Textiles
Circle Economy’s Textile Programme empowers brands and organisations globally, providing research, data, and training to scale circular practices and drive continuous improvement in the textile and apparel sector.
Our vision
The current linear model, characterised by high resource extraction and rapid disposal, exhausts both natural and human capital. We envision and build a circular textiles industry where products are consistently designed, produced, used, collected, and reintroduced into the supply chain as valuable raw materials.
We cultivate a fair and regenerative textile industry by tackling the immense challenge of textile waste and enabling the crucial data, technology, and infrastructure required to valorise textile waste at scale.
Our highlights
The Circularity Gap Report (CGR®) Textiles
The CGR Textiles reveals how circular strategies can transform the industry, making it three times more circular, halving its environmental footprint and reducing textile waste.
Solutions for Textile Integrated Circular Economy (SOLSTICE)
SOLSTICE, a Horizon Europe project, develops scalable solutions to advance climate-neutral, circular textile practices. As a partner, Circle Economy supported focus groups exploring consumer attitudes across four focus territories.
Sorting for Circularity Europe
Launched in 2021 as Sorting for Circularity Europe by Fashion for Good and Circle Economy, the project mapped textile waste with support from Laudes Foundation, adidas, BESTSELLER, Inditex, Zalando, and H&M Group. The methodology later expanded to deliver initiatives in India and the US, as well as Rewear and Closing the Footwear Loop.
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