Let’s give a new life to our clothes! 1kg of used textiles collected prevents the emission of at least 25kg of carbon dioxide. Let’s stop throwing away.
Click here for the nearest collection point in France : ww.refashion.fr/citoyen@RefashionEcoorg#RRR#repair#reuse#recycle
Maja and Mona had a blast at KATAG AG Brand Day. The trade show hosted hundreds of established and newcomer brands covering everything from premium sector to lifestyle innovations. Key themes were #sustainability, #digitization, #individuality. Thanks for the awesome opportunity!
Fortunately, more and more brands decide to go #sustainable!
“Sustainable is the new black!”, that’s the motto at the 080 Fashion Show in #Barcelona. If we say eco-friendly this means that the focus was set on materials made from #recycled#plastics.
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Supply and demand for #sustainability in the #fashion industry have been growing since 2014. Did you know that six metric tons of clothes are thrown away every 10 minutes in #Australia?
Here’s an article of the 8 best sustainable brands in Australia.
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With their report „A New Textiles Economy: Redesigning Fashion’s Future“ @circulareconomy outline a vision for a new textiles economy based on the principles of a circular economy.
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Former investment banker named Sasibai Kimis started selling woven bags by Southeast Asian artisans back in 2013.
She created her own brand successfully, and shares her history now. She opted to support the people of her home country (Malaysia).
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We all are in favour of fighting #climate change and save the environment that way. #Sustainability provides a wide range of different ideas regarding to investments.
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Two young #fashion students want to convince older people of their brand named ,,Garbo”. They combine ageism with sustainable clothing production. The brand ensures biodegradable materials, undyed color and importantly local, simplified production.
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Clothes from sustainable artificial spider silk made of yeast proteins, and leather made of mushroom roots? @boltthreads works on it: ow.ly/yttK50uZbOQ
Meet Pildora, the “Etsy of sustainable fashion”: a global events company centered on #sustainable#fashion. The founder‘s mission is to eliminate the stigma around sustainable fashion and to give its designers a true platform for their products.
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I:CO is a proud member of the @apprlcoalition (SAC). Our colleague Lydia from our circularity department is currently at the annual global meeting in Barcelona. #HiggIndex#icospirit
Last week, I:CO attended the “Fashion for Good Innovation Fest” to work together with a coalition of brands, retailers, innovators and funders towards the adoption of good fashion practice. #circularfashion#fashioninnovation
Last friday our colleague Lydia gave a guest lecture for master students at Hamburg University about #circularity in the #fashion industry, followed by a lively discussions on circular business models, social innovation and #entrepreneurship.
Vittoria and Mona from the I:CO business development team have spent last week in Maribor, Slovenia, to meet with the other consortium partners of the EU funded project RESYNTEX and to see the project’s chemical #textile#recycling plant up and running.
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