Innovation Partners CTF AWARD
Birla Cellulose, the Pulp and Fibre business of Aditya Birla Group (ABG), is a leading sustainability focused man-made cellulosic fibre producer. Its nature based fibres come from natural renewable sources from responsibly managed forestry. Grasim Industries Limited, a flagship company of ABG, ranks amongst the top publicly listed companies in India and operates Indian facilities of Birla Cellulose. Birla Cellulose operates 12 pulp and fibre sites globally that apply closed-loop processes and environmentally efficient technologies that recycle raw materials and conserve natural resources It’s five global advanced research centers are equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and pilot plants. It’s new generation innovative products like Livaeco by Birla Cellulose, Liva Reviva, Birla Excel and Birla Spunshades are designed with superior sustainable credentials. With an aim to create bigger and broader impact, Birla Cellulose collaborates actively with its value chain partners and works closely with organizations like, Canopy Planet, Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC), Changing Markets Foundation, Textile Exchange, WBSCD, Fashion for Good amongst others to continually learn and apply the best practices within its global operations and across its value chain.
PYRATEX® is an R&D and supplier of natural performance materials. Their expertise lies in the production of knit fabrics and knitwear made with natural, biobased, and recycled compositions. Some examples of the fibers used in PYRATEX® compositions are kapok, seacell and banana agri-waste, the properties of the raw materials used are carefully preserved, throughout the different production processes. The company has production facilities in Southern Europe for European customers and in Mexico for the American market. PYRATEX® designs their fabrics from raw materials, providing traceability of their supply chain and are GRS, OCS, GOTS, and B Corp certified.
Circ is on a mission to power the clean closet with patented technology that recycles global fashion waste back into textiles, over and over again. We are protecting our planet by reducing the need and demand for petroleum, trees, and other materials harvested from nature to manufacture clothes. Circ is building a truly circular economy for the fashion industry. Headquartered in Danville, Virginia, a former epicenter of textile production in the United States, Circ is an Earthshot Prize Finalist and a Certified B Corporation revitalizing the future of material technology and manufacturing. To learn more about Circ, visit www.circ.earth
Circulose is a Swedish sustain-tech company that developed a patented process that enables the recycling of cellulosic textile waste, transforming it into a new material called CIRCULOSE®. Fast Company named Circulose (formerly Renewcell) one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies in 2021 and was a winner of the 2023 World Changing Ideas Awards. CIRCULOSE® was also included on TIME Magazine’s list of the 100 Best Inventions 2020. Founded by innovators from Stockholm’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology in 2012, the award-winning company’s vision is to make fashion circular.
Shanghai Sinotex Eco Co. Ltd. (SINOTECO) is a scientific and technological innovation enterprise under Shanghai Sinotex United Co. Ltd. It is committed to the research and development and production of professional environmental protection fabrics in the fields of innovation and environmental protection emission reduction reuse and recycling. It is also the owner of the Naturoot@ brand of plant dyeing and the leading enterprise in the application of plant dyeing! With years of experience in cooperation with European and American fashion brands on environmentally friendly fabrics and a keen sense of fashion and environmental protection.It is playing a huge influence and role in the field of sustainable fashion.
Eastman Naia™ Renew is a sustainable, circular fiber made from biobased and recycled content. This innovation is made possible through Eastman molecular recycling, a technology that takes in hard-to-recycle materials and breaks them down to their basic molecules to make new cellulose acetate fibers without compromise on quality.
The result is an inherently soft, silky, lustrous fiber that will enable your customers to feel confident and comfortable in their choice of apparel, knowing your product is high-quality and part of a solution to solve some of the world’s most pressing environmental issues, waste pollution and overconsumption of raw materials.
Together, with Naia™ Renew, we can make sustainable fashion stylish… and accessible to all.
Founded in 1976, HerMin Textile is committed to producing sustainable and functional fabrics, following our founder’s vision. We persist in acquiring innovative materials and seeking eco-friendly solutions.
The Lenzing Group is committed to eco-responsible production of specialty fibers made from cellulose and recycled materials. As an innovation leader, Lenzing partners with global textile and nonwoven manufacturers to drive new technological developments. The Group’s high-quality fibers, such as TENCEL™ and LENZING™ ECOVERO™, serve as the foundation for a wide range of textile applications, from comfortable and stylish clothing to durable and sustainable home textiles. With their unique properties and botanical origin, TÜV-certified biodegradable and compostable Lenzing fibers are also ideal for everyday hygiene products.
The business model of the Lenzing Group goes far beyond that of a traditional fiber producer. Together with its customers and partners, Lenzing develops innovative products along the value chain, creating added value for consumers. The Lenzing Group strives for the efficient utilization and processing of all raw materials and offers solutions to help transform the textile industry from the current linear economic system towards a circular economy. In order to reduce the speed of global warming and thus also support the targets of the Paris Agreement and the EU Commission’s “Green Deal”, Lenzing has developed a clear science-based climate action plan that aims to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and a net-zero goal (scope 1, 2 and 3) by 2050.
Sappi unlocks the power of trees to make every day more sustainable
Sappi is a leading global provider of powerful everyday materials made from woodfibre-based renewable resources. As a diversified, innovative, and trusted leader focused on sustainable processes and products, we are building a more circular economy using every part of the tree. Sappi works closely with customers to provide relevant, everyday solutions. Our dissolving pulp branded as Verve, are used worldwide by converters to produce viscose fibre, pharmaceutical products as well as a wide range of household and consumer products. Verve is the Fibre of Choice.
