Twelve startups representing technologies across raw materials, processing, traceability & transparency, circular business models and end of use have joined Fashion for Good’s Global Platform.
- The selected innovators will participate in a nine-month innovation programme with bespoke support to validate their technologies in preparation for implementation across the fashion value chain.
- The 2023 Innovation Programme provides bespoke support based on the development stage and ambitions of each innovator, matching innovators with relevant industry partners to drive validation, implementation, and investing activities.
- The selected innovators joining the Fashion for Good 2023 Innovation Programme are: Virent, Inc., ZimoChem Inc, Polybion, Saltico Ltd, Lamoral Coatings B.V., CleanKore LLC, RESPONSIBLE, Qingdao Amino Material Technology Co., Ltd.,Protein Evolution, Inc., DePoly, Ioncell Oy, and SATMA CE.
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- CLEANKORE (US): CleanKore’s patented technology modifies the denim dye range to eliminate Potassium Permanganate spray, lower the carbon footprint and improve sustainability throughout the supply chain without increasing cost.
- DEPOLY (Switzerland): DePoly’s advanced recycling technology converts unsorted, dirty end-of-life plastics and fibres into virgin-grade raw materials. They focus on items that cannot typically be recycled due to complex blends, dyes, contaminants, etc. Their low-energy process uses simple, green chemicals and operates at room temperature, all without the need to pre-wash, pre-sort, or separate out other materials.
- IONCELL (Finland): Ioncell Oy develops patented Ioncell technology, which transforms cellulosic bio-materials into new, high-performance textile fibres in a sustainable way. Their technology can improve the quality when textile waste is recycled into new fibres, therefore supporting the inevitable transformation to a circular economy in the clothing and textile industry.
- LAMORAL COATINGS (The Netherlands): Lamoral commercialises a high-performance, bio-based, fluor-free coating to replace today's PFAS coatings and improve current C-0 offerings. With a bio-based, PFC- and MEKO-free truly durable water repellent that protects garments and their users from the elements.
- POLYBION (SPAIN): Polybion is growing premium, next-generation materials designed with nature and manufactured with biology. Their first product, Celium, is a premium alternative to animal-based leather and petroleum-derived synthetics. It is grown by feeding bacteria with agro-industrial fruit waste; the bacteria, in turn, creates cellulose, a natural polymer.
- PROTEIN EVOLUTION (US): Founded by a team of scientists and engineers, Protein Evolution uses a combination of biology and chemistry to transform waste into high-value products. The company’s goal is to unlock the potential of waste to be a valuable resource, in a bid to help the materials industry transition to a lower-carbon, more circular economy.
- QUINGDAO AMINO MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY (RE:LASTANE) (China): Re:lastane focuses on the separation and recycling of polyester and polyester blended fabrics. They have developed a patent pending "Relastane" polyester recycling system, which realises the separation of polyester fibres from cotton, nylon, spandex and other blended fibres.
- RESPONSIBLE (Northern Ireland): Responsible is a global circularity platform powered by advanced proprietary technology. The company is on a mission to scale circularity by offering solutions across the product life cycle and a premium take on reCommerce.
- SALTYCO (UK): Saltyco connects the regeneration of damaged wetlands to the production of healthier materials for the fashion industry. Their next-generation textile BioPuff, is a warm, lightweight and biodegradable insulation material made from one of the best plants for wetland regeneration.
- SATMA CE (India): Satma CE is a web-based software that uses blockchain optionally to offer traceability across the waste-to-worth supply chain, including collection, segregation, recycling and processing.
- VIRENT (US): Virent uses its patented BioForming technology to create the fuels and chemicals the world needs from a wide range of naturally occurring, renewable resources. Virent’s patented catalytic chemistry converts biobased carbohydrate feedstocks into products molecularly identical to those made from petroleum. Virent’s technology can produce a range of fuel products, including gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel, as well as chemicals used for plastics, fibres and films.
- ZYMOCHEM (US): ZymoChem offers bio-based materials powered by proprietary carbon conserving (C2) microbes that convert renewable feedstocks into high-value materials while radically minimising CO2 loss during the production phase. The efficiencies of their platform unlock superior economics - up to 50% lower cost than incumbents with a higher yield compared to today’s best in class biomanufacturing.
