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Fashion for Good welcomes Responsible to its 2023 Innovation Programme

With the collaborative goal to push the fashion industry towards a “more sustainable future”, the global circularity platform Responsible was selected to join Fashion for Good’s 2023 Innovation Programme, alongside 12 other startups. The programme helps innovative fashion startups to accelerate their growth over the span of nine months, focusing...

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Fashion for Good launches Sorting for Circularity USA project

The global sustainability initiative Fashion for Good has launched its new Sorting for Circularity USA project today, which will focus on the North-American textile-to-textile recycling market. External brand partners are Adidas, Inditex, Levi Strauss & Co. and Target, and external partners are Eastman, H&M and Nordstrom. The 18-month project...

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Fashion for Good unveils new exhibition dedicated to cotton

Fashion for Good has opened the doors of a new exhibition called 'Knowing Cotton Otherwise', which highlights the rich history behind what is perhaps the world’s most well-known fabric. The exhibition highlights the relationship between cotton and the fashion industry; the role of cotton in an increasingly tightly woven web of global cultures;...

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Fashion for Good report: Textile recycling could bring European countries 74 million euros

In order to work towards a more sustainable future for the fashion and textile industry, recycling facilities must be further scaled up, requiring large investments. But how can investors know whether these investments are worth it? To provide insight into this, sustainability organisation Fashion for Good, in collaboration with the Dutch Circle...

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Fashion for Good’s new exhibition explores the future of fashion week through a new era

Amsterdam’s Fashion for Good Museum has opened a new exhibition dissecting fashion weeks, looking into their impact on the industry and what the future could look like for them. ‘Fashion Week: A New Era’ explores the beginnings of fashion week, moving through time via iconic runway looks, with designs from the likes of Balenciaga, Versace and...

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New Expo Open In Fashion For Good Museum: “Fashion Week: A New Era”

The Fashion for Good Museum opens a new exhibition “Fashion Week: A New Era” on May 20. Every year during Fashion Week the latest fashion is shown on catwalks in Paris, Milan and New York and other metropoles across the globe. This iconic event has a major impact on the fashion industry and on our own wardrobes. In 'Fashion Week: A New Era', the...

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Seven innovators join Fashion for Good’s 2022 Asia Innovation Programme

Dutch organisation Fashion for Good has announced that seven new innovators have been selected to participate in its 2022 Asia Innovation Programme, the fourth edition of the project. The selected companies were chosen by the organisation’s brand and manufacturing partners during an event in Mumbai. The nine month programme will provide those...

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Pangaia partners with Ecovative to bring mycelium foam to fashion industry

Innovation-based fashion brand Pangaia has taken a new step in sustainable production with the announcement of a joint research collaboration with mycelium tech company Ecovative and sustainable footwear label Vivobarefoot. Joining the Fashion for Good Cooperative, an Amsterdam-based eco-initiative, the trio will work together to co-develop...

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Fashion for Good announces 8 innovators for 2022 Global Innovation Programme

Amsterdam-based sustainable fashion initiative Fashion for Good has announced the eight innovators to join its 2022 Global Innovation Programme. The international companies were selected after pitching their raw materials, processing and end-of-use innovative solutions to Fashion for Good partners. They are now enrolled in a nine-month programme...

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Fashion for Good’s latest project transforms agricultural waste into fibres

In its latest project, “Untapped Agricultural Waste”, global sustainable initiative Fashion for Good wants to turn agricultural waste into fibres. To achieve this goal, the initiative has teamed up with the Laudes Foundation for funding, Fashion for Good partners Adidas, Bestseller, Vivobarefoot and Birla Cellulose as well as the six innovators...

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H&M Group joins Fashion for Good’s circularity project

Sustainable textile organisation Fashion for Good has welcomed the H&M Group to its growing list of key project partners taking part in its Sorting for Circularity initiative. The project, launched in May 2021, aims to “develop more effective infrastructure to recycle textile waste to drive circularity in post-consumer textiles”. “To enable the...

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Fashion for Good initiates project with brands and innovators to shift textile processing from wet to dry

The global sustainable initiative Fashion for Good has launched a new consortium project called the D(r)ye Factory of the Future. Its aim is to accelerate the shift from wet to mostly dry processing as textile processing is responsible for the highest greenhouse gas emissions, significant water and chemical use in the fashion value chain. Thus,...