Transparency & Traceability

Transparency and traceability is the process of making information available to understand how fibres and materials were sourced, processed and produced through the supply chain. Improving the transparency of suppliers, and the traceability of sourced materials, is essential to enable more sustainable decision making. It is an enabling factor to help reduce the negative environmental and social impacts of the textile supply chain.

Projects

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    Fashion for Good and Textile Exchange Team Up to Trace Textile Waste

    AMSTERDAM - 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. A key objective is to deliver recommendations to Textile Exchange for the development of new and existing standards, including the Global Recycled Standard (GRS) and Recycled Claim Standard (RCS).
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    Meet the Innovator: Oritain

    Oritain applies forensic and data science to verify the origin of products and raw materials.
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    What is transparency?

    Transparency means being open and honest about where, when, and how a garment was made through every step of the fashion value chain, from the sourcing of raw materials to your local retail store.
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    In Conversation with TextileGenesis: The Innovator Creating Transparent Supply Chains

    The Fashion for Good team interviewed Amit Gautam, founder and CEO of TextileGenesis, to learn more about the innovator’s story, technology, challenges and successes and showcase innovations that are driving tangible change in the industry and leading the path to scale.
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    What is traceability?

    Traceability means knowing when, where, and how each piece of a garment is made, allowing us to trace it back from source to consumer, providing visibility of the fashion supply chain and enabling improved sustainability governance by industry players.
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    Meet the Innovator: TextileGenesis™

    TextileGenesis™ is a pioneering traceability platform custom built for the fashion & textile ecosystem.
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    Why fabric fraud is so easy to hide

    How can we tell if the clothes in our wardrobes really are what they claim to be? Fashion for Good mentions the insights and issues of international fabrics’ certifications along the supply chains.

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    Assessing Tracer Technologies to Boost Traceability

    Fashion for Good in collaboration with Textile Exchange present a detailed analysis of physical tracer technologies applicable to the textile supply chain, and a guide for industry players wanting to bolster traceability.

    Satma CE

    Satma CE is a web based software that uses blockchain optionally to offer traceability across the waste-to-worth supply chain, including collection, segregation, recycling and processing. 

    Vaayu

    Vaayu is the world’s first automated carbon-tracking software for retailers, enabling businesses to reduce their footprint by providing accessible, real-time data to drive carbon-reduction at scale. By integrating with point-of-sale systems, such as Shopify, and leveraging proprietary AI and machine learning technology, Vaayu draws insights from production, sales and logistics to deliver a tangible solution in the fight against climate change and a more sustainable future for retail. 

    Made2Flow

    Founded in 2019, Made2Flow is a data-driven impact measurement and decarbonisation platform focused on gathering, validating, and analysing supply chain data. It provides brands with transparency on environmental metrics, enabling informed decisions to reduce their carbon footprint.

    TextileGenesis

    Founded in 2018, TextileGenesis™ provides a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform that enables fashion brands and textile manufacturers to ensure reliable, secure, and fully digital traceability of their textiles, from fibre to consumer. By offering fibre-forward traceability for responsible and certified materials and a supply chain discovery approach for conventional ones, the platform helps to guarantee the authenticity and origins of materials across the textile, leather, and footwear industries.

     

    MonoChain

    MonoChain have developed a method for fashion companies to connect an individual physical item with a digital twin, based on blockchain, using a low-energy, sustainable form of non-fungible token (NFT). This resolves the problem of deceptive counterfeits, we are exploring the potential for providing fashion consumers with ways to get more value and enjoyment from their wardrobe.

    circular.fashion

     circular.fashion develops services and software for circular design, reuse and closed loop recycling to enable a transparent flow of information between material suppliers, fashion brands, consumers and recyclers. This ensures future reuse, reselling and recycling at the highest possible level of sustainability. 

    Carcel

    Carcel is a premium fashion label that works with and is produced by women in prison, using only 100% natural materials. They work in two facilities, producing silk garments in Thailand and alpaca wool garments in Peru.

    Credibl

    Credibl is a leading end-to-end track and trace solution using blockchain, AI and Cloud Computing to help brands and manufacturers to digitise sustainability practices. Through real-time data, efficiency and storytelling, they bridge the fragmented gaps between the different sustainability systems of farmers, manufacturers and brands.

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    Fashion for Good predictions for 2025

    2025 Forecast: 6 Major Shifts On Our Radar

    2025 marks a turning point for the fashion industry, where innovation and sustainability are more crucial than ever. From addressing the intricate challenges of circular footwear design to redefining the resilience of global supply chains, the industry faces both immense tasks and transformative opportunities. Below, we delve into six pivotal shifts shaping fashion’s future in 2025, highlighting the solutions, partnerships, and technologies steering us toward a more sustainable and inclusive path forward.
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    Natural Fiber Welding

    The Future of Fashion Tech: Types of Innovations in the Fashion Industry

    In the evolving landscape of sustainable fashion, different types of innovators play distinct roles in advancing industry transformation. Understanding these roles helps in identifying how each contributes to sustainable practices.
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    Lab work

    The Future of Fashion Tech: The Innovation Lifecycle in Fashion Tech

    The journey of fashion technology from idea to market involves a complex process known as the “innovation lifecycle”. This lifecycle is crucial for transforming cutting-edge concepts into viable, market-ready products that can revolutionise the fashion industry.
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    Particles

    The Future of Fashion Tech: Hard Tech vs. Soft Tech in Fashion Innovation

    Hard tech and soft tech play complementary roles in driving sustainable transformation within the fashion industry. Hard tech, with its capital-intensive and longer development cycles, enables fundamental shifts like recycling and advanced manufacturing, while soft tech offers scalable digital solutions that deliver quicker efficiency and transparency gains. Balancing investments in both is essential to achieve systemic change and circularity.