Textile Exchange

Textile Exchange We are a global non-profit driving positive impact on climate change across the fashion and textile industry. At Textile Exchange, materials matter.

We’re excited to share some of the shortlisted entries of the 2026 Textile Exchange photography competition, in partners...
08/18/2026

We’re excited to share some of the shortlisted entries of the 2026 Textile Exchange photography competition, in partnership with Atmos. Discover all 21 stories and vote for your favorite at our link in bio 💌
 
Under the theme Fashion Regenerated, this year’s competition set out to document the potential of clothing and textiles to bring about beneficial ecological, social, and animal welfare outcomes.
 
From cotton farmers supporting the return of local biodiversity, to recyclers transforming textile waste into something brand new, examples of alternative systems are unfolding across the globe.

But to transform these local insights into learning at scale, we put out the call for stories that show how regeneration through fashion is not only possible—but already happening.
 
For the first time, shortlisted entries go through a public vote, accounting for 30% of the final judging score. Public voting is now open until August 25.
 
Cast your vote at our link in bio.

08/10/2026

Our year of growth and industry impact.
 
We’ve just released our 2025 Impact Report, showcasing how we’ve strengthened our role in supporting the industry’s growing need to move from ambition to implementation.
 
In 2025, Textile Exchange evolved its strategy, standards, and membership to better support the transition to preferred production systems for raw materials and fibers that deliver reduced impacts and increased benefits for climate, nature, people, and animals.
 
Check out the full report at our link in bio.

07/30/2026

Meet Monica Buchan-Ng, our Industry Activation Lead. She believes meaningful industry change starts with education, not as a one-way transfer of knowledge, but as an ongoing exchange of ideas, expertise, and collaboration.
 
Working with brands, certification bodies, and industry partners, Monica helps turn knowledge into action by supporting the adoption of practices that deliver better outcomes for climate and nature.
 
At Textile Exchange, we’re accelerating progress toward a more responsible fashion, textile, and apparel industry, starting with the materials that shape it. Together we’re driving change that delivers real benefits for climate, nature, people, and animals.

Without healthy ecosystems, we can’t produce materials like cotton, wool, mohair, leather, or viscose. To help protect...
07/28/2026

Without healthy ecosystems, we can’t produce materials like cotton, wool, mohair, leather, or viscose.

To help protect the natural resources that our industry relies on and ensure they’re available for years to come, we work with both brands and material producers to transition to materials produced through what we call “preferred production systems.” What we mean by this are systems that deliver ​reduced impacts and increased benefits ​for climate, nature, people, and animals ​against the conventional equivalent, ​through a holistic approach to management and transformation.

Transforming production systems takes collaboration, investment, and continuous learning. But by working together, we can help protect, restore, and regenerate the lands and waters that support our planet, our people, and our businesses—and build a more resilient industry for the future.

📷: Alejandra Orosco Carl Van Der Linde kin chan coedel Abhishek Khedekar Angela Ponce

07/21/2026

How does polyester recycling actually work?

Come along with us on a field trip to Antex, a fiber spinning facility near Barcelona. Post-consumer and post-industrial textile scraps, along with other waste such as plastic ocean pollution, is processed into recycled polymer, spun into new yarn, and prepared for its next life as a textile.

It’s a reminder that with the right infrastructure, technology, and responsible production systems, materials can stay in circulation for longer.

The yarn produced here is certified to the Global Recycled Standard (GRS), a Textile Exchange standard that verifies recycled material content and supports traceability throughout the supply chain.

Recycling is one important part of building a more circular textile industry. Alongside reducing unnecessary production, designing for durability, and keeping products in use for longer, innovations like these can help keep valuable materials in circulation.

Good decisions are informed by robust, credible data. 📊 We’re pleased to share that our third Life Cycle Assessment (LCA...
07/16/2026

Good decisions are informed by robust, credible data.

📊 We’re pleased to share that our third Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study, focusing on cashmere, has been published.

As the first widely accessible LCA study to be published for this fiber, the study helps close a major data gap in the fashion, textile, and apparel industry. It provides datasets from the world’s top two cashmere production countries, with data collected directly from 170 herders and farmers for both farmed and nomadic grazing systems. 

