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💬 Announcing the 2024 Textile Exchange Conference agenda: DAY ONE 📅 Under the theme “The Case for Change,” the 2024 Textile Exchange Conference will explore why integrating best practices for climate and nature at the raw materials level is an investment in business resilience for the fashion, textile, and apparel industry. The first day of our conference will look at the current context in which the fashion, textile, and apparel industry sits: at the intersection of incoming legislation, increased instability for farmers, and an urgent need for better impact data. What are the operational risks if it doesn’t collectively change the way it works, and what tools, systems, and frameworks can be leveraged to pivot operations back within the boundaries of both planet and policy? The in-person event will be held at the Pasadena Convention Center from October 28-31, with an interactive virtual offering available. See the full agenda https://bit.ly/3ycTAaU → Register to attend https://bit.ly/4b9TFKJ → #textileexchangeconference2024

At Textile Exchange, we believe that the conversation around sustainability should be anchored in science and data – but filled with optimism and action. By highlighting tangible examples of progress, we can switch our lens from problem-orientated to solution-focused. Ultimately, we need to concretize the notion that change is achievable and there are already countless case studies to learn from. We are looking forward to sharing the agenda for the Textile Exchange Conference 2024 in the coming days, which will see us create a space for collective learning and experience sharing, transforming challenge into opportunity. #textileexchange #textile #climateaction

We’ve teamed up with Fashion for Good to trace textile waste Fashion for Good and Textile Exchange introduce the Tracing Textile Waste Project, a two-year, multi-stakeholder initiative aimed at harmonising data and system capabilities in the reverse supply chain. This project seeks to create alignment through an open-source data template and a glossary of terms. It will establish and validate a standardised framework for collecting and exchanging textile waste data between the point of origin and recyclers. Ultimately, the goal is to provide an industry framework that can be scaled for potential implementation into Global Recycled Standard and Recycled Claim Standard chain of custody requirements and for other recycled supply chains, with the potential for broader application across other recycled supply chains. This initiative represents a crucial step towards a more transparent and sustainable fashion industry. By working together, we can unlock the power of textile waste and create a closed-loop system for a more responsible future. Find out more https://bit.ly/3WelgEr →

This is the last chance to submit your nomination for our Climate & Nature Impact Awards 2024. Textile Exchange’s fourth annual awards program celebrates those who show outstanding commitment and drive towards accelerating beneficial impacts for climate and nature. From raw material producers and farmers to brands and retailers, we welcome self-nominations and nominations that put forward others who deserve recognition. The Climate and Nature Impact Awards 2024 recognize emerging leaders and changemakers through the Ryan Young Climate Leader award (individual), and Projects of the Year awards in the following four categories: Climate, Nature, Innovation, and Collaboration. Nomination deadline: July 19. Find out more https://lnkd.in/esT3X5_Y →

Nominate a person or industry project for the 2024 Climate and Nature Impact Awards   Do you know an inspiring person or project that is a force for change in the fashion, textile, and apparel industry? Textile Exchange’s fourth annual awards program is open for nominations, celebrating those who show outstanding commitment and drive towards accelerating beneficial impacts for climate and nature.   The Climate and Nature Impact Awards recognize emerging leaders and changemakers in both individual and select project team categories. From brands and retailers to farmers and raw material producers, we welcome both self-nominations and nominations that put forward others who deserve recognition.  Award Categories: - Climate: Recognizes projects effective in reducing emissions associated with raw material extraction and initial processing, while also considering the ecosystems, landscapes, and communities where fibers are produced. - Nature: Honors projects using regenerative agriculture best practices, contributing to beneficial impacts on biodiversity, and responsibly using water, ensuring it is safely returned to our systems. - Innovation: Celebrates projects demonstrating unconventional thinking in creating alternatives to new virgin synthetics and scaling preferred synthetics, such as textile-to-textile recycling, biosynthetics, and carbon capture technologies. - Collaboration in Action: Highlights projects that reduce environmental impacts through partnerships and engagement with other organizations, inspiring others to accelerate industry action in achieving climate reduction targets and nature goals. - Ryan Young Climate Leader Award: Recognizes an outstanding individual who shows commitment, action, and leadership in reducing emissions from fiber and raw material production in the fashion, textile, and apparel industry.   Award winners will receive a gifted conference ticket and be recognized at the 2024 Textile Exchange Conference. Additionally, winners will join a growing community of award winners and receive one free year of membership at the Friend or Supporter level for their organization. Find out more https://lnkd.in/esT3X5_Y →

