Membership
Join our global community shaping the future of material production
Textile Exchange membership connects you to a powerful network working to transform how we produce, choose, and reuse materials. Together we’re driving change that delivers real benefits for climate, nature, people, and animals.
About
Membership with purpose
Our membership gives you a trusted foundation for action. It’s been carefully designed to cater to the distinct needs and goals of different types of organizations working across the industry.
Rooted in science and grounded in the realities of both producers and suppliers, our membership provides clear pathways to navigate complexity while maintaining integrity and credibility.
It meets you where you are, supporting practical progress at every stage of your sustainability journey.
Together we’re driving the change needed to build a regenerative and resilient industry that benefits the lands and hands that uphold it, while restoring our planet and its ecosystems.
Our community in numbers
More than 700 organizations are part of our community.
Over 90,000 sites worldwide are certified to Textile Exchange standards.
More than 420 brands and retailers (including subsidiaries) shared fiber and raw materials data through our Materials Benchmark in 2025.
About
Our two-cohort system for change at scale
Our membership structure invites you to join one of two unique but connected cohorts: Community and Action. Each cohort empowers you to take meaningful steps toward scaling preferred production systems within a supportive, collaborative community that has always been an integral part of our membership.
The Community Cohort
• A curated space for cross-industry connection and knowledge sharing.
• Designed for those who do not directly produce or source raw materials but are looking to grow their sustainability knowledge.
• Provides a strong foundation for building credibility and expanding networks.
The Action Cohort
• Where intention becomes implementation.
• Purpose-built for brands, retailers, and raw material producers ready to make a commitment toward tangible action.
• Through a clear phased approach, members gain the tools, support, and guidance needed to track progress, strengthen credibility, and drive meaningful change.
Timeline
Transitioning our existing community
Existing members will have time and support to move into the new structure. As organizations renew their membership between April 2026 and March 2027, we will be in touch with a personalized transition plan to ensure they’re in the cohort that best fits their needs and their organizational status.
Our team will be there every step of the way to help ensure all organizations are on the right path while contributing to meaningful industry-wide change.
If you have any questions, please get in touch with our team at: membership@textileexchange.org
A new pricing structure designed to enable impact at scale
Textile Exchange’s redefined membership structure reflects the organization’s five-year strategy to 2030, which at its core aims to create an enabling environment for scaling preferred production systems and to address economic barriers where they are most acute, at the very start of the supply system.
As part of this, from 2027 Textile Exchange will be introducing an updated membership fee structure aligned to support the industry to collectively accelerate the scaling of preferred production systems.
Preferred Production Systems
What are “preferred production systems”?
Our membership supports organizations to produce or source materials through “preferred production systems.”
Textile Exchange defines preferred production systems as:
Production systems that deliver reduced impacts and increased benefits for climate, nature, people, and animals against the conventional equivalent, through a holistic approach to management and transformation.
To find out more about preferred production systems, read our Preferred Production Systems: Principles, Definitions, and Guidance report.
Get in Touch
Ready to join us?
From April, we will be welcoming new organizations into our Action and Community cohorts. In the meantime, please get in touch with our team if you have any questions or would like more information.