By identifying major impact hotspots, it provides brands with a strong baseline for pinpointing areas for future analysis and intervention, and helps organizations prioritize investment and interventions where they are likely to have the greatest impact.

Some key takeaways:
• Cashmere production carries deep cultural meaning, yet producers are navigating increasing social and economic strain.
• Building a truly sustainable and equitable cashmere supply system requires shared responsibility.
• Extreme weather events increase environmental impacts. 

As with all LCA studies, context matters. Results from LCA studies are sensitive to methodological choices, assumptions, and boundaries, and they should not be compared across different studies or between production systems or regions. 

Head to our link in bio to explore the findings in more detail and to learn more about how to use LCA data.

“The goal is simple: to close the loop.”Following last year’s Textile Exchange Conference, we visited Valérius 360 in no...
07/09/2026

“The goal is simple: to close the loop.”

Following last year’s Textile Exchange Conference, we visited Valérius 360 in northern Portugal, where post-industrial and post-consumer textile waste is transformed into recycled yarns as part of a closed-loop approach to production.

80% of feedstock Valérius 360 works with is post-industrial, usually offcuts and scraps from the cutting process. 20% is post-consumer, arriving pre-sorted by a partner company in Spain. 100% cotton is preferred, with materials sorted by color and composition before processing.

The system is designed to minimize waste. Even fibers that cannot be spun into yarn are converted into cotton paper made from 100% textile waste.

While Valérius 360 is part of a growing movement in textile-to-textile recycling across Europe, the sector still represents less than 1% of the global fiber market. Emerging regulation and traceability systems may help unlock its future potential.

Read the full story at our link in bio.

📷: Luisa Bravo

07/06/2026

Meet Bronwyn Botha. She grew up on an animal fiber producing farm in the Karoo in South Africa, where conservation was embedded in her lifestyle. She always knew what she wanted to do and says, “my career started the day I was born.” As our Regenerative Agriculture and Biodiversity Strategist at Textile Exchange, her work focuses on how our production landscapes can help benefit the planet.

At Textile Exchange, we’re accelerating progress toward a more responsible fashion, textile, and apparel industry, starting with the materials that shape it. Together we’re driving change that delivers real benefits for climate, nature, people, and animals.

06/23/2026

We’re looking for your stories. Win a $10,000 commission to tell the next one.

In partnership with , the 2026 Textile Exchange photography competition is open until July 19.

There is growing evidence that the fashion, textile, and apparel industry can play an important role in restoring ecosystems, supporting communities, and strengthening livelihoods.

From cotton farmers supporting the return of local biodiversity to recyclers transforming textile waste into something brand new, examples of alternative systems are unfolding across the globe.

But to transform these local insights into learning at scale, we’re looking for stories that show how regeneration through fashion is not only possible—but already happening.

Under the theme “Fashion Regenerated,” the competition sets out to document the potential of clothing, apparel, and textiles to bring about beneficial ecological, social, and animal-welfare outcomes. It invites photographers and filmmakers to document the different approaches to growing raw materials and producing textiles that enable local communities and landscapes to thrive.

To find out more and enter, click on the link in our bio.

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To make informed decisions, the fashion, textile, and apparel industry needs robust, credible data. We’re pleased to sha...
06/19/2026

To make informed decisions, the fashion, textile, and apparel industry needs robust, credible data.

We’re pleased to share that our second Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study, which focuses on polyester, has been published.

The study is the second in our LCA series and addresses key gaps and limitations in the LCA data currently available for polyester. It includes what is believed to be the first known publicly available data on the environmental impacts of virgin polyethylene terephthalate (PET) production from Southeast Asia—where over half of the world’s virgin PET is produced.

The study also identifies major impact hotspots for different production processes to inform where impact reductions are most needed, adding new data on both thermomechanical and chemical recycling technologies.

📊 How can this data be used? 
Textile Exchange released a paper outlining best practice for the use of LCA data: “Ensuring Integrity in the Use of Life Cycle Assessment Data.” It provides guidance on how data should be used, and—equally importantly—how it should not be used. 
 
It is intended for anyone looking to develop a greater understanding of the use of LCA studies and LCA data in the textile industry—particularly for brands using LCA data directly or for those who rely on it for their impact modeling or progress tracking. 
 
🔗 Head to our link in bio to read the paper, and to learn more about our LCA studies

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