Our Decade for Materials Change
Date: August 3, 2021By Liesl Truscott Last Saturday, July 31st, was Earth Overshoot Day. It’s summertime here in England. Seb, my sixteen-year-old son, is off backpacking today. He’s heading to […]
Identifying Low Carbon Sources of Cotton and Polyester
Published: April 27, 2021 This week, the UN’s Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action Raw Materials Working Group issued the report, “Identifying Low Carbon Sources of Cotton and Polyester Fibers”. […]
Textile Exchange Certifications Impacts by COVID-19
Due to travel restrictions, on-site audits for our standards are not possible in many countries. The Textile Exchange TEam is working with certification bodies to develop solutions to maintain the […]
Leather Impact Accelerator Drop-In Clinics
Last January, Textile Exchange launched the Leather Impact Accelerator (LIA), and 2021 is the pilot year for the program. This month the LIA team is hosting a series of Drop-in Clinics […]
Member-only Ask-Me-Anything: March 18
Textile Exchange is launching a series of Ask Me Anythingu2019s (AMAu2019s) on The Hub, exclusively for members. Each quarter, one of our membership community experts will be taking the helm […]
CFMB Program Update: March
March 2, 2021 | By Jessica Garcia Lama, Benchmark Manager Hello there and welcome back to our new monthly CFMB Program update! Last month we encouraged you to join the Hub Community of Companies […]
2025 Recycled Polyester Challenge
Textile Exchange and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action are launching a joint initiative to further spur a shift in the market towards the uptake of recycled polyester […]
Organic textile sector reaches a significant milestone in testing for genetically modified (GMO) cotton
In 2019, Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), the Organic Cotton Accelerator (OCA) and Textile Exchange partnered to develop the ISO IWA 32:2019 protocol1 to create a common language among laboratories […]
Textile Exchange Launches the Leather Impact Accelerator (LIA) 0.1
February 4, 2021 Download the press release here. Textile Exchange has launched version 0.1 of the Leather Impact Accelerator (LIA), and a one-year pilot phase is now underway. All LIA […]
CFMB February 2021 Update
February 3, 2021 The story so far Hello there and welcome to our new monthly CFMB Update! If you are not a member yet, please do join our Hub Community of Companies Creating Material Change. Going forward, the CFMB Hub communications will be arranged […]
In Loving Memory: Ryan Young
Ryan Young | Devoted Husband, Father, Son and Climate Pioneer Ryan Young joined Textile Exchange in October 2017 and became Chief Operating Officer in 2019. Ryan was an integral force […]
Leather Impact Accelerator 0.1 and Pilot Year Launch
January 5, 2020 | Textile Exchange is thrilled to announce the launch of the Leather Impact Accelerator (LIA) 0.1 and the start of a one-year pilot phase for implementation of […]
Biodiversity Benchmark Launched
Why Biodiversity? Why Now? Against the background of the Covid-19 pandemic, forest fires, and increasing evidence of continued dramatic species loss, the importance of biodiversity has never been so clear. […]
Textile Exchange Adds Depth to Senior Leadership
Textile Exchange is adding strength and depth to the organization’s leadership as part of the essential foundation needed to deliver the organization’s 2030 Climate+ Vision. These exciting changes include that […]
Textile Exchange Responds to Detection of Fraud in Organic Cotton
October 30, 2020 Textile Exchange has been working in collaboration with the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) for many years in both policy alignment as well as being recognized as […]
2020 Keynote
a special message from alexandra cousteau Alexandra builds upon the more than 60 years of global name recognition to engage people who expect to hear credible environmental information from the […]
Cotton 2040: Aligning Sustainability Impact Metrics
During 2019 and 2020 we have been collaborating with fellow sustainable cotton standards, programmes and codes via the ‘Cotton 2040 Impacts Alignment Working Group’ and the Delta Project to take […]
Like-minded organizations form an alliance of resources for the global value chain.
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), ZDHC Foundation (ZDHC), Textile Exchange, and the Apparel Impact Institute (Aii) are today announcing new partnerships in order to accelerate impact and drive new efficiencies […]