1. ktn-uk.org/global-alliance
03 August 2021
09.30 – 12.15 BST
14.00 – 16.45 IST
Online Global Expert Mission
Sustainable Fashion in India
Business Showcase

2. Housekeeping
Rachael Sara-Kennedy, UKRI
Head of Global Partnerships

3. Housekeeping
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4. Agenda
09.30 – 09.35 Housekeeping Rachael Sara-Kennedy, UKRI
09.35 – 09.40 Welcome Christopher Smith, AHRC
09.40 – 09.50 Overview of UKRI COP 26 Activities Alison Robinson, NERC
09.50 – 10.00 Overview of UK Sustainable Fashion Landscape Caroline Rush, British Fashion Council
10.00 – 10.10 Overview of India Sustainable Fashion Landscape Jaspreet Chandok, RISE
10.10 – 10.20 UK Presentation 1 Karinna Nobbs, The Dematerialised
10.20 – 10.30 India Presentation 1 Samiksha Bajaj, Samshék
10.30 – 10.40 UK Presentation 2 Jamie Gill, Roksanda
10.40 – 10.50 India Presentation 2 Kriti Tula, Doodlage
10.50 – 11.00 UK Presentation 3 Claire Bergkamp, Textile Exchange
11.00 – 11.10 India Presentation 3 Aanchal Saini, Flyrobe
11.10 – 12.10 Panel Discussion and Q&A Nee-Joo Teh, KTN
12.10 – 12.15 Wrap Up & Close Rachael Sara-Kennedy, UKRI

5. Welcome & Introduction
Christopher Smith, AHRC
AHRC Executive Chair &
UKRI International Champion

6. Overview of UKRI COP 26
Activities
Alison Robinson, NERC
Deputy Executive Chair &
Director of Corporate Affairs

7. Overview of UK
Sustainable Fashion
Landscape
Caroline Rush, BFC
Chief Executive Officer

8. Overview of India
Sustainable Fashion
Landscape
Jaspreet Chandok, RISE Worldwide
Head of Lifestyle & Fashion

9. Reliance Initiative for Sports & Lifestyle

10. RELIANCE

11. RELIANCE BRANDS

12. India’s Premier Lifestyle IP
• Largest Lifestyle IP in the country
• Digital reach (~200 million) & Most followed fashion event in
world (social media)
• 2nd largest fashion platform in the country
• Largest creator of Fashion Video Content in the country
• Only Lifestyle/ Entertainment IP in the country to have activated
at scale during the pandemic
LAKME FASHION WEEK

13. SUSTAINABILITY AT RISE
SUSTAINABLE FASHION DAY:
• Sustainable Fashion Day (SFD) is in its 10th year with multiple industry projects, curations & IPs to its credit, seen as an industry
leader and the go-to place for showcasing innovation this space.
• Developing a fashion positive ecosystem in India by bringing together stakeholders from mainstream & marginalised sectors, to
create awareness and opportunities.
SUSTAINABILITY IPS & PARTNERSHIPS:
• Identifying industry gaps and developing IPs to foster talent
(or actions) working within sustainable fashion value chain.
• Circular Design Challenge – India's Largest Sustainability Award
• Circular Changemakers – Investment Readiness Program
• SU.RE - Indian Apparel Industry's largest commitment to Sustainability
• Crafting Futures with British Council
• Working with brands and organisations to achieve their sustainability goals, eg: fibre companies, Govt. bodies, International
organisations, Artisan clusters, etc.

14. • Largest employer in the country after agriculture.
• Second largest contributor to economy by Textile exports.
• Concentrated efforts by the Govt. Of India to push this sector with initiatives
like Make In India, Skill India, Vocal for Local, etc.
• Labels like Craftmark exist to certify authentic handmade artisanal products, in
addition to international labels & certifications like Fairtrade, Ecocert, etc.
• Environmentally friendly production: Energy efficient, Waste minimisation and
Reduction of air, water, soil pollution.
• RISE has always given a platform to showcase artisanal fashion along with
designer collaborations and market linkages.
INDIAN HANDLOOMS & HANDICRAFT

15. • World’s largest producer of Organic Cotton with 51% being grown in India.
• Country to have the largest number of GOTS certified facilities globally.
• Access to other sustainable raw materials like viscose, BCI, recycled PET,
linen, hemp, etc.
• Ease of business with flexible MOQs.
HUB FOR GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE SOURCING

16. • New business models like rentals, vintage, thrifting, upcycling focused
brands making their way into mainstream fashion.
• Material Innovation for circularity in fashion and supply chain technologies
discovered through RISE’s Circular Design Challenge & Circular Change
makers.
Eg:
• Altmat (fibres from agri-waste),
• Malai (vegan leather from coconut waste),
• Fleather (vegan leather from temple flower waste),
• Infinichains, Trustrace (supply chain transparency,
• Stylumia (sales forecast to reduce overproduction),
• Phabio (bioplastics) and more.
INNOVATIONS FOR CIRCULAR FASHION

17. • SU.RE – Sustainable Resolution – Indian Retail Industry’s largest voluntary
commitment to Sustainability. 16 of India’s mainstream retail brands,
contributing to a business of INR 40,000 cr, to adopt sustainable practices
by 2027.
• Program launched by RISE Worldwide with CMAI, the UN in India with the
support of the Ministry of Textiles, Govt. Of India.
• SU.RE has laid out 5 goals for retailers that revolve around:
• Understanding the environmental impact of fashion
• Usage of sustainable materials to reduce the impact
• Adopt positive supply chain practices that involve traceability
• Effective communication of these practices to consumers
• Adhering to the UN SGDs
RETAIL & SUSTAINABILITY