Fill in our latest survey on how you talk about growth We are developing the next Textile Exchange Landscape Analysis report on the topic of growth in the fashion, apparel, and textile industry, and the role it plays in climate and nature impacts.    As with our previous Landscape Analysis reports, our aim with this report is to provide a shared reference point on foundational concepts related to the topic, what we know and don’t know, and what the industry can do to take action. We aim to share more at the Textile Exchange Conference in Pasadena, California, October 28-31.   One of the key challenges we’ve heard from across the industry, which we will seek to address in this report, is the lack of shared terminology to appropriately describe this topic – and which companies can comfortably use with internal decision-makers. We would like to gather as much specific input as possible from the industry to inform recommended language for industry alignment.   To this end, we invite you to complete this brief 6-question survey https://lnkd.in/euWdrEYF Multiple individuals from a company or organization are welcome to respond; however, we ask that each individual only responds once. Please note, all responses will be kept confidential. The deadline for responses is Friday, July 9, 2024

Apply now to join Textile Exchange’s governance board for 2025, and help to drive beneficial outcomes for climate and nature across the fashion, textile, and apparel industry, from the start of the supply system. This is a great opportunity to be part of an organization dedicated to guiding the fashion, textile, and apparel industry in climate and nature action at the materials production level of the supply system. By joining our governance board, you will play a crucial role in leading Textile Exchange in its mission and vision, helping shape important work that addresses the critical challenges facing the industry today. Find out more about what we are looking for and how to apply https://lnkd.in/eVeqDnaR →

Most of the materials used by the fashion, textile, and apparel industry come from farms, forests, or fossil fuels – all of which have a range of environmental and social implications. Launched at the Textile Exchange Conference in October, the Materials Impact Explorer (MIE) is a free, open-source tool designed to help brands understand the location-specific risks linked to their raw material sourcing decisions. The tool provides tailored recommendations on: 🌱 Assess risks 🌱 Understand opportunities for impact reduction 🌱 Supporting local and global sustainability initiatives Today, we have launched the latest risk categories, forests and air pollution, alongside pre-existing categories of climate, freshwater, and biodiversity. Access the MIE tool https://bit.ly/45MBDfU →

📢 Calling all emerging photographers There is just one week left to enter our photography competition in partnership with Magnum Photos. Winners will be selected by a panel of expert judges, and chosen based on their submitted projects. Introducing this year’s jurors: - Joi Lee (Head of Editorial, @earthrise.studio) - Sonia Jeunet (Education Director, @magnumphotos) - William Simeone (Partnerships Manager, @magnumphotos) - Jérôme Sessini (Magnum Photographer) - Zied Ben Romdhane (Magnum Photographer) - Claire Bergkamp (CEO, Textile Exchange) - Sophia Li (Award-winning journalist and climate advocate) The overall winner will receive a commission to the value of £8,000 for Textile Exchange to document the stories behind some of its members as well as a mentorship with a leading talent from Magnum’s network of photographers and support from the Magnum Photos Education team. One runner-up will receive a commission to the value of £5,000 for Textile Exchange and some mentorship sessions from Magnum’s network of photographers and the Magnum Photos Education team. 🗓️ Submission deadline June 28, 2024 Find out more and enter https://bit.ly/3yekGxX → 📸 Photo by Kin Coedel @kinbykin, 2023 competition winner #textileexchange #textiletransformations #photographycompetition

📢 There’s still time to enter our 2024 photography competition, in partnership with Magnum Photos. For the third year running, Textile Exchange and Magnum Photos have launched a competition for emerging photographers to submit a story under the theme Textile Transformations. Clothing and textiles connect us intrinsically to our planet and its many ecosystems, cultures, and communities. The materials used to make them come from farms, forests, or even oil from the earth, and they have often passed through many pairs of hands, transformed each time before they become the final product that we buy. While each transformation brings cultural and emotional significance, our collective appreciation of textiles often centers around the product itself, rather than where it came from, who created it, or what it has come to mean. That’s why, in partnership with Magnum Photos, we are looking for photographers interested in exploring the way we transform textiles, and how textiles in turn transform us. 🗓️ Submission deadline June 28, 2024 Find out more and enter https://lnkd.in/gehqekg8 → 📸 Photo by Yichen Zhou @yichenzhouu, 2022 competition runner up #textileexchange #textiletransformations #photographycompetition