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Fantastic to have you with us for The Greenhouse Demo Day at The Royal Institution! Huge well done to each of the climate innovation startups for a really impressive and inspiring set of pitches: Fab Materials | Resting Reef | Planet Smart | Reaforma | Replica Biomaterials | Aed Energy | Cyanoskin | VundaHaus | ClimateKick | Isometric Outcomes | Firex.ai 👏 👏 And a massive congratulations to our highest scoring teams, as voted for by our audience! 👏 Third place: Cyanoskin 👏 Second place: Reaforma 👏 First place: Fab Materials Next round of applications for The Greenhouse opens January 2025 - sign up to our newsletter to stay in-the-loop: https://lnkd.in/eJQrBBgd #WeAreUndaunted Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment The Royal Institution UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment (CGFI) CO₂RE - The Greenhouse Gas Removal Hub Scale Space

AND THE WINNER IS… We are thrilled to announce that the winner of the Manufacturing Futures 2024 Innovation Challenge Prize is 🏆 Fibe! Fibe is a start-up materials science company that creates new textile fibers from potato harvest waste, comparable to cotton, polyester and other materials. Congratulations to our runner-ups 🏅Fab Materials and 🏅Sequinova! The winner and runner-ups were revealed last night at our Manufacturing Futures 2024 Awards Supper, held at The Conduit in Covent Garden. The event was packed with leading figures from the worlds of fashion, technology, and investment. Our 10 finalists had just 20 minutes each to pitch their innovations to the judges, followed by canapes, drinks, speeches, and networking. Huge thank you to our incredible judging panel: Matthew Drinkwater, Head of Fashion Innovation Agency at London College of Fashion; Gillian Lipton FIEMA, ex-Sustainability Director at Alexander McQueen; Ella Gould, Head of Circularity and Innovation at Selfridges; Chelsea Franklin, Head of Advanced Concept Design at PANGAIA, and Adam Mansell, CEO of UKFT Association. Thanks to The Conduit for hosting our Awards Evening in their wonderful Ubuntu Lounge, and to everyone that came along to celebrate the Manufacturing Futures shortlisted businesses. We can't wait to see what you all do next. London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London #FashionManufacturing #FashionInnovation #InnovationChallenge #SustainableFashion #CircularFashion #Innovation #SustainableManufacturing

📢 "The fashion industry needs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2050." Author and Canopy member, Simon Kew, joined us at Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)'s HQ, the Entopia Building, celebrating the launch of his book 'The Path to Net Zero for the Fashion Industry'. He has set out new quantitative, science-based evidence to understand where the emissions emitted by the fashion world are generated. And, importantly, he explores the strategies needed to achieve decarbonisation. These include:  ⚡Changing energy sources 🛍️ Controlling consumption 👗 Materials transition 🏭 Reinventing manufacturing 🚯 And reducing waste The book launch included a discussion with CISL Programme Director Viola Jardon, and networking. 

New research from WRAP shows that whilst the used textile sector is continuing to experience a dire economic situation which is being made worse by the ever increasing amounts of lower value fast fashion, the UK continues to divert around 650,000 tonnes of post-consumer (mainly used clothing textiles). When considering diversion rates specifically for clothing, the UK collects about 60% of clothing put on the market, re-routing it away from disposal and giving it a hugely environmental and social beneficial second, third, fourth life etc. This is amongst the highest collection rates in the world. Plus there is an increasing body of properly peer reviewed research taking detailed analysis of waste arisings suggesting that the actual amount of textile waste in used bales arriving into African markets is close to 2% and not 40% as widely reported by some. It is clear that our sector is doing a lot of good and it is simply not getting the credit it deserves. It is also clear from the WRAP report though that there are a lot more used textiles that are being put in the black bin, particularly when it comes to textile items other than clothing. If we are to collect these we will need to proper support and investment to make this happen. This can include support from the fashion and textiles industry to use recycled fibres from post-consumer waste in new products which should be backed up by a policy to mandate minimum recycled content is a must, along with EPR, product standards and other policies. Furthermore, if we had EPR today, it would give collectors and processors a financial cushion that could help global used textiles sector through the really tough economic slump that we are currently facing. As I am quoted as saying: "warehouses are full, collections are grinding to a halt, demand in the main global markets is being hugely disrupted, trade has dropped off a cliff, and news of layoffs and rumours of closures are a daily occurrence. This current situation coupled with the findings of the new Textiles Market Situation Report show why we need serious interventions and support from government and industry through policies such as EPR, product standards and minimum recycled content in new products.” https://lnkd.in/eutzCHME #sustainabletextiles #sustainablefashion #circularfashion #circulareconomy #usedclothing #secondhand