Focus Areas

    Raw Materials

    The fashion supply chain starts with the sourcing and extraction of raw materials. A significant portion of a material’s environmental footprint is determined at this stage.

    Processing

    Processing includes the pretreatment, colouration and finishing of fibres, yarns, fabrics to achieve the performance and aesthetic properties desired by brands and consumers.

    Manufacturing & Retail

    The manufacturing and retail stage aims to reduce textile waste accumulation and over production, to optimise efficiency, and to extend the life of products.

    End of Use

    End-of-use looks to extend the life of materials and garments by enabling technologies, infrastructure and innovations that can redirect garments into recycling and reuse.

    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.

    Investments

    While there is an extensive pipeline of innovations emerging across the supply chain, significant investment is required to pilot, implement and scale these solutions.

Sorting for Circularity Europe Expands to Address Rewearable Textile Crisis

Published on 18/01/2024
Fashion for Good's Sorting for Circularity framework expands to address the challenge of ensuring rewearable textiles remain in use as opposed to finding their way into global waste streams or landfills. This 18-month project tests automated sorting technologies using artificial intelligence and machine learning to optimise the sorting of rewearable garments and enable greater circularity. 
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    Key findings from the Collaborative Ecovative Mycelium Pilot

    Published on 10/10/2024
    Leather production can have varying environmental impacts depending on the practices and standards employed. While some traditional leather is produced using responsible and sustainable methods, there are also growing concerns around its environmental footprint.  While there are multiple “vegan” leather alternatives available on the market, many of them contain synthetic materials, have worse performance metrics than conventional leather, or are not available at scale. These partly plastic materials cannot be recycled and fewer still are compostable. Alongside this, synthetic foams, often made from polyurethane, are made from petroleum, a non-renewable virgin resource.  There are lots of opportunities for innovation in both leather and foam alternatives: Ecovative’s petrochemical-free mycelium hides and foam alternative promises to be a more sustainable alternative, grown in a fraction of time compared to animal leather, and with minimal resources.
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    The Untapped Agricultural Waste Project

    Published on 26/09/2024
    In February 2022, Fashion for Good started the ‘Untapped Agricultural Waste’ Project to validate and scale technologies capable of transforming agricultural residues into textile fibres. With catalytic funding from Laudes Foundation and collaboration from key industry partners such as adidas, Bestseller, PVH Corp., and Vivobarefoot, the project aims to reduce the negative impacts of burning agricultural waste, lessen dependence on virgin fibres, and foster the adoption of lower-impact alternatives.
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    In Conversation with Altmat: Natural fibre made from agricultural residue

    Published on 19/09/2024
    The Fashion for Good team interviewed Almat's founder, Shikha Shah, 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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    In Conversation with NFW: Creating biomaterials that support plastic-free design

    Published on 19/09/2024
    The Fashion for Good team interviewed Natural Fiber Welding's (NFW) Annie Cull, Director of Brand & Communications 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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