Climate and Nature Impact Awards

In memory of Ryan Young, our late COO and the visionary behind our Climate+ strategy, this award celebrates an individual demonstrating outstanding commitment, leadership, and tangible action in reducing emissions across fiber and raw material production. It recognizes those who are implementing practices that contribute to measurable, beneficial outcomes for climate and nature.

This award celebrates a standout collaboration between a brand and a Tier 4 organization working in partnership to drive action for the planet. The winning collaboration will demonstrate large scale efforts to protect, manage, and restore ecosystems, while delivering measurable impacts for nature. 
We’re looking for a partnership that will serve as a leading example of how, by working in together, we can accelerate industry-wide progress toward achieving climate, nature, people, and animal welfare goals.

This award honors a fiber producer or supporting organization demonstrating leadership in implementing regenerative land management practices. It celebrates those who can show measurable progress through regenerative approaches, such as methods that help restore ecosystems, improve soil health, and enhance biodiversity.

This award spotlights an impactful collaboration between partners from across the recycling value chain that illustrates how collective action can unlock progress much more effectively than isolated solutions.
The winning alliance will be rooted in a shared commitment to scaling textile-to-textile recycling through innovation and pooled resources, such as by increasing access to recycling infrastructure or strengthening supply chain networks.

This award recognizes an organization or brand that is successfully addressing the financial barriers that often stand in the way of the transition to, or scaling of, preferred material production systems.
We’re looking for innovative and commercially viable approaches, which may include direct sourcing models, business integration, or building a strong business case that shows preferred production systems can deliver both environmental and economic value.