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Second Hand September 2026
A month-long campaign encouraging people and organisations to buy, wear and donate second-hand clothing to reduce textile waste and the environmental impact of fashion.
What You’ll Learn
Useful for circular economy messaging, responsible consumption campaigns, employee engagement and textile waste reduction actions. Businesses can use it to reinforce reuse, repair and take-back initiatives.
Who Should Attend
Sustainability teams, retail and fashion businesses, ESG and communications teams, circular economy practitioners, campaigners and organisations with employee engagement or consumer-facing sustainability programmes.
About the Event
Second Hand September is an annual awareness campaign that encourages people to avoid buying new clothes during September and choose second-hand instead. It promotes more sustainable consumption habits and highlights the environmental impact of fast fashion.
The campaign is associated with circular fashion, including reuse, repair, swapping and donating clothing. It is relevant to organisations looking to communicate around waste reduction and responsible consumption.
For businesses, the campaign can support employee engagement, sustainability messaging and broader circular economy actions linked to textiles and consumer behaviour.
Event Details
Organiser: Oxfam
Organiser website:
https://www.oxfam.org.uk/
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Talk to us about this event
If you’d like to discuss how this topic relates to your net-zero plans or wider sustainability strategy, our team would be happy to help.
