Fashion for Good

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.

Textile waste traceability gets a major boost as Textile Exchange launches enhanced tracking capabilities. The development addresses supply chain transparency gaps that have long prevented brands from making accurate sustainability claims about their recycled content sourcing and circular economy progress.

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.

A new report offers fashion industry leaders a strategic roadmap to help accelerate the adoption of next-generation materials. Highlighting key levers across the supply chain, the guide provides both individual and collective actions to drive meaningful change at scale.

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.