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Founded in 2014, &Wider is dedicated to improving working conditions across global supply chains by monitoring human rights impacts. The company leverages mobile technology to enable workers and smallholders to report on their working conditions regularly, fostering meaningful stakeholder engagement. 

Alchemie Technology has developed clean-tech dyeing and finishing processes which are enabled by its unique digital fluid jetting technology. Alchemie’s digital manufacturing solutions for dyeing and finishing deliver reductions in operational costs and environmental impact: reducing wastewater, chemistry and energy consumption.

AltMat uses a proprietary technology consisting of the combination of mechanical, chemical and enzymatic processes to produce Altag, an industrial fit natural fibre made of agricultural residues from food crops (for example, residual stems of hemp) sourced directly from farmers and hemp producers.

Ambercycle is a textile-to-textile recycler that converts polyester textile waste into cycora yarns® (a regenerated alternative to virgin  polyester) for apparel brands and manufacturers. Their process uses polyester textile waste as feedstock, which is then purified and further converted into polyester pellets to make the cycora yarn, out of which new clothes can be made – thus reducing demand for virgin materials. 

Founded in 2016, Bext360 offers a SaaS platform that digitises global supply chains for agricultural commodities. By leveraging AI, blockchain, and mobile app technology, it provides comprehensive traceability, enabling transparency and accountability throughout the supply chain.

Biophilica transforms garden and park waste into Treekind™ – a leather alternative that is compostable, plastic-free, and recyclable as green waste or into new Treekind™ material. 

BlockTexx is a textile-to-textile recycler that has developed the technology S.O.F.T.™ (which stands for ‘separation of fibre technology’) that combines chemical recovery technology and advanced manufacturing to produce recycled materials (rPET pellets and cellulose powder) from textile waste. 

Chlorohemp Agrotech is developing large scale fully integrated hemp processing units and applying cutting edge biosciences to develop an effective research database on Indian Hemp varieties.

Circ is a textile-to-textile chemical recycler with the ability to recycle different types of textile waste (polyester-based, cellulosic-based and blended). In doing so, Circ produces virgin-equivalent outputs (like dissolving pulp for lyocell fibre production and polyester monomers for PET production) that can be sold downstream to produce new recycled materials.

Dimpora has developed a fluorine-free membrane designed to deliver performance benefits, including high breathability and waterproof capabilities, without the use of toxic PFCs. 

DyeRecycle has developed a technology that enables the reuse and recycling of dyes directly from textile waste for use in the dyeing of new fabrics. A patented solvent is used allowing for reduced chemical, water and energy usage, and the decoloured fabric/fibres can feed into recycling processes allowing new end of use streams. 

Epoch Biodesign is an enzymatic recycler based in the UK focused on recycling PA66/elastane blends. They use Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) algorithms to screen enzyme databases against substrates of choice.

Ever Dye has developed a novel dyeing process with biobased pigments including a proprietary pretreatment, that allows for dyeing at room temperature on cellulosic yarn and fabric. The process utilises less energy than conventional dyeing and no use of petro-chemicals, and is also faster than traditional methods.

GALY engineers cotton in labs, rather than farming, through multiplication of cells directly into the cotton fibre (removing steps of traditional cotton plantation)​. As a result they can grow cotton without the use of pesticides or fertilisers, using considerably less water​. 

Founded in 2015, Good On You uses the power of consumer choices to create a more sustainable future. As the world’s leading source for sustainability brand ratings, Good On You gives retailers the tools and credibility to engage with conscious shoppers on the issues they care about. Building on its expertise in fashion, Good On You launched its beauty ratings in October 2024 to further its mission to use consumer power to drive industry change.

Graviky Labs turns end of use carbon emissions into inks and pigments that can be used for different printing processes such as screen, sublimation and digital. These have been used on different surfaces including paper, polyester and textiles. 

Greenhope is a social technology enterprise manufacturing biodegradable technologies to address hard-to-recycle items that are too small, contaminated, not economically viable, or destined for landfills. Their Ecoplas bioplastic sources starch from local farmers and turn it into packaging for apparel, food, and non-food applications. 

Imogo offers a digitally enabled spray dyeing technology through its DyeMax machine, which uses a combination of a high-speed spray application with a proprietary autoclave fixation step, used for both dyeing and finishing. Their technology offers a lower use of water, chemistry, energy and increased accuracy and flexibility compared to conventional methods.

Infinited Fiber Company is a textile-to-textile recycler that has developed a technology that can turn cotton-rich textile waste into a cellulose carbamate fibre (InfinnaTM). This next generation process can divert waste that would otherwise be sent to landfill or incineration, and regenerate it into a new fibre for the textile industry.

Keel Labs yarns and fibres from kelp, a variety of seaweed. Keel Labs creates both clean materials and processes – fitting directly into existing manufacturing infrastructures with the final material being biodegradable and can be dyed with natural pigments in a closed loop cycle. 

Kintra has developed a biobased and biodegradable polyester alternative from a novel, proprietary version of polybutylene succinate (PBS) derived from renewable feedstocks. PBS is used to produce yarns and consecutively fabrics (knits and wovens) for the textile industry.

