Sustainable Fashion Resources
This is a space for brands to find resources to improve their brand from sustainable production, improved business models, innovative materials and more!
Sustainable Production
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For independent fashion labels sourcing a range of small quantities of stylish, sustainable fabrics can be a challenge. In this guide, Common Objective has gathered 13 fabric wholesalers who can help fulfill your needs. Most offer worldwide shipping, and fabric quantities start at just one meter.
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[Sustainability in fashion is no longer an option – it’s become a requirement. Each decision made along the supply chain is a reflection of this growing priority. Our report reveals just what those changes look like.]
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[Textile Exchange has released the 10th edition of its annual Materials Market Report – the leading source for global fiber and materials production volumes for the last decade and it shows further growth in the overall production of new materials, including fossil-based synthetic fibers.]
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An overview of what we know and what could be done about the impact of our major apparel materials: Cotton, Polyester, Leather and Rubber.
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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries – developed and developing – in a global partnership. They recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth – all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests.
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Learn about the extensive process it takes to make a fully sustainable garment from production, preferred materials and material certification. This resource is an episode from the Naturspired Podcast and all mentioned links are included in the show notes.
Material Innovation
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COREVA™ is an innovative technology developed and patented by Candiani Denim that uses a plant-based yarn obtained from natural rubber to replace synthetic, petrol-based yarns. Made from organic cotton wrapped around a natural rubber core, the result is a yarn that is completely plastic-free. By replacing conventional synthetic and petrol-based elastomers with a new, custom-engineered component, Candiani has created an innovative biodegradable stretch denim fabric – without compromising the elasticity, physical qualities, and durability of jeans.
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Every 10,000 tons of ECONYL® saves 70,000 barrels of crude oil and avoids 65,100 tonnes of CO2 eq. emissions. Econyl is a regenerative nylon substitute that is made from recycled waste instead of virgin inputs. It can also be regenerable an infinite number of times without any compromise in quality.
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Bananatex® is the world’s first durable, technical fabric made purely from the naturally grown Abacá banana plants. Cultivated in the Philippine highlands within a natural ecosystem of sustainable mixed agriculture and forestry, the plant is self-sufficient, requires no pesticides, fertilizer or extra water. These qualities have allowed it to contribute to reforestation in areas once eroded due to monocultural palm plantations, whilst enhancing biodiversity and the economic prosperity of its farmers.
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Sustainable Business/Important Topics
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The Fashion Act S.7428 (Biaggi) / A.8352 (Kelles) is a groundbreaking piece of legislation that will shift the industry away from this race to the bottom by requiring mandatory social and environmental due diligence. The Fashion Act aims to address accountability in fashion, by requiring brands to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions, as well as their energy, water, material and plastic usage and chemical management; to set and achieve Science Based Targets (which are in line with the Paris Agreement’s aim to keep global warming to 1.5C), and implement mandatory due diligence across its supply chain (including reporting on wages).
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The purpose of this guidance is to help businesses understand and comply with their existing obligations under consumer protection law when making environmental claims. We hope it will give confidence to those businesses whose products are genuinely ‘green’ to provide consumers with the information they need to make informed decisions.
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GWPA will strengthen current law to ensure protections of garment worker rights in three ways. It will: 1) expand liability, ensuring that retailers cannot use layers of contracting to avoid liability; 2) prohibit the use of paying garment workers by the “piece,” thereby eliminating a significant obstacle to workers being paid minimum wage and also protecting their health and safety; and 3) explicity authorize the Labor Commissioner’s Bureau of Field Enforcement (BOFE) to investigate and cite guarantors for wage theft.
GWPA is relevant and fundamentally needed now more than ever for this important and vulnerable workforce.
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Learn from leading entrepreneurs what it takes to create a successful fashion business, with a social or environmental ethos.
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We’ve created a vision for the fashion industry to redesign the way clothes are made and used. Our vision will require industry and government to work together. It will need significant investment, large-scale innovation, transparency, and traceability. But if we take these actions together and get started today, this new system can scale fast.
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How organizing for sustainability can benefit the bottom line. Becoming a sustainability leader requires big changes, but the effort is worth it in both environmental and economic terms.
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Do companies who change their business model profit from sustainability? Our research suggests several ways in which companies can become more effective at connecting business model change with sustainability-based profits.
If there is something you’re looking for that is not listed, please reach out at hello@naturspired.com and we’d be more than happy to help you find what you need to enrich your sustainability journey.