Fashion for Good welcomes Responsible to its 2023 Innovation Programme
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Fashion for Good welcomes twelve new start-ups to its Global Platform. The selected Innovators will participate in a nine-month innovation programme with bespoke support to validate their technologies in preparation for implementation across the fashion value chain.
The selected innovators represent technologies across Raw Materials, Processing, Traceability & Transparency, Circular Business Models and End of Use. The 2023 Innovation Programme provides bespoke support based on the development stage and ambitions of each innovator, matching innovators with relevant industry partners to drive validation, implementation, and investing activities.
The selected innovators joining the Fashion for Good 2023 Innovation Programme are: Virent, Inc., ZymoChem Inc, Polybion, Saltico Ltd, Lamoral Coatings B.V., CleanKore LLC, RESPONSIBLE, Qingdao Amino Material Technology Co., Ltd., Protein Evolution, Inc., DePoly, Ioncell Oy, and SATMA CE.
A Chinese chemical recycling start-up Qingdao Amino Material Technology Co., Ltd. is among one of the selected innovators. Their re:lastane focuses on the separation and recycling of polyester and polyester blended fabrics. They have developed a patent pending “Relastane” polyester recycling system, which realises the separation of polyester fibres from cotton, nylon, spandex and other blended fibres.
