What is The Innovation Forum?
The Innovation Forum brings together a curated community of the world’s foremost sustainable solution providers, connecting them with fashion brands, retailers, and other organisations to drive meaningful industry transformation. The Innovation Team supports this mission by engaging members across the full value chain—from pioneering material innovations to end-of-use solutions—encompassing both early-stage and established initiatives. Solutions are selected based on the five Fashion CEO Agenda priorities.
As part of the Innovation Community, solution providers benefit from ongoing engagement opportunities throughout the year. These activities ensure continuous exposure to the wider fashion industry, nurturing collaboration, sparking innovation, and accelerating the adoption of sustainable practices across the sector.
The Fashion CEO Agenda Priorities
- Respectful and Secure Work Environments – Uphold standards for the respect of universal human rights for all people employed along the value chain
- Promotion of Better Wage Systems – Ensuring the necessary systems to enable suppliers to pay all worker fair compensation or a living wage underpinned by fair purchasing practices and worker rights to freedom of association
- Stewardship of Water, Energy, and Land – Decoupling of value creation from virgin resource extraction and emission growth though coordinated and multi-stakeholder action
- Smart Material Choices – Responsible sourcing of preferred fibres and materials which result in improved environmental and/or social sustainability outcomes in comparison to conventional production
- Circular Fashion System – Decouple value from production growth where waste and pollution are eliminated, products and materials are circulated, and nature is regenerated
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Respectful and Secure Work Environments
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Better Wage Systems
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Resource Stewardship
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Smart Material Choices
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Circular Systems
Solution Providers
At the Global Fashion Summit, the Innovation Forum exhibition space delivers solutions to the impacts needed to address the industry challenges as discussed at the Summit. The Matchmaking Programme facilitates strategic connections between solution providers and fashion stakeholders. The Innovation Team assesses the needs and priorities of participating brands, retailers, and organisations, identifying the most suitable innovators to meet these requirements. This process provides the industry with a structured and insightful approach to discovering and adopting transformative solutions.
AMSILK
AMSilk is a frontrunner in advanced biomaterials made from spider silk-based proteins. Using a patented technology platform, protected by a best-in-class patent portfolio, they are pushing boundaries in the field of bio-based materials.
ARXY
Arxy is the world’s first fully immersive and interactive virtual showroom platform, transforming wholesale fashion with scalable, cost-efficient, and more sustainable solutions.
AUTHENTIFIED
Authentified is a resale technology startup connecting brands and their customers with leading secondhand marketplaces for effortless, authenticated resale.
CERTILOGO
Certilogo has empowered over 80 Fashion & Luxury brands to bring more than 540M+ products online, delivering ‘connected product’ services and Digital Product Passports that convey trust, generate engagement, and drive circularity.
CLOOV
Cloov is a B2B startup empowering fashion brands to offer white-label rental, resale, and repair services directly to their customers.
DACHSER
With DACHSER Fashion Logistics as a partner, businesses benefit from industry-specific expertise in textile logistics, the global DACHSER network, and comprehensive contract logistics solutions.
EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
The European Environment Agency (EEA) is an EU agency providing data on the environment and climate.
HYOSUNG TNC
Hyosung TNC develops more innovative and sustainable textile solutions , offering a comprehensive range of fibres through its regen™ and CREORA® brands.
INNOVERA
INNOVERATM is a material crafted using plant-based proteins, biopolymers, and recycled rubber, resulting in over 80% renewable carbon content.
INRESST
InResST® is dedicated to promoting a more sustainable development in the textile, plastic, and other industries.
INTERTEK AND TRACE FOR GOOD
With Intertek and Trace For Good, aim to achieve end-to-end traceability, from data collection to independent verification.
LEAF BIO
Leaf Bio creates BioFleax™, a fossil-free polyester made entirely from renewable plants.
LUFTHANSA INDUSTRY SOLUTIONS
Lufthansa Industry Solutions is one of the leading IT consultancies in Germany.
MADEBY
Madeby is a data-driven solution for a more circular fashion economy.
MANNY AI
Manny is AI for Demand-Centric Supply Chains, helping fashion brands and manufacturers shift from bulk production to responsive, on-demand manufacturing.
MATTERR
matterr is shaping the future of recycling and redefining the value of waste.
NEWERA.BIO
Newera.bio’s mission is to transform textile dyeing into a bio-based industry that benefits the planet, communities, and future generations.
OEKO-TEX®
For 30 years, OEKO-TEX® has been offering standardized solutions that companies in the textile and leather industry can use to improve transparency and optimize their manufacturing process more sustainably.
ONCEMORE®
OnceMore® produce high-quality dissolving pulp made of blended textile waste and wood from sustainably managed Swedish forests.
PHYCOLABS
Phycolabs develops threads and textile fibers made exclusively from farmed seaweed.
POSITIVE LUXURY
Positive Luxury are helping the global luxury industry to meet higher standards for people and nature. They are working to transform luxury – for the good of all.
QUIFACTUM
Quifactum is a SaaS that unburdens (Fashion) brands through automatic creation of Digital Product Passports (DPP) at item level and generation of unique QR codes.
RETRACED
Retraced helps fashion and textile companies to digitize and trace their supply chains while supporting compliance with legal and voluntary sustainability standards through an end-to-end SaaS platform.
RE&UP
RE&UP is a circulartech company working to reshape the traditional textile-to-textile paradigm.
THE VNYX
The VNYX is a robotic AI tool that intends to make reselling overstock, returned and vintage fashion profitable.
VELA BY SEAMAN PAPER
Vela is a paper-based solution to help eliminate single use plastics. FSