# Event Recap: The Apparel Industry Sustainable Strategies Framework at ReWire 2021

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April 22, 2021 ![ReWire](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/Screen%20Shot%202021-04-22%20at%203.15.35%20PM.png?itok=wklVvjo4) In February 2021, [Sophie Rifkin](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/center-sustainable-business/about-csb/our-team/about-sophie-rifkin), Director of Corporate Research and Engagement at the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business was joined in conversation with [Kathleen Talbot](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleentalbot/), Chief Sustainability Officer at [Reformation](http://www.thereformation.com/) at the [ReWire: Sustainability 2021 An Intervention for Fashion](https://motif.org/session/apparel-industry-sustainable-strategies/#recording) Conference.

Rifkin and Talbot spoke to their collaboration in applying CSB's [Return on Sustainability Investment (ROSI)](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/center-sustainable-business/research/return-sustainability-investment-rosi) methodolgy through the [Apparel Industry Sustainable Strategies Framework](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/center-sustainable-business/research/return-sustainability-investment-rosi/apparel-industry-sustainable-strategies-framework) to drive impact and financial returns at Reformation.

CSB's ROSI framework helped quantify the financial benefits from Reformation's circularity resale initiative in partnership with ThredUp.

**Watch the full event recording [here](https://motif.org/session/apparel-industry-sustainable-strategies/#recording).**