Fashion for Good assembles bio-PET dream team
In the Netherlands, sustainable innovation platform Fashion for Good has unveiled plans to scale biobased polyester via a Mass Balance Approach, in which chemicals of renewable and synthetic origin are mingled.
The project aims to produce biomass‑attributed polyethylene terephthalate resin and yarns that perform on par with conventional materials, while also building a full cradle‑to‑grave greenhouse‑gas model to quantify their climate impact. It will develop a practical roadmap for scaling biomass‑attributed PET across the apparel sector and share its findings with climate initiatives and standards bodies to strengthen guidance on mass‑balance attribution.
Partners in the project include Bestseller, Beyond Yoga, On, Paradise Textiles, Environmental Resources Management, Indorama Ventures, ISCC, UPM Biochemicals and Textile Exchange on the project.
“We are at a point where the industry wants to move and adopt biosynthetics, but the production frameworks and commercial infrastructure haven’t caught up,” explained Katrin Ley, managing director at Fashion for Good, told Just Style. “The Mass Balance Demonstrator project is about closing that gap: building the impact and commercial evidence, the blueprint, and the feedback loops that will allow the MBA model to scale with integrity.”
Category: Chemicals & Materials
