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Interesting article is an example of perception vs reality as it relates to consumers and apparel sustainability

Are you going to TextilWirtschaft Sustainability Summit as well next week? We can't wait to dive into discussions about this year's topics with you: 👉 Sustainable transformation as risk management: How can companies secure their future through sustainable business models? 👉 EU Green Deal: What's coming from Brussels and how can entrepreneurs prepare for it today? 👉 Demands for transparency, economic constraints and fear of greenwashing accusations: How sustainable can fashion really be? 👉 Circular economy and recycling: what progress has been made and how can fashion companies use the new technologies? Meet our team on the ground: Philipp G. Mayer, Torben Battenstein, Susanne Kinast, Yumi Katia Sakai & Carla Gutsche 💚 #TWSupplyChainSummit #SustainableFashion #SupplyChainTransparency

There's a shift happening in consumer material demand-- and we are here for it. Over 380 collaborations were made globally between next-gen companies and design brands last year alone. The recent surge in collaborations between innovative material companies and fashion, home goods, and automotive brands, highlighted in the Material Innovation Initiative's (MII) new report "Brand Engagement with Next-Gen Materials 2023," illustrates how sustainability is trending in the industry. Brands like Gucci, Stella McCartney, Ganni, and Tory Burch are stepping up to the plate by embracing next-gen materials, choosing animal and petroleum-free replacements for traditional leather, silk, cashmere, wool, down, and fur due to their lower environmental impact and ethical considerations. As the fashion sector's influence intersects with key Sustainable Development Goals, including Responsible Consumption and Production and Climate Action, adopting next-gen materials represents a significant step towards a more sustainable future. But what is pulling the biggest lever towards a less harmful ecological footprint? Is it consumer demand? Or industry regulation? What do you believe is doing the most to turn the dial? https://loom.ly/8rGuAeQ

Appreciate your posts Ken Pucker. Rather than attend the Textile Exchange event, I attended a Waste and Recycling conference in Rome that had scientists, academics, and business across a swath of industries working on and struggling with the same issues as retail. My observation: retail is not opening the cloak to invite new thinking in order to shift mindset. My input on the points you raise: “The Cost of Doing Nothing is much Higher than than the Cost of Doing Something:” There is no such thing as "doing nothing". Industry continues on doing ‘lots of things’. The question is whether what they are doing is actively & demonstrably climate-forward or climate-status quo. This is parallel to the retail industry’s efforts on labor: rather than doing the hard work and action - supported by legislation, data, science - with measured & true results, it birthed an industry of indexes, auditors, and certifying bodies that obfuscated the fact that the businesses - its leaders, its trade groups, its lobbyists - were not invested in true change. True action requires a fundamental shift in mindset. “🌞“Decoupling” This is the principal selling point for fashion’s #1 most proffered solutions” Base truth is that there is not the infrastructure for recycling of current waste, nor the science and engineering imbued within company operating infrastructures to develop paths to reuse, recycle, reduce. E.g. design for zero waste is one of the most daunting principles to embed because it constrains creative freedom vs. appreciation for constraints as a driving force for creativity. This principle needs to be applied across the entire supply chain - end-to-end and integrated across. 🌞 “Being Courageous, Caring, Leading with Empathy:” Hands down, the biggest challenge to the current state of the industry is mindset. If we can shift mindset, we can create the rules and incentives of the system. Evolve mindset / leadership model. Apply systems-thinking. 🌞”Setting Goals Bigger than Your Operations:” The goals are already bigger than all retail operations. Genuine, focused action should be bigger that any/all current operations. Again, nobody is doing nothing; they may however, be doing nothing that is real in terms of achieving said goals.

