Creating Material Change

Textile Exchange guides leaders by starting at the source of textile production—raw materials and fibers. Through their Climate+ strategy, they’ve set out to direct the global textile industry towards achieving a 45% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions within the fiber and raw materials production stage by 2030. They inspire and equip brands, growers, and manufacturers with a clear path to accelerate their adoption of responsible materials through certified standards, industry-wide benchmarking and measurement, and a platform that advances proven solutions.

Fashion as a Force for Good

Fashion Makes Change (FMC), a project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, provides actionable solutions that catalyze collective action, build resilient communities and reverse the climate crises. Recognizing we all have a role to play, FMC aligns industry, non-profits, investors and customers in the transition to a sustainable world. We build movements to drive actions to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030. 

Platform for Sustainable Innovation

Fashion for Good is the pioneer of collaborative innovation in the fashion industry. Fashion for Good convenes brands, retailers, manufacturers, innovators and funders harnessing the power of innovation, practical action & collaboration to drive the transition towards a circular textile industry. At the core of Fashion for Good is their Innovation Platform giving promising start-up innovators the expertise, mentoring and access to the funding they need in order to grow in the quest to transform the industry.

Alliance for Sustainable Production

The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) is the leading alliance for a sustainable apparel, footwear, and textile industry. The SAC envisions an industry that produces no unnecessary environmental harm and has a positive impact on the people and communities associated with its activities. Through the SAC, more than 250 leading industry stakeholders collaborate to develop the Higg Index, a standardized suite of tools all industry participants can use to measure and improve value chain impacts.

Forum for Industry Collaboration

Global Fashion Agenda (GFA) is a non-profit organisation that fosters industry collaboration on sustainability in fashion to accelerate impact. With the vision of a net positive fashion industry, it drives action by mobilising, inspiring, influencing and educating all stakeholders.

Working in partnership with a wide ecosystem of companies and organisations across the value chain, GFA spearheads the fashion industry’s journey towards a more sustainable future. Through its work, GFA reaches thousands of stakeholders including brands, innovators, NGOs, policy makers, manufacturers, investors and more.

Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action

The Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action is convened by UN Climate Change to drive the industry to net-zero emissions by 2050. It is an industry-led effort to collectively identify ways in which the broader textile, clothing and fashion industry can deliver climate action, through the activities of 8 working groups. The Charter enables collaboration between brands, retailers, suppliers, financial institutions and industry bodies to identify and scale climate solutions to drive the industry towards a 1.5 degree future.

Scaling and Funding Impact Programs

Bringing the apparel industry together to accelerate collective action and measurable impact. The core of our work is to identify, fund and scale the best environmental impact solutions. Through this work, we accelerate measurable impact by leveraging quality data, aggregating funding, curating partnerships, and connecting resources. We play the critical role of an intellectual clearing house for our partner brands and philanthropic donors, reviewing and validating their environmental programs and initiatives.

Reducing Industry's Chemical Footprint

We want to protect the planet by reducing industry's chemical footprint. That means working hand-in-hand with the entire value chain. We collaborate with global brands, chemical suppliers, manufacturers and other organisations that share our vision. Together we create a new way forward. We believe in a world where things are made without harmful chemicals. Our goal is to make that happen. We connect, innovate and empower to change how products are made. Together we can protect the place we call home.

Convening Leadership to Create Change

Established at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, The Responsible Business Coalition (RBC) is a pioneering network of CEOs, private sector executives, educators, researchers and non-profit leaders working collectively to redesign business as a compassionate and regenerative force for prosperity. The shared vision and commitment of the RBC is to improve the environmental, social and governance (ESG) impact of industries worldwide and contribute to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Building Industry-Wide Policy Alignment

The Policy Hub was born out of the existing partnerships between the SAC’s Policy Task Team with the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (FESI) and the Global Fashion Agenda (GFA). The Policy Hub unites the apparel and footwear industry to speak in a shared voice and propose policies that accelerate circular practices. They facilitate discussions with industry leaders, policy makers, and civil society to support the apparel and footwear industry in closing the loop of their businesses. The Policy Hub’s mission is to provide an ambitious policy direction for the apparel and footwear industry.

Driving Collective Action towards a nature-positive net zero future

The Fashion Pact is a global initiative of companies in the fashion and textile industry (ready-to-wear, sport, lifestyle and luxury) including their suppliers and distributors, all committed to a common core of key environmental goals in three areas: mitigating climate change, restoring biodiversity and protecting the oceans. Launched as a mission given to Kering Chairman and CEO, François-Henri Pinault by French President, Emmanuel Macron, the Fashion Pact was presented to Heads of State at the G7 Summit in Biarritz.