Our Projects

We identify benchmarking, new, circular and sustainable business models to create added value and to drive systemic change. Our projects showcase a wide range of solutions to complex challenges and opportunities for applied sustainability and circularity for long-term business success.

Textilbündnis: Design Thinking on collaborative Take-back systems

Design Thinking workshop series with the members of the expert group on Circular Economy of the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles (Textilbündnis) on developing take-back systems and reversible supply chain solutions for textiles in Germany.

Textile Waste Mapping Survey in Bangladesh, Indonesia and Sri Lanka

We are embarking on a journey to map textile waste in Bangladesh, Indonesia and Sri Lanka aiming to evaluate countrywide primary data of the overall amount of waste occuring during production in textile and apparel factories.

Biodegradable PPE and Workplace Health and Safety

Improving Workplace Health and Safety measures in response to COVID-19 for 25.000 textile factory workers and tackling solid waste of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) problems through the development of biodegradable alternatives.

Environmental sustainability and resource efficiency in Pakistan

Implementing measures at six Pakistani textile factories for the creation of customized, new sustainable business models that safeguard the environment, empower workers, reduce operational risks and drive innovation.

Fiber-to-Fiber Polyester Recycling and Textile Waste Management

Creating a circular textile economy through resource efficiency and optimized waste- and supply chain management for high-quality recycled polyester in Indonesia.

Developing a National Circular Economy Strategy for the textile sector

United Nations Development Programme supporting Indonesia in developing a national circular economy strategy for the textile sector

Introducing Circular Economy opportunities in Argentina

Introducing circular economy opportunities to the EU Triangular Co-operation project ADELANTE in Latin America and the Caribbean

Rethinking sericulture and silk producing supply chains in Brazil

‘Proyecto Seda’ contributing to poverty reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean through sericulture with a sustainable approach and added local value

Capacity Building for textile engineering students in Bangladesh

Introducing sustainability to the textile engineering curriculum to guide sustainable business practices of future managers in the Bangladesh textile industry

Circular Economy for Lingerie Suppliers in Indonesia

Promotion of sustainable and circular lingerie manufacturers from Indonesia through awareness creation, capacity building, knowledge transfer, practical implementations and the participation at the Interfilière trade fair

Sustainable Supply Chain Management for kapok fibers

Ensuring social compliance and workplace health & safety during cultivation, harvesting and processing of kapok fibers in Indonesia