Transparency & Traceability

Transparency and traceability is the process of making information available to understand how fibres and materials were sourced, processed and produced through the supply chain. Improving the transparency of suppliers, and the traceability of sourced materials, is essential to enable more sustainable decision making. It is an enabling factor to help reduce the negative environmental and social impacts of the textile supply chain.

Projects

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    Fashion for Good and Textile Exchange Team Up to Trace Textile Waste

    AMSTERDAM - Fashion for Good and Textile Exchange introduce the Tracing Textile Waste Project, a two-year, multi-stakeholder initiative aimed at harmonising data and system capabilities in the reverse supply chain. This project seeks to create alignment through an open-source data template and a glossary of terms. It will establish and validate a standardised framework for collecting and exchanging textile waste data between the point of origin and recyclers. A key objective is to deliver recommendations to Textile Exchange for the development of new and existing standards, including the Global Recycled Standard (GRS) and Recycled Claim Standard (RCS).
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    Meet the Innovator: Oritain

    Oritain applies forensic and data science to verify the origin of products and raw materials.
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    What is transparency?

    Transparency means being open and honest about where, when, and how a garment was made through every step of the fashion value chain, from the sourcing of raw materials to your local retail store.
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    In Conversation with TextileGenesis: The Innovator Creating Transparent Supply Chains

    The Fashion for Good team interviewed Amit Gautam, founder and CEO of TextileGenesis, to learn more about the innovator’s story, technology, challenges and successes and showcase innovations that are driving tangible change in the industry and leading the path to scale.
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    What is traceability?

    Traceability means knowing when, where, and how each piece of a garment is made, allowing us to trace it back from source to consumer, providing visibility of the fashion supply chain and enabling improved sustainability governance by industry players.
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    Meet the Innovator: TextileGenesis™

    TextileGenesis™ is a pioneering traceability platform custom built for the fashion & textile ecosystem.
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    Why fabric fraud is so easy to hide

    How can we tell if the clothes in our wardrobes really are what they claim to be? Fashion for Good mentions the insights and issues of international fabrics’ certifications along the supply chains.

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    Assessing Tracer Technologies to Boost Traceability

    Fashion for Good in collaboration with Textile Exchange present a detailed analysis of physical tracer technologies applicable to the textile supply chain, and a guide for industry players wanting to bolster traceability.

    Satma CE

    Satma CE is a web based software that uses blockchain optionally to offer traceability across the waste-to-worth supply chain, including collection, segregation, recycling and processing. (India)

    Vaayu

    Vaayu is the world’s first automated carbon-tracking software for retailers, enabling businesses to reduce their footprint by providing accessible, real-time data to drive carbon-reduction at scale. By integrating with point-of-sale systems, such as Shopify, and leveraging proprietary AI and machine learning technology, Vaayu draws insights from production, sales and logistics to deliver a tangible solution in the fight against climate change and a more sustainable future for retail. Founded in 2021 (Germany).

    Made2Flow

    The Made2Flow platform enables brands to gain visibility of tiers 1-4 by gathering the necessary environmental data, and tracking the environmental impact (LCA) across their supply chains, including carbon footprint, water consumption, land use, and more. Founded in 2019 (Germany).

    Oritain

    Oritain uses forensic science to test the geochemical composition of a material, which is unique to the place it is grown. The detected isotopes and trace elements are interpreted to produce an “Origin Fingerprint” which gives information from where the commodity came from enabling traceability at any point in the supply chain. Founded in 2008 (New Zealand).

    TextileGenesis

    Textile Genesis is a traceability system built on blockchain specifically created for the apparel sector, that focuses on sustainable fibres such as wood-based fibres, premium cotton, specialty filaments, silk, wool, and cashmere. TextileGenesis platform allows digitisation and traceability. Founded in 2018 (Hong Kong/India).

    InfiniChains

    InfiniChains is a leading end-to-end track and trace solution using blockchain, AI and Cloud Computing to help brands and manufacturers to digitise sustainability practices. Through real-time data, efficiency and storytelling, they bridge the fragmented gaps between the different sustainability systems of farmers, manufacturers and brands. Founded in 2018 (US).

    VeChain

    VeChain is a blockchain-enabled product management platform which secures product data enables retailers and manufacturers to easily collect, manage, and share product data across the supply chain all the way to the end consumer. The company uses a Smart Tag system to connect physical products with the physical world, facilitating transparency throughout the supply chain and product lifecycle. Founded in 2015 (China).

    MonoChain

    MonoChain have developed a method for fashion companies to connect an individual physical item with a digital twin, based on blockchain, using a low-energy, sustainable form of non-fungible token (NFT). This resolves the problem of deceptive counterfeits, we are exploring the potential for providing fashion consumers with ways to get more value and enjoyment from their wardrobe. Founded in 2018 (UK).

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    The Home Compostable Polybag Project

    Fashion for Good initiated the Home Compostable Polybag Project to explore alternatives to conventional plastic polybags. In collaboration with innovators TIPA Corp. and Greenhope, along with partners C&A and Levi Strauss & Co., the initiative focused on researching, assessing, and validating bio-based, home-compostable options. The project’s goal was to determine the feasibility of these alternatives and achieve key objectives in reducing plastic waste in the fashion industry.
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    In Conversation with Bananatex: From Bananas to Backpacks

    The Fashion for Good team interviewed Bananatex's Co-Founder & CEO Hannes Schoenegger, to learn more about the innovator’s story, technology, challenges, and successes and showcase innovations that are driving tangible change in the industry and leading the path to scale.
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    Reflections from the D(R)YE Factory of the Future Project

    Fashion for Good launched D(R)YE Factory of the Future in January 2022 with the aim to validate the most promising technology combinations in pretreatment and colouration processing steps to support the widespread adoption of mostly waterless innovations within the textile industry. The validation conducted through this project has established a critical pipeline of innovations for further validation and implementation with select strategic suppliers.
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    Decoding the ESPR Digital Product Passport (DPP): what is it, when it’s here and which Innovators are leading the way

    A Digital Product Passport (DPP) is a digital identifier that provides information about a product, including details on its materials, origins, repairability, recycling potential, and environmental impact. The DPP is designed to be accessible both online and offline, often via physical data carriers such as QR codes.