About Us

We Are Textile Exchange

Textile Exchange is a global nonprofit that creates leaders in the preferred fiber and materials industry.

What we do:

In short, we build a community that can collectively accomplish what no individual or company can do alone. We develop, manage, and promote a suite of leading industry standards, as well as collect and publish critical industry data and insights that enable brands and retailers to measure, manage and track their use of preferred fiber and materials.

How we do it:

With a robust membership representing leading brands, retailers, and suppliers, Textile Exchange is positively impacting climate through accelerating the use of preferred fibers across the global textile industry.

Climate+

With our new Climate+ strategy, Textile Exchange is the driving force for urgent climate action on textile fiber and materials with a goal of 45% reduced CO2 emissions from textile fiber and material production by 2030. By benchmarking the industry and providing actionable tools for improvement, Textile Exchange is driving a race to the top. Learn more here.

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Driving Industry Transformation

We work closely with our members and leaders across the textile sector to accomplish five principal goals:

Drive an increase in the adoption of preferred fibers and materials.
Increase integrity throughout the value chain via the adoption of standards and certifications.
Enable collective impact and action across the industry.
Raise awareness about the positive, meaningful changes accomplished.
Use the Sustainable Development Goals as a common vocabulary and reporting framework.

By accomplishing these goals, we believe we can catalyze transformative change that will result in a more sustainable, responsible textile industry.

Our Vision and Mission

Our Vision:

We envision an enriching global textile industry that protects people and planet by positively impacting climate, soil health, water, and biodiversity.

Our Mission:

Textile Exchange inspires and equips people to accelerate the adoption of preferred materials through clear and actionable guidance. We convene the textile industry to collectively achieve climate reduction goals and holistic positive impacts across fiber and raw material production.

Our Goal:

By 2030, our goal is to guide the textile industry to achieve a 45% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions within fiber and raw material production.

Our Team

Textile Exchange is a global, virtual organization with team members across 15 countries. Learn more about our team of experts here.

History:

Founded as Organic Exchange in 2002, Textile Exchange is a global non-profit organization that works closely with all sectors of the textile supply chain. Textile Exchange identifies and shares best practices regarding farming, materials, processing, traceability, and product end-of-life in order to create positive impacts on water, soil, air, animals and the human population created around the world by the textile industry. Textile Exchange expanded from a focus solely on organic cotton in 2010 to include a diverse preferred fiber and materials portfolio.

About Us

We Are Textile Exchange

What we do:

How we do it:

Climate+

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Driving Industry Transformation

Our Vision and Mission

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Our Team

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