Fashion for Good announces latest intake of start-ups
19/09/2018
They have been chosen as the organisation believes they offer the greatest potential to reshape the fashion industry for good.
The programme involves a twelve-week curriculum, including mentorship from corporate partners adidas, C&A, Galeries Lafayette, Kering, PVH Corp., Target and Zalando.
Fashion for Good said the latest batch of start-ups were selected from hundreds of applicants. They cover three continents and eight nationalities in total and represent various areas of the supply chain.
The twelve start-ups that have been selected are:
• &Wider, a cloud platform which enables buyers and employers to hear about workers’ everyday lives and working conditions directly from the workers themselves;
• Algalife, which makes dyes and fibres from algae microorganisms. Their textiles release anti-oxidants, vitamins and minerals that can nourish and protect the body and skin;
• The Excess Materials Exchange (EME), a digital marketplace where companies can exchange excess materials and products. It helps companies combat unnecessary landfill, incineration, and overproduction;
• GIBBON, an on-the-go rental marketplace which matches excess inventory from brands and retailers to travelers, eliminating the need for them to buy temporary clothing for alternative climates, or seasonal sports activities;
• Green Whisper, which creates sustainable products for daily use out of agriculture residue. It specialises in banana fibre products;
• NOWNER, which has developed an online platform for brands which enables them to run their own renting platforms for customers, in order to create a circular system for the garment industry;
• Reflaunt, a circular designed technology which bridges first-hand and second-hand markets, enabling high-end brands to give customers the option to re-sell, donate or recycle their wardrobes;
• reGAIN, a digital application that serves as a multi-brand takeback program which rewards recycling. It allows consumers to return unwanted clothing in return for coupons;
• Save your wardrobe, an app where users can build a digital wardrobe by instantly uploading their online purchases or existing items through computer vision;
• Stuffstr, which lets users capture the value of used items, regardless of their condition. They partner with fashion retailers to buy back unwanted products, and update consumers on the current resale value of their items;
• TrusTrace, a digital platform for measuring, monitoring and communicating various activities in the supply chain, from the origin of the raw material to consumption and recycling, and can assess the sustainability footprint at each stage of the value chain;
• The Vienna Textile Lab, which makes organic dyes from naturally occurring bacteria in order to provide a sustainable alternative to conventional synthetic colours.
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