Completely agree and love this very comprehensive mind map 🗺️ by Ken Pucker and some facts thats for changing textile waste and stopping this broken behaviour in fashion businesses fuelled by #greed Look at the film 🍿 #GREED and your see its more about the mentality of the monsters behind the business (thats why we lost Topshop and Debenhams abusive asset stripping and devaluing women who worked in the businesses) thats the problem, and trying to lead away from this an essential for a mightier movement to #circularly but is challenging with often hidden opposition in power devaluinh efforts. This needs your support as a collective. How can we make a small actions as small businesses that by the way many of us consciously walk the talk on from the beginning!!! By now urgently needing to being empowered by bigger businesses and funds that aren’t about financial gain know its pay it forward to for thr people that truely care and the planet 🌍? #Ungoals no.12 - Responsible Production & Consumption as Sarah Ratty FRSA says below 👇 also is exactly how we operated micro productions and reusing since i began in making, guiding, and supplying other brands and my own label. that we must always care to the core about why, what how we do and leave no trace…. Bespoke Textiles - sourcing, developing and delivering luxury fashion, textiles and interiors Love to hear your ways in serving the future leaders and planet ?

Is this type of thinking advancing solutions or perpetuating #sustainability challenges? The attached word cloud is a summary of the keynote at the Textile Exchange (TE) conference. TE does great work convening the #fashionindustry to establish standards and provide insights. And yet, I wonder how the “hopeism” (thanks to Maxine Bédat for the phrase) reflected in the summary of the keynote engenders progress? Consider but a few of the arguments made to progress a #sustainable industry: 🌞”The Cost of Doing Nothing is much Higher than than the Cost of Doing Something:” No doubt, estimates of the negative consequences of climate change (e.g. up to 18% of GDP by 2050 according to Swiss Re) are far more consequential than the investment required to temper the negative consequences. This is true but unhelpful. System structure, rules and incentives at the micro (corporate) level do not incentivize necessary action. The great work of the Apparel Impact Institute and Conservation International aggregating funds to support industry decarbonization represents < 1% of the capital needed to decarbonize the industry. 🌞“Decoupling”” This is the principal selling point for fashion’s #1 most proffered solutions - #circularity. According to this line of thinking, resource reuse is the key to separating growth from extraction and resource overuse. Subsequent sessions were devoted to textile to textile recycling. This is great. But, it has not, and will not #decouple growth from resource use nor will it engender consequential industry decarbonization. This is the result of a host of factors including CAPX, cost, logistics, and the locus of carbon emissions in fashion (far more in processing than in raw materials). 🌞 “Being Courageous, Caring, Leading with Empathy:” These are all worthy leadership attributes. They are also cliches that are quashed by the mindset, rules and incentives of the system. 🌞”Setting Goals Bigger than Your Operations:” We have a surfeit of goals and a dearth of delivery of these same targets.” According to McKinsey & Company, 2/3 of public fashion companies that have made commitments to decarbonization not on path to deliver. Instead of goals, we need different rules with associated consequences. A handful of fashion brands (e.g. Polo Ralph Lauren®, PUMA Group, H&M, Inditex, Decathlon , Reformation, Another Tomorrow, Patagonia, EILEEN FISHER, INC., ..) are trying to lead, but, absent new rules and incentives and far more aggressive support for suppliers and from countries, the industry will continue to convene, converse and not advance authentic sustainability. Abbie Morris Ryan Gellert K. Stewart Sheppard Randi Marshall Anna Turrell Anne-Laure Descours Veronique Rochet Matt Powell Gil Friend Sarah Kent Jack Kittinger Saqib Sohail Dr. Vidhura Ralapanawe Delman Lee Michael Sadowski Greer, Linda Mads Oscar Haumann Samantha Taylor Rachel Arthur Leslie Johnston, M.Sc. Kathleen Talbot Veronica Bates Kassatly

