From June 25-26th, Georgia Parker, Frans Jooste, Hollie Stringer and Coline Morise from the Fashion for Good team visited Future Fabric Expo in London to connect with best-practice mills and suppliers of sustainably and responsibly produced textiles and materials 🤝🚀 The event showcased a number of material and dyestuff innovations from early to late stage. It was fantastic to see the evolution of some of the companies who a few years ago only had a small swatch, to showcasing whole garments. A few highlights from this event, including from the Impact Investor Day Fashion for Good hosted with Canopy, as well as the panels Georgia Parker and Frans Jooste participated in: ✅ Cross-brand alignment on fabric specs and product applications for next-gen materials would help move towards economies of scale. ✅ Talking the right ‘love language’ to different stakeholders, particularly within a brand, is key to getting them on board the next gen material train. ✅ There is capital looking for a home, but investors are cautious and have the upper hand in negotiations. Expect a very high bar for due diligence, and be able to demonstrate strong management, market demand and revenue diversification wherever possible. ✅ Regional infrastructure and ecosystems are key to scaling next-gen materials, which is what the Re:START alliance with Fashion for Good, Canopy, IDH, and Laudes Foundation aims to tackle. ✅ We have got to get creative on cost — how can we share the burden of additional premiums. Fashion for Good and Canopy’s next-gen transition initiative wants to leverage private and public funding to explore a volume-based fee related to material purchased. ✅ There is material out there — it exists. Let's commit. Thanks to our innovators — Modern Synthesis, Algreen Ltd. Epoch Biodesign, Balena, SEFF DyeRecycle — for their fabulous pitches and for AltMat SPINNOVA® Circ® Bast Fibre Technologies Inc. for being part of the FFG Booth. We left the Future Fabric Expo inspired to keep driving the industry toward the implementation and scaling of critical innovations. We enjoyed meeting people at our Next-Gen Booth with Canopy and thanks to The Sustainable Angle team - Nina Marenzi, Fiona Fung, Valerie Langer Nicole Rycroft Karan K., Carol S., Theo Baker Christine Goulay, it was great to see everyone. Read our finance report "The Great Unlock” here: https://lnkd.in/eytxYr2Z #sustainability #sustainablefashion #innovation #event #nextgen #collaboration #futuretech
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