Living Ink is a biotechnology company transforming waste-algae material into a bio-based carbon black, UV stable and has the potential to be carbon negative. This algae black is a replacement for petrochemical carbon black, with reduced CO2 emissions in comparison to the latter. 

Lizee has developed a reuse management system, enabling any brand or retailer to launch, manage and scale their rental and second hand offer in just a couple of weeks through management of eCommerce and logistics flows through algorithmic processing of data. This contributes towards a circular society by facilitating the rent and redistribution of consumer goods, ultimately reducing demand for virgin materials. 

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.

Mango Materials uses waste methane to produce PHA pellets which can be then either melt spun or injection moulded to make fibres or packaging respectively. PHA can be used as a replacement for conventional polyester, thus is a replacement for synthetic fibres and packaging which is compostable. 

Materra is developing a technology for cotton agriculture that reduces water and fertiliser while also being grown in an insecticide-free environment. Materra is looking to achieve greater cotton growing efficiency by preventing waste of agricultural inputs, increasing delivery efficiency, and researching a range of biological pest control methods. 

 Matoha specialises in automated sorting solutions through near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy. Their handheld technology enables the accurate identification and sorting of materials, contributing to better diversion of textile waste feedstock to the recycling industry. 

MYCL produces a leather like material by binding agricultural waste with mycelium – mushroom roots. The natural components of the product makes the product sturdy and lightweight which makes it possible to customise forms into various shapes and products. By using agricultural waste Myotech provides farmers with an additional income and keeps the waste from being burned. 

Nature Coatings transforms wood waste into high performing and cost competitive black pigments, and are a direct replacement for petroleum based carbon black pigments. Their pigments do not contain toxic substances, known as PAHs, and are manufactured in a closed loop system that emits negligible amounts of CO2 or other GHGs.

OSM Shield has developed its ZERO chemistry solution, a high-performance technology that provides durable water and oil repellency without the use of any PFAS. 

Polybion is growing premium, next-generation materials designed with nature and manufactured with biology. Their first product, Celium™, is a premium alternative to animal-based leather and petroleum-derived synthetics. It is grown by feeding bacteria with agroindustrial fruit waste; the bacteria, in turn, creates cellulose, a natural polymer.

Protein Evolution is a chemical recycler using enzymes for recycling waste, ranging from hard plastics to polyester fibres. Through use of artificial intelligence screening methods and detailed enzyme engineering, Protein Evolution screens and designs enzymes specifically for depolymerising polyester, with polyamide and polyurethane enzymes in development. 

Refiberd offers an integrated automated sorting to deal with blended post-consumer textile waste. By utilising a combination of spectroscopy, machine learning and image processing for sorting chemical and mechanical recycling, Refiberd’s technology can reduce material waste to landfill and lower CO2 emissions.

Reflaunt is a technology company that connects retailers with the second hand market, allowing customers of retailers to resell, donate or recycle their past purchases in a click through various resell interphases. Their core product is the “smart button” (plug in) which integrates itself into customer accounts on a retailer’s e-commerce and allows customers to push products for resale on a network of third party platforms specialised in second hand resale to extend life of products and divert from landfill. 

Resortecs produces a stitching thread which dissolves when exposed to heat for easy repair and recycling of garments. This allows for reduced water usage when compared to traditional disassembly and recycling processes used in closed-loop denim production, and the solution reduces textile waste through enabled ease of recycling. 

Reverse Resources is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform that enables the fashion industry to collaborate on moving textile waste to recycling and close the loop of its own raw materials. It offers a single point of access for sourcing and supply chain set up of textile waste for the textile-to-textile recycling sector, enabling mapping and measuring volumes of waste by type, composition and location enabling waste suppliers to provide high quality waste for recyclers.

 Smartex is an engineered solution to help textile manufacturers improve production yields and reduce waste. It uses a combination of IoT sensors and AI/machine learning software for the real-time inspection and detection of defects in fabric production before they damage a fabric roll, thus reducing waste in production processes. 

Spintex have developed a spider inspired silk spinning process from a water-based solution of dissolved silk fibres, sourced from amongst others, post-consumer waste streams. The process is more energy efficient than plastic fibre formation therefore offering a sustainable alternative of next generation fibres and materials. 

Syre is a textile impact company on a mission to reduce waste in the textile industry through textile-to-textile recycling, starting with polyester. The company’s textile-to-textile recycling technology provides circular polyester with quality on par with virgin polyester.

The 8 Impact creates recycled elastomers from used sports equipment and sneakers. With an ability to manually separate different materials into 16+ categories for material regeneration. The sorted footwear is devulcanised and micronised in order to create regenerated materials to be used with a smaller percentage of virgin materials for footwear applications. The recycled elastomers can be used for soles of shoes, or in the plastics industry as technical alloys.

Founded in 2016, TrusTrace offers a market-leading platform for supply chain traceability and compliance that enables brands and suppliers around the world to standardise how supply chain and material traceability data is captured, digitised and shared.

ZymoChem offers bio-based materials powered by proprietary carbon conserving (C2) microbes that convert renewable feedstocks into high-value materials while radically minimising CO2 loss during the production phase. The efficiencies of their platform unlock superior economics – up to 50% lower cost than incumbents with a higher yield compared to today’s best in class biomanufacturing.