Registration is now open for Vestechpro's Circular Economy applied to the fashion-clothing sector

A part-time program including six training sessions and personalized support to design, structure, measure, and plan your circular actions over time.

📍 Mostly online (one training session will be offered on-site, in Montréal) | 🗓️ January 2026
⏱️ 18 hours of training and personalized support

Why take part in this action-oriented training program?

This program is a strategic lever for structuring and planning your circular actions, transforming your practices, anticipating market changes, and mobilizing your teams around a vision of a sustainable future. The activity includes individual support, which guides you step by step in developing your own strategic roadmap.

What's in it for you?

A clear, concrete vision of the circular economy applied to your reality,
A head start on future requirements,
Concrete tools for action, not just understanding,
Stimulating exchanges between peers,
Credible, responsible communication,
A motivating dynamic for your teams.

Program

Introduction to the circular eaconomy,
Actions for value generation: circular design applied to fashion & apparel, responsible and circular sourcing,
Actions for value conservation: study of actual use, maintenance, repair, performance and functionality approaches,
Actions for end-of-life valorization: reverse logistics, waste management, recycling and value chain workshop,
Measuring environmental impacts and circularity,
Operationalization & environmental communication.

Skills developed

At the end of the course, participants will be able to :

Understand the processes and constraints involved in implementing effective management practices for circularity strategies within the fashion-apparel value chain,
Gain a better understanding of how to evaluate, prioritize and plan sustainable strategies adapted to their company profile,
Establish (and update) a prioritized circularity roadmap based on their reality.

How does the program work?

Format:

Six training sessions (three hours each, one morning per week, over six weeks)
Two individual coaching sessions (per company)
A set number of dedicated hours for personalized support and guidance

A formula focused on action-based training

This activity is an action-based training program (presentations, practical workshops, and coaching) with experts who will help each company create its own circular economy roadmap.

Speakers/trainers
The training sessions will be led by several experts from Vestechpro, as well as Synergie Montréal and PME Mtl-Est-de-l'Île.

Schedule

Training: January 15, 22, and 29, and February 5, 12, and 19, 2026 – from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Individualised support: until March-April 2026

Target profiles

This program is reserved for companies in the fashion and apparel sector.

Product development, procurement, operations, CSR/sustainable development managers, designers, fashion designers.
Participation in pairs is possible: two participants per company (e.g., procurement and design).

Price
$1,200 per company, plus tax (up to two participants per company) - A savings of 85% on a real value of $8,500, made possible thanks to the support of Canada Economic Development.
Includes:
• 18 hours of training
• Up to 50 hours of personalized support
• 1-year membership to the Synergie Montréal network

Salary reimbursement
CSMO Textile offers participants a reimbursement of their wages for the 18 hours spent in training.

Conditions:

Maximum hourly rate: $40 per hour
Funding: 50%
Number of subsidized hours: 18 hours of training.
Eligibility for the subsidy: register as a CSMO member with a 25% discount applied at the time of billing.

Practical details:

Places limited to 10 companies (1-2 participants per company)
Location: Online – Only the training session on February 5, 2026 will take place in person in Montreal.
Language: Training in French.
Duration:
Training: 18 hours of training divided into six sessions.
Individual coaching sessions by appointment.
Certificate: A Vestechpro training certificate (non-credited) for 18 hours of training.

Partner of the course
Synergie Montréal, PME MTL Est-de-l'Île.