Sustainability
Eight Start-Ups Participate in the Global Innovation Program
By Dipl.-Ing. Yvonne Heinen-Foudeh, Senior Int'l. Correspondent
Since they convinced the Fashion for Good partners with their projects, eight innovators were able to secure participation in a nine-month Fashion for Good program. The aim is to validate their technologies and then implement them throughout the value chain.
The 2022 Innovation Program provides bespoke support based on the development stage and ambitions of each innovator, matching innovators with relevant industry partners to drive piloting, implementation, and investing activities.
The selected innovators joining the Innovation Programme this year are DyeRecycle (UK), Ever Dye (France), IDELAM (France), Kintra Fibers (USA), Modern Synthesis (UK), Premirr Plastics (USA), Refiberd (USA), and Rubi (USA).
Those innovators represent technologies across raw materials, processing, and end-of-use innovations; three pivotal areas for significant impact and carbon reduction opportunities as highlighted in the recent report “Unlocking the Trillion-Dollar Fashion Decarbonisation Opportunity” co-authored by Fashion for Good.
- The report charts a trajectory for the industry to meet its net-zero ambition breaking down the funding needed and mapping integral levers across existing and innovative solutions.
- “We are excited to welcome these eight new innovators to the 2022 Fashion for Good Innovation Program”, stated Katrin Ley. The Managing Director at Fashion for Good further: “We are inspired by the significant impact and carbon reduction opportunities their technologies enable. With an emphasis on driving impact and implementation, we strive to provide them with the best support to expedite their exposure and growth into the market.”
- Launched in March 2017, with founding partner Laudes Foundation (formerly C&A Foundation) and an open invitation to the entire apparel industry to join, Fashion for Good connects brands, producers, retailers, suppliers, non-profit organizations, innovators, and funders to work together in their shared ambition to make the fashion industry a force for good.
- For more information check out: https://fashionforgood.com/.