A Wake-Up Call for Change in the Fashion Industry! The apparel manufacturing sector is frequently caught in the crossfire of criticism for its disconcerting environmental and societal implications. The profligate use of resources, notably water, is merely the tip of the iceberg! But the real story here isn't just the unsustainable practices. It's about the potential for change, and the avant-garde solutions transforming this narrative. Consider the practice of using environmentally friendly dyes or the shift towards organic cotton. Brands are also leveraging technology for innovative solutions like 3D virtual prototyping, drastically reducing waste in the design phase. Even consumers have a role to play. The growing consciousness for fair-trade products, the advocacy for ethical buying, and the support for brands committed towards reduced carbon footprints are reforming this industry from the inside out. This is a clear signal towards the urgency for sustainability in apparel manufacturing. But we are just beginning to scratch the surface! I invite you to read more about these sustainable practices in the link below. Let's revolutionise our industry one thread at a time. https://lnkd.in/dHFE6d2K #GreenFinance #SDGs #EconomicInclusion #SustainabilityGoals #leadership #ThoughtLeadershipGuru #GreenLuxury #SustainableHospitality #PassionIsKey #RenewableEnergy #OperationClimate #SustainabilityJobs #GreenJobs #SustainableCareers #EcoJobs #EnvironmentalJobs #CSRJobs #RenewableEnergyJobs #ClimateJobs #SustainableBusiness #GreenCareers #SocialImpactJobs #CircularEconomyJobs #CleanTechJobs #EthicalJobs #SustainableDevelopment #SustainabilityProfessionals #ESGJobs #ConservationJobs #ResponsibleBusiness #FutureOfWorkSustainability #LinkedInStartups #TechSrtupLife #StartupCommunity #InnovativeTech #LinkedInEntrepreneurs #TechLeadership #LinkedInNetworking #StartupGrowth #TechInnovators #LinkedInBusiness #StartupSuccess #LinkedInConnections #TechIndustry #LinkedInEngagement #StartupMindset #LinkedInMarketing #LinkedInProfessionals #renewalenergy #energy #gas #oil #maersk A.P. Moller - Maersk

Today, sustainability in the textile industry is not only an ethical imperative, but also a strategic financial lever. According to recent studies by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Textile Exchange and Quantis, the fashion industry is facing the introduction of more than 35 global sustainability regulations. These regulations could lead to a loss of up to 8% of EBIT for companies in the industry if not met. At this juncture, raw materials play a crucial role as they account for up to two-thirds of a brand's climate impact. Currently, it is estimated that by 2030 only 19% of materials produced will be sustainable, with demand potentially exceeding supply by 133 million tonnes. Companies face two challenges: reducing carbon emissions and adapting quickly to new regulations. #sostenibilita Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Quantis #ue #normativatessile #tessile #moda

With the International Maritime Organization (IMO) setting an ambitious target of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, top brass at major ocean carriers are now feeling the heat to achieve that same goal. Download Sourcing Journal’s 2024 Sustainability Report to learn more about the onslaught of regulations affecting the fashion industry: https://bit.ly/3y4ckcs

Today, we highlight the launch of the of the ninth annual State of Fashion report by McKinsey & Company and BoF Insights, The Business of Fashion’s data and advisory team, as mentioned here: https://lnkd.in/g7Xa7bnQ. This report elaborates on ten fashion industry themes that will set the agenda in 2025, including but not limited to one theme referred to as The Sustainability Collective. It is of interest to note that as part of this theme the role of cost-effective decarbonisation, was mentioned. The report also highlights best practices that leverage brand-supplier collaboration in the journey towards ensuring decarbonisation in the industry. To access the full report, please click here: https://lnkd.in/gu5QBFwj Alliance of Cotton & Textile Stakeholders on Regenerative Agriculture (ACRE) is a collaborative platform for regenerative agriculture, which unites stakeholders across cotton and textile sectors to achieve objectives of farmer empowerment and carbon impact, among others. The founding members of ACRE are Solidaridad Asia, Centre for Responsible Business and regenagri Stay up-to-date on the ACRE platform by filling up this on-line form: https://lnkd.in/gK_8hrAD #decarbonisation #regnenerativeagriculture #sustainability #textiles #fashion   Representative Image by Mircea Ploscar from Pixabay