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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

Don't forget to join our Chief Strategy Officer Ashley Gill today to discuss 'Traceability and Transparency Key Performance Indicators', at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Vision & Visibility: Scaling Transparency. You can join online here 👉 https://lnkd.in/d9Vg4Eh3

Are you interested in diving deeper into regenerative agriculture and exploring innovative financing approaches to cost share and de-risk the transition to regenerative? Join our Regenerative Agriculture Community of Practice Webinar on Thursday, June 20 from 10-11:30 am EDT.  During this session, we will hear from Franklin Holley of Conservation International, David LaZaks of Food System 6, and Sarah Kelley of The Fibers Fund. We will explore how grant funding can be leveraged to kickstart regenerative projects, how loan guarantees and insurance can be used to de-risk the transition to regenerative agriculture, and how these tools can be woven together to share costs and reduce risks amongst producers and brands.    The vision for our community is to scale regenerative agriculture through unprecedented industry collaboration. It is an opportunity to learn from experts, interact with industry peers, and participate in community regeneration.    Join the community https://lnkd.in/eAXkBBRT →   Register for the call https://lnkd.in/dYjVsssy →

📢 Calling all emerging photographers There is just over a week left to enter our photography competition in partnership with Magnum Photos. We are looking for emerging photographers interested in telling the visual stories that take place when fibers and materials are cultivated, created, spun, woven, sewn, loved and cherished – gaining cultural and emotional significance through the journey. 🗓️ Submission deadline June 28, 2024 Find out more and enter https://bit.ly/3yekGxX → 📸 Photo by Jerome Sessini, 2024 judge and Magnum Photographer #textileexchange #textiletransformations #photographycompetition

With a new wave of policy changes on the horizon, upcoming EU legislation is going to have a ripple effect into every aspect of how our industry does business. What is Textile Exchange’s approach to these new policies, and what do they mean for fashion, textile, and apparel companies? In our latest From The Source newsletter, Romane Malysza, Public Affairs Strategist at Textile Exchange sheds light on what we can expect for the next year. Read the full article https://bit.ly/3RnTh3g → #textileexchange #textile #fibers #climateaction

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/guWJUFTf →

🔈 Sound on 🔉 Today is World Environment Day, a reminder of our crucial responsibility to produce fibers and raw materials in a way that respects both climate and nature. This year’s theme focuses on land restoration, desertification, and drought resilience. With so many raw materials coming from the land, fashion, textile, and apparel companies have a major role to play in helping farmers grow a better future. Regenerative agriculture holds the potential to restore soil health, improve biodiversity, enhance water availability, boost farmer resilience, and more. For companies to help create a global production model where these holistic, regenerative practices the norm, fostering strong, equitable partnerships with producers is the first step.   #GenerationRestoration