The role of legislation & EPR in T2T recycling

Cécile Martin is Innovation & Recycling Manager at Refashion, the French Producer Responsibility Organization for textiles, since 2020. She works with the French and wider European ecosystem to accelerate the development of industrial as well as new solutions for recycling non-reusable post-consumer textiles and footwear.

Prior to Refashion, Cécile worked at WRAP UK, Le Relais France and Levi Strauss & Co.

Cécile holds an MSc in Environmental Protection and Management from the University of Edinburgh, UK, and a Master’s degree in Textile Engineering from ENSAIT, France.

Jennifer Wallace drives CSR strategy, social responsibility, digitalisation and public affairs at Sympatex, a pioneer in textile-to-textile recycling under the vision “reclose the loop together,” actively shaping the industry’s shift from linear production to scalable closed-loop systems.

With more than 20 years of experience spanning design, product development and executive leadership, she understands the textile value chain end-to-end and brings deep industry expertise to the circular economy debate. Through her Impact MBA research, she develops a biomimicry-inspired leadership framework for regenerative system redesign. linking systems thinking with real-world implementation. At the forefront of circular policy evolution, she translates complexity into strategic transformation.She represents a new generation of leadership in textiles, systemic, regenerative and implementation-driven.