#Recycling / Circular Economy

2025-02-20

H&M Foundation supports The Fashion ReModel to accelerate the uptake of circular business models for fashion

H&M Foundation has announced its philanthropic support for The Fashion Initiative’s latest demonstration project, The Fashion ReModel. This initiative aims to accelerate the adoption of circular business models within the fashion industry over the next three years.

As a newly joined Philanthropic Partner in the Network, H&M Foundation’s commitment will facilitate efforts to make circular business models mainstream. Launched at the Global Fashion Summit in Copenhagen in May 2024, The Fashion ReModel collaborates with leading fashion brands to explore scalable solutions, address industry barriers, and help decouple revenue from production.

Circular business models—including rental, resale, repair, and remaking—offer significant growth opportunities for the fashion industry. These models allow brands to generate revenue without producing new garments, with projections estimating a market value of USD 700 billion by 2030.

Industry Leaders Advocate for Circular Fashion

“We must decouple revenue from the production of new garments and the use of natural resources. Embracing circular business models is essential—there’s simply no credible path to meeting global climate and biodiversity targets without transforming the way we do business,” stated Christiane Dolva, Head of Innovation, Research & Demonstration at H&M Foundation.

Jules Lennon, Fashion Lead at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, emphasized the importance of industry collaboration: “We’re excited to have philanthropic support from H&M Foundation as we work to make circular business models the norm. We welcome business-led action to make this a reality. Our demonstration project, The Fashion ReModel, is an opportunity for organizations to take further steps on their long-term circular economy journey.”

Driving Change for a Sustainable Future

The Fashion ReModel is designed to push the boundaries of what is possible, striving to create viable economic structures for circular business models. By sharing key insights, the initiative aims to inform and inspire industry-wide action, influencing policymakers and investors to support the transition toward sustainability.

As The Fashion ReModel progresses, it will serve as a pivotal platform for collaboration and transformation in the fashion sector. Industry professionals and stakeholders are encouraged to explore this initiative and contribute to shaping the future of sustainable fashion.

Explore The Fashion ReModel:

https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/the-fashion-remodel/overview

The Foundation signs a joint letter on the EU Circular Economy Act

Today, the European Commission has launched a crucial Public Consultation for its upcoming Circular Economy Act (CEA). The Foundation has joined a coalition of seven leading European civil society organisations to issue a joint statement calling for an ambitious and transformative piece of legislation.

Building Prosperity: Unlocking the potential of a nature-positive, circular economy for Europe Business and nature to reap rewards from circular urban spaces

The report, ‘Building Prosperity: Unlocking the potential of a nature-positive, circular economy for Europe’, calls for the adoption of six circular strategies to transform Europe’s built environment. This will boost economic activity, increase climate resilience, and make cities more vibrant places to live and work.

Europe’s textile future at a turning point: New 2030 Circularity Blueprint aims to scale recycling and unlock investment opportunities

The EU textile system is at a critical crossroads. Today, less than 1% of discarded garments are recycled into new garments, despite EU-wide obligations for separate collection. In response, Global Fashion Agenda (GFA) is launching the 2030 Circularity Blueprint, in partnership with ReHubs. This ambitious initiative is designed to support the transformation of the EU textile ecosystem to advance textile-to-textile recycling and drive the transition to a circular economy.

Circulose and CTA announce collaboration to enable lyocell fibers using CIRCULOSE® pulp

Circulose has announced an agreement with China Textile Academy Green Fibre (CTA) to offer lyocell fibers produced using CIRCULOSE® pulp. Producing lyocell from recycled pulp at commercial scale is an important step in making textile-to-textile recycled materials available across a wider range of textile applications.

Solving the Feedstock Gap: Unlocking Post-consumer Feedstocks for Textile-to-Textile Recycling in Europe

Fashion for Good launches Project FAE (Feedstock Activation Europe) to develop the sorting and pre-processing infrastructure needed to channel non-rewearable post-consumer textiles into textile-to-textile (T2T) recycling at scale. The project is a practical response to one of the most pressing problems in textile circularity: making post-consumer waste a viable, commercially competitive raw material for recyclers.

Regional hemp bast for lightweight construction profiles

The cultivation of fibre hemp for the production of ropes and clothing has a long tradition in Saxony. Due to its excellent fibre properties, it is also suitable as a renewable raw material for reinforcement in fibre composites. At the STFI and IWU in Chemnitz, the CannaPul project is cur- rently investigating how a regional value chain for hemp-based lightweight construction profiles can be established. To this end, the technical processing of hemp fibres into continuous fibre strands and their embedding in a suitable bio-based matrix are being investigated.

Kornit Digital launches Konnections 365

Kornit Digital (NASDAQ: KRNT) (“Kornit” or the “Company”), a global pioneer in sustainable, on-demand digital fashion and textile production today announced the launch of Konnections 365 - a year-round movement designed for the people moving the apparel, print, and retail industries forward. The strategy is built on the overwhelming success of Konnections 2026 held in Hollywood, Florida, featuring more than 500 customers, partners, and collaborators who together are driving the future of apparel and textiles.

Techtextil 2026: KARL MAYER impresses as an innovative sector partner

KARL MAYER looks back with satisfaction on its participation in Techtextil 2026. From April 21 to 24, the international industry leader used the trade show in Frankfurt to meet with numerous key customers at its booth and, at the same time, establish many new contacts. Most visitors came from Germany, followed by major markets such as Poland, the United Kingdom, Turkey, France, and Portugal.

BTMA backs global growth while investing in future UK leaders

As one of a number of new initiatives launched this year, the British Textile Machinery Association (BTMA) is launching the UK-India Textile Machinery Coalition. The UK-India Free Trade Agreement, signed in July 2025, has implications that extend across sourcing, competitiveness and long-term trade dynamics, believes BTMA CEO Jason Kent.