May/June 2018 ~ Textile Insight • 11 textileinsight.com
INNOVATION AROUND GROWING FABRICS IS TAKING ROOT AS CORPORATE
environmental responsibility initiatives strengthen. Textile Exchange has launched
a new microsite, aboutbiosynthetics.org, to educate businesses and consum-
ers on this emerging textile category. "We are looking for opportunities to reduce
our dependency on fossil fuels and reduce carbon emissions. Fibers made from
polymers based on plants and other biological inputs offer huge potential," said
Liesl Truscott, Textile Exchange director of materials strategy, adding, "Our new
microsite is a tool for communicating the big potential biosynthetics offer and their
link to the Bio Economy, while also presenting the challenges and realities in terms
of the sector's stage of development and current scale." The Textile Exchange
Biosynthetics Working Group is comprised of members including adidas, Columbia,
DuPont, H&M, Kering Group, Nike, Novozymes, Patagonia and VF Corp
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Website for Biosynthetics Available
This Stella McCartney pocketbook features Mylo, a new "modern leather" from Bolt Threads.
The biomaterial is grown from mycelium, the root structure of mushrooms.
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