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Redress

Redress Design Award / 2024 Applications

22 January 2024

3 minutes

Nils Hauser, the first prize winner at the Redress Design Award 2023.

Redress Opens Applications for 2024 Design Awards, Winner Gets Chance to Work on Tommy Hilfiger Sustainability Project

The Redress Design Award 2024 is calling on emerging designers globally to apply with their circular and sustainable fashion collections before the closing date of 15 March 2024. It is estimated that 80% of a product’s environmental impact is determined at the design stage.

Staff Writer

Going Circular / Redress Study

15 November 2023

3 minutes

In order to understand where designers can maximise their role to reduce environmental impact, there is a need to understand what the design stage is and who is involved in the decision-making process to expose both barriers and opportunities to embed circularity in products.

Knowledge Gap and Financial Barriers Hindering Circularity at Design Stage; Managements Dither on Commitment and Collaboration

Fashion industry urgently needs to reposition profit margins for strategic integration of sustainability and circularity into product design and bridge the knowledge gap and financial barriers for circular design to implement circularity at the design stage at enterprises manufacturing in China and Southeast Asia.

Staff Writer

Granted / Climate Fund

14 February 2023

3 minutes

The VF Foundation is focusing investments on circular and regenerative practices in fashion and apparel, including promising innovations to reduce textile waste, support local farmers and fuel green jobs as a transformative solution.

VF Foundation Announces $8.3 million Grants for 60 Equitable and Sustainable Future Projects

The VF Foundation has announced grants to the tune of $8.3 million for 60 equitable and sustainable future projects that are aimed at ensuring a more diverse representation in the apparel, footwear and outdoor industries.