusiasts, academics, NGOs, government workers who care about textile worker rights in New York
Location: New York, United States
How to join: Join the New York Fashion Workforce Development Coalition
Fashion Green Hub is a non-profit association, based in Paris, France, implementing solutions to promote a more sustainable, local, circular, innovative, inclusive, and job-creating industry.
They have also created their own third space in Paris — the Plateau Fertile Paris — that’s home to a photo studio, coworking space, and meeting rooms that members can make use of. The Plateau Fertile also houses their Fablab, a space dedicated to prototyping and textile product design, equipped with state-of-the-art machinery.
Throughout the year, Fashion Green Hub hosts several events that members can attend, including workshops, pop-ups, and a monthly Fertile Aperitif — an in-person casual sustainable fashion community gathering to discuss the major challenges of the industry, share ideas, develop collaborations and bring out new synergies.
Becoming a member of this sustainable fashion network in France means gaining access to over 400 members (creators, entrepreneurs, universities, businesses) working to create positive industry impacts, access to the Plateau Fertile Paris, and the ability to attend their events.
Best for: Creators, entrepreneurs, universities, businesses that are passionate about sustainable fashion in Paris
Location: Paris, France
How to join: Become a Fashion Green Hub Member
Founded by Hilary Jochmans, PoliticallyInFashion is a sustainable fashion community for all those in fashion in the United States — designers, manufacturers, artisans, retailers, models, lawyers, reporters — to learn about legislative and regulatory issues of key importance to the industry.
They’re on a mission to educate professionals on public policy — and empower them with this knowledge — to then engage with elected representatives on how these issues impact companies and consumers.
Joining the PoliticallyInFashion Council means joining a public policy engagement community for the fashion industry. It comprises a coalition of brands and thought-leaders coming together to engage in the development of public policy initiatives critical to the fashion industry.
Best for: Professionals seeking to engage on US fashion legislation and regulation
Location: US (online)
How to join: Join the PoliticallyInFashion Council
If you’re looking for a fashion activist home, Fashion Act Now is where to be. Fashion Act Now is a community of activists, thinkers, practitioners, creatives, problem solvers and concerned citizens taking on the most creative brief in fashion: to decouple our clothing culture from the ideology of growth.
Joining their membership allows you to connect with other members who are all working toward their mission of Defashion 2030 and the shared vision of a post-fashion world — flourishing, resilient communities and clothing systems that restore our planet on which we depend.
You can also become a member of Fashion Act Now’s flagship project, Our Common Market. Our Common Market is a global gathering space for community-centred fashion, clothing and textile projects to connect, support one another, and bring visibility to commons-based fashion systems worldwide.
Best for: Fashion activists challenging the status quo
Location: Global (online)
How to join: Become a Fashion Act Now Member
Fashion Revolution is the world’s largest fashion activism movement and almost always the first name to be dropped in a conversation surrounding sustainable fashion advocacy. With a global voluntary network spanning 97 countries across six continents and two regions, you too can be a part of the local chapter by finding your country and expressing interest in joining the team or volunteering for particular events or activities.
Local members include a coordinator, director, and a full team that you can connect with while also being apprised about the on-goings at organizations near you that are working to improve the conditions of garment workers and what you can do to help.
Location: Various countries across the globe
How to Join: Become a volunteer by finding your local Fashion Revolution chapter here
An initiative by Chicago Fair Trade, the Conscious Closet Club is a community of Chicago residents with a keen interest in ethical clothing and fashion. The club got its namesake from sustainability journalist, Elizabeth Cline’s book with the same title, who has headlined two events for the club while her book serves as inspiration for their content and events.
This club is a great community to join if you're based out of Chicago and hope to exchange ideas with like-minded individuals on all things relating to ethical and sustainable fashion.
Location: Chicago, IL
How to Join: Become a member of Chicago Fair Trade's Conscious Closet Club here
NYC Fair Trade Coalition is a group bringing together a fair-minded community of creative entrepreneurs and activists. Their members consist of a mix of ethical and sustainable businesses and retailers, as well as people who support fair trade principles.
From discounts to classes, sales, and networking, the NYC Fair Trade Coalition offers abundant resources to its members at an affordable price. Member testimonials claim that “there are folks from all walks of life and various industries that offer each other unwavering support,” while another says that they’ve found “plenty of freelance work and, frankly, a lot of friends through the coalition.”
Location: New York City
How to Join: Become a member of the NYC Fair Trade Coalition here
Bonus: LinkedIn Groups
If you’re a LinkedIn fanatic who loves to stay up to date with the latest goings on of the sustainable fashion world, here are a few LinkedIn groups that will give you the inside scoop:
Circular Economy Community – Ellen MacArthur Foundation: A resource-sharing group focused on sharing knowledge about the circular economy and its practical applications.
Eco Fashion Network: A networking group for those working in eco fashion — either as a designer, producer, agent, retailer, e-tailer, or otherwise.
Craft Entrepreneurs and Organizations: A networking and resource-sharing group for both established and budding founders, designers, and professionals working in the global craft sector.
Circular Fashion Network: An international network of professionals working toward a more circular and sustainable fashion and textile industry.
About the Author:
Jharna Pariani is a fashion writer and creative strategist whose work is rooted in honesty and deep observation of the world around her. When she isn’t busy penning down her thoughts, she moonlights as a video editor creating fashion and food reels on Instagram for several brands and influencers.