Third batch of textile innovators named in Fashion For Good programme
The Fashion For Good initiative, that aims to help companies in the fashion supply chain work with innovative technology providers to make clothes more sustainable, has selected ten new innovators to participate in its South Asia Innovation Programme.
This is the third batch of textile technology providers that the Amsterdam-based organisation has selected for the programme. This cohort includes innovators from eight countries, adding Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia to the roster.
The new batch includes technologies producing biopolymers from locally sourced feedstocks like jute and cassava, which Fashion For Good describes as available in abundance and having the potential to be “feasible alternatives to plastic”.
Other new technologies include inks produced from greenhouse gas emissions, innovations in dyeing and finishing, dyes from waste from the tea industry, inspection technologies and innovations in waste water.
The innovators will receive support from Fashion for Good throughout the nine-month programme. They will also work closely with the organisation’s network of global partners on pilot projects and implementation activities, developing their path to scale their technologies.
Having launched in January 2020, the South Asia Innovation Programme has already engaged nine regional and global corporate partners. The first two batches of innovators are already working on pilot and implementation projects in the region with prominent brands and manufacturers. “Expectations for the third batch are equally optimistic,” Fashion For Good said.
The third batch of innovators joining the South Asia Innovation Programme are: Aquaporin (Denmark), Chlorohemp Agrotech (India), Demeta (France), Deven Supercriticals (India), Graviky Labs (India), GreenHope (Singapore), MYCL (Indonesia), Quantum Polychemics (Bangladesh), t-hues (Sri Lanka) and Wise Eye (Hong Kong).
