Shaping a future-fit fashion industry

This is part of a series of impact stories highlighted in our 2024 Impact Report. To explore more impact stories, see the full collection.

In May, we launched The Fashion ReModel, the world’s first accelerator project for circular business models (CBMs), such as renting, reselling, and repairing. The initial cohort of eight leading brands joined the project - each with a commitment to increase their revenue from circular business models. Participants have so far worked closely with the Foundation to build a strong business case for circularity and will collaborate to address other key barriers to scaling CBMs in the year ahead. By incubating change within our accelerator group, sharing insights, and highlighting successes, we aim to inspire broader industry action.

In addition, we set out why EPR is a vital tool in establishing the infrastructure needed to collect and reuse textiles after use. Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a policy approach that holds producers accountable for the entire lifecycle of their products. Well-designed EPR policy can encourage separate collection, sorting, reuse, repair, and recycling of discarded textiles, and has the potential to drive action upstream, encouraging circular design and extending the use phase of textile products.

Developing the necessary infrastructure is vital to move towards a circular economy, along with embedding circular design and transitioning to CBMs. Having already shown the feasibility of circular design through The Jeans Redesign initiative, these represent the latest steps in our strategic approach to seeding change in the fashion sector.

Five milestones transforming the way clothes are made and used