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Fashion for Good

Nex-Gen Materials / Sclaing Up

19 October 2023

3 minutes

While existing solutions can significantly help reduce the impact of the industry, the scaling of innovations—in particular in next-generation materials, recycling and processing—is critical to enable a transition towards a net zero industry.

Project Finance Can Unlock $100 billion to Scale up NextGen Material and Processing Innovations: Fashion for Good Report

Innovation platform Fashion for Good has published a report to help unlock the capital needed to scale up sustainable innovation in the textiles industry. The report reviews the different types of capital available to close the funding gap within the commercialisation stage.

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PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

25 July 2023

2 minutes

Through this collaborative pilot, the partners will divert pre- and post-consumer footwear to FastFeetGrinded, who will transform them into various new material granulates.

Fashion For Good Partners Adidas, Inditex, Target and Zalando Join Forces with FastFeetGrinded for Circular Footwear

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands: Fashion for Good launches new pilot with brand partners Adidas, Inditex, Target and Zalando, and footwear recycling innovator FastFeetGrinded to test and validate the innovative footwear recycling process to support the uptake of recycled content in footwear, driving the change towards a more circular footwear industry.

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PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

6 July 2023

3 minutes

The investment in Sri Kannapiran Mills will replace legacy equipment and add key machinery (new and used) across the spinning and post-spinning processes, including auto blenders, high speed rotor spinning machines, auto doffers for existing ring frames and high-speed winding machines.

Good Fashion Fund Partners with Sri Kannapiran Mills in India for Sustainability Linked Investment

Mumbai, India: The Good Fashion Fund, the Laudes Foundation and the Fashion for Good initiated fund, has made an investment in Sri Kannapiran Mills Limited - a leading Indian producer of cotton yarn and sustainable denim fabrics. The 2.5 million US Dollar loan will support Kannapiran Mills’ investment in the replacement and expansion of key...

Fibre Innovation / Recycling

12 April 2023

3 minutes

The team anticipates even greater energy savings when it completes a full lifecycle assessment, as its preliminary analysis did not include yarn spinning, dyeing, or finishing, for which Kintra uses a lower temperature than traditional polyester.

Kintra Fiber’s Biodegradable Polyester to be Prototyped by Fashion For Good-led Brand Consortium

A year-long collaborative engagement, orchestrated by innovation platform Fashion for Good, will see three top brands coming together to prototype Kintra Fibers’ biodegradable polyester that promises reduction of fossil fuel-based synthetics and closer to the goal to be Climate Positive by 2025.

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Dyes & Chemicals / Innovation Pilots

4 April 2023

2 minutes

The library, which will accelerate the shift from harmful chemistry to more sustainable options by enabling visibility and access to innovations, is supported by Fashion for Good’s corporate partners along with other supporting stakeholders.

Digital Dyestuff Library Launched to Pilot Trials on Dyeing Innovations

Fashion for Good has launched a sustainable dyestuff library in a bid to accelerate the shift from harmful chemicals to more sustainable options.

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Innovation / New Entrants

22 March 2023

3 minutes

At Fashion For Good's core is the Global Innovation Programme that supports disruptive innovators on their journey to scale, providing hands-on project management, access to funding and expertise, and collaborations with brands and manufacturers to accelerate supply chain implementation.

Twelve New Innovators Join Fashion For Good’s Global Platform

Production of healthier and next-gen materials for the fashion industry just got a boost with as many as 12 innovators onboarding Fashion For Good’s global innovation platform.

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Textile Waste / US Sorting

1 February 2023

3 minutes

Textile waste is now the fastest growing segment of the USA’s waste stream, with the amount of discarded textiles increasing annually.

Fashion For Good Heads for North America with Project to Provide Snapshot of Textile Waste Composition

In an attempt to inform decisions to unlock necessary investments and actions to scale collection, sorting and recycling innovations in North America, Fashion for Good has launched its Sorting for Circularity USA Project.

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Going Circular / Polybags

13 December 2022

3 minutes

An estimated 180 billion polybags are produced every year to store, transport and protect apparel and footwear. Their production, use and end-of-use have a significant impact: conventional virgin polybags have a high carbon footprint and low recycling rates across the globe.

Fashion for Good Launches Project to Test Alternatives to Single-Use Polybags with C&A and Levi Strauss

Fashion for Good innovators TIPA Corp and Greenhope are pilot testing their bio-based innovative bags for key performance and quality properties such as transparency, durability and longevity, as alternatives to conventional single-use polybags.

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Manufacturing / Clean Tech

6 December 2022

3 minutes

Solar panel installation at a Pratibha Syntex Limited facility. The $4.5 million investment committed by the Good Fashion Fund to Pratibha Syntex is to replace machinery in the spinning, processing, and garment divisions, as well as provide new equipment for the expansion of their activities and facilities.

Good Fashion Fund Impact in India Starts Showing Results with Pratibha Syntex Project

The first on-site monitoring visit after their USD 4.5 million investment, made in 2020, to Pratibha Syntex in India was held this week which already displayed fruitful results and positive financial, environmental, and social impact in Pratibha’s spinning, processing, and garment divisions.

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Indigo Dyeing / Stony Creek Colors

17 November 2022

9 minutes

The Stony Creek Colors model is founded on working with farmers to improve soil health. This allows for full traceability that all its stakeholders demand and trust. By focusing on advancing indigo plant development, it enables environmental improvements for the farms growing the crop and by extension, the denim market customers that use its natural dyes at scale.

Worth Dyeing For: Real Battle is Fighting for True Transparency Across Denim Supply Chain

The idea of Stony Creek Colors (SCC) took roots when Founder and CEO Sarah Bellos understood the difficulties that brands face when trying to integrate plant-based dyes into their designs. Today, SCC produces the world's only 100% certified plant-based indigo. An in-depth interview with Bellos about dyes, transparency and climate change.

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