Erik Lagerblad, Looper CEO, Takes the Stage at Global Fashion Summit, Copenhagen

Left to right: Fatih Konukoğlu, Chairman and Vice Chairman, Re&Up Recycling Technologies | Leyla Ertur, CSO, H&M Group | Erik Lagerblad, CEO, Looper Textile Co.

Looper Textile Co. CEO Erik Lagerblad joined industry leaders in Copenhagen this week for the Global Fashion Summit 2026, appearing in two sessions focused on post-consumer circularity and textile end-of-life strategies.

The summit, organised by the Global Fashion Agenda, brought together policymakers, brands, and operators to address the industry's most pressing sustainability challenges. This year's edition opened with a GFA Policy Masterclass, a pre-Summit session exploring insights from the GFA Policy Matrices and the case for harmonised regulation across textile markets.

Lagerblad participated in discussions on how the industry can align on post-consumer circularity, covering collection infrastructure, end-of-life routing, and the policy conditions needed to support a competitive secondary raw materials market.

Erik Lagerblad, Looper Textile Co. CEO

The conversations reflect themes central to Looper's own work. The company sorted approximately 110 million garments in 2025, routing to reuse first, recycling where viable, disposal only when unavoidable. As Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation advances across Europe under the revised Waste Framework Directive, the role of sorting and redistribution infrastructure is increasingly part of the policy conversation.

Looper will continue to engage in industry forums as the regulatory landscape develops.