Fashion for Good partners evaluate bio-based feedstocks
22/11/2024
The Feedstock Assessment for Biosynthetic Innovation initiative has backing from Kering, On and Bestseller.
The fashion industry relies heavily on virgin fossil-fuel-based polymers, particularly synthetic polymers like PET (polyethene terephthalate), PA (polyamide), EVA (ethylene-vinyl acetate) and elastane. The pressing need to reduce this dependence on non-renewable resources has spurred a search for more sustainable alternatives, it said.
Katrin Ley, managing director of Fashion for Good, said: “The industry urgently needs validated feedstocks that are environmentally sound, technically feasible, and compliant with social and regulatory standards.”
The project will focus on three key areas:
• evaluating the environmental impact of feedstocks, with the aim of reducing the industry’s overall footprint
• Identifying feedstocks that are scalable and compatible with current manufacturing processes;
• ensuring all feedstocks meet the standards and certificates expected by both consumers and policymakers.
Philipp Engels, product sustainability lead at On, said: “With the help of this project, we not only want to validate and critically examine our material strategy but also find out which feedstock makes the most sense from a techno-ecological perspective in the future. Collaboration with other brands from the industry, the Nova-Institute and Fashion for Good in this holistic assessment is crucial for a relevant project outcome.”
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