Updated : Dec 2020
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is a charity based in the UK whose mission is to accelerate the transition to a circular economy. They work with business, government and academia to build a framework for an economy that is restorative and regenerative by design. With the support of its Core Philanthropic Partners SUN, MAVA and People's Postcode Lottery and Knowledge Partners Arup, IDEO, McKinsey & Company and SYSTEMIQ, the Foundation’s work focuses on five interlinking areas- Learning, Business Development, Insights and Analysis, Systemic Initiatives, and Communications.
Make fashion Circular initiative brings together leaders from across the fashion industry, including brands, cities, philanthropists, NGOs, and innovators. Its aim is to stimulate the level of collaboration and innovation necessary to create a new textiles economy, aligned with the principles of the circular economy.
A circular economy for fashion would benefit business, society, the environment, and the people who work to produce our clothes. Projects to date include collaborating with brands and the city of New York in #WearNext, and working with the denim industry to redesign jeans in line with the vision of a circular economy for fashion.
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Mobilising a circular economy for fashion through brand and designer collaborations
Conducting extensive research with multiple textile stakeholders
Developing business models that allow clothes to be rented resold or recycled
Encouraging brands to commit to system-level changes in textile value chain
Driving textile materials and production processes that reduce plastic microfibres release
