Katrin Ley

Fashion for Good has launched Project FAE (Feedstock Activation Europe), a new initiative to build the sorting and pre-processing infrastructure needed to channel non-rewearable post-consumer textiles into textile-to-textile recycling across Europe. Backed by Adidas, Bestseller and Inditex, the project addresses the feedstock supply gap that continues to prevent post-consumer waste from becoming a viable raw material for recyclers.

A new industry demonstrator has set out to implement and scale the mass balance attribution chain-of-custody model for biomass-attributed PET in textile applications. The initiative, led by Fashion for Good, unites nine partners to produce biomass-attributed materials, quantify their climate impact, and develop a practical blueprint for decarbonising apparel supply chains.

Fashion for Good has launched the Beyond50 Denim project with Bestseller, C&A, PDS Limited, Reformation and Target, combining SEFF’s cottonised hemp and Fibre52 chemistry to overcome handfeel barriers. With mills Bossa and Nice Denim involved, the initiative will rigorously test whether higher hemp content can match cotton’s performance in denim.

Fashion for Good has launched The Next Stride, a twelve-month footwear innovation project, bringing together major brands and material pioneers. Focused on replacing fossil fuel–based soles with bio-based polymers, the initiative seeks scalable, high-performance solutions to cut environmental impact and drive systemic change across the global $400 billion footwear industry.

Fashion For Good and The Microfibre Consortium have launched a ‘Fibre Fragmentation Project’ which aims to offer a snapshot of the issue of fibre fragmentation through the lens of the textile and fashion industry, unpacking various aspects of this complex issue.

Fashion for Good has launched a collaborative free centralised global tool that maps textile waste hotspots providing aggregated regional data on waste volume, composition, and type, enabling recyclers and innovators to efficiently identify and utilise the waste resources worldwide.

Fashion for Good has launched a collaborative ambitious initiative aimed at accelerating the next generation of footwear innovations needed to drive circularity spanning four workstreams across the supply chain from materials to end of use.