18. SUSTAINABLE RESOLUTION (SU.RE)
THANK YOU

19. The Future is Dematerialised
Karinna Nobbs, The Dematerialised
Co-Founder & Co-Chief Executive
Officer

34. Digital=Sustainable
Samiksha Bajaj, Samshék
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

42. Overview of Doodlage
Kriti Tula, Doodlage
Creative Director & Co-Owner

52. Overview of Textile Exchange
Claire Bergkamp, Textile Exchange
Chief Operating Officer

53. Textile Exchange
GLOBAL EXPERT MISSION
India – Sustainable Fashion

54. OUR GOAL
By 2030, our goal is to guide the textile industry to
achieve a 45% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions
within fiber and raw material production.
OUR VISION
We envision an enriching global textile industry that protects people and planet by
positively impacting climate, soil health, water, and biodiversity.
OUR MISSION
Textile Exchange inspires and equips people to accelerate the adoption of preferred
materials through clear and actionable guidance. We convene the textile industry to
collectively achieve climate reduction goals and holistic positive impacts across fiber
and raw material production.

55. A driving force for urgent climate action
in textile fiber and materials production.
Enabling and guiding the textile industry to
reduce GHG emissions (CO2 equivalents)
45% by 2030 in the pre-spinning phase of
textile fiber and materials production.
Grounded in Partnership+
Soil Health
Biodiversity
Water
+
Amplifying positive impacts in soil
health, water, + biodiversity.

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Three Unique Value Drivers
• Evidence PFM value
• Ensure effective
verification
• Monitor Progress with Data
• Provide Data Structure
• Scale the conversion to
high impact fiber and
materials.
• Lead in best practices
• Define and measure
pathways and outcomes
• Encourage
• Facilitate pre-competitive
problem solving
• Co-create solutions
Trusted Authority Accelerator Convener

57. THE TEXTILE SUPPLY NETWORK
Tier 4
RAW MATERIAL PRODUCTION
Tier 3
RAW MATERIAL
CONVERSION
Tier 2
WEAVING, DYEING
& FINISHING
Tier 1
ASSEMBLY
Round Tables
(2,500 participants)
1) Sustainable Cotton, 2) Organic cotton, 3) Animal Fibers (wool, cashmere, alpaca & mohair), 4) Responsible
Leather, 5) Recycled Polyester, 6) Biosynthetics, 7) MMCF, 8) Home & Hospitality
CFMB & MCI
(200+ participating brands)
• Tracking industry progress on the adoption of preferred fibers and materials + industry KPIs on the adoption of
lower carbon fibers and materials.
• Several Tailored programs to gather sub-sets of information for Challenges – 2025 Sustainable Cotton, rPET
Challenge, a few governments, WRAP
• Circularity Modules tailored to specific programs like EMF.
• Fashion Pact - Biodiversity Benchmark (100+)
Standards
(30,000 certified cites)
• Chain of Custody – supply chain verification
• GRS, CCS, RWS, RAS, RMS, OCS, RCS, RDS
• Verified on product labelling and claims
PFM Matrix
(Soft Launch + Stakeholder Feedback )
• A tool to help the industry understand the impact of material fibers and materials a holistic way (including
indicators or biodiversity, human rights and animal welfare)
Traceability & Transparency
• Providing solutions to brands for digital and electronic traceability to the raw material
• Build out of a shared measurement system (enterprise data system) which will connect all of Textile
Exchange data sources.
• Geospatial data for certified farms
The CCS and Standards certify practices at the raw material level but provide verification
across the whole value chain to the final product. GRS also covers process in other Tiers.
For fibers we talk about being pre-spin,
in many cases this crosses into their 3

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Baseline: 2019 Emissions
Material Tonnes %
Polyester 57,700,000 52.5%
Cotton 26,000,000 23.7%
Nylon 5,580,000 5.1%
MMCF 7,084,100 6.4%
Wool 1,070,000 1.0%
Down 270,000 0.2%
Other 4,870,216 4.4%
Leather 7,300,000 6.6%
Total 109,874,316 100%
611 million tonnes CO2e Fiber Volume 2019

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2030: Portfolio Approach
Tonnes
CO
2
e
BAU: 845.9M tonnes
35%: 397M tonnes
45%: 336M tonnes
50% preferred cotton
50% rPoly
50% Preferred MMCF**
30% rNylon
20% rWool
20% plant-based material
Slow growth (1%)
Aggressive
Substitution
312M tonnes
▼ 37%
Innovation Gap
197M tonnes
▼ 23% more from
BAU
533.5M tonnes
**estimates based on Lenzing
Viscose Ecovero from Europe
Innovations will include expanded
Regenerative and Carbon
Sequestration Practices and
Circular Solutions

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Emerging Key Strategies
Increase
uptake of
recycled fibers
Mitigate Land
Use Change
Proliferate
Regenerative
practices
Encourage
Innovation &
Circularity
Support
transition to
renewables
Improve measurements tools and close data gaps

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62. Overview of Flyrobe
Aanchal Saini, Flyrobe
Chief Executive Officer

72. Panel Discussion
Nee-Joo Teh, KTN
Head of International & Development

73. Thank you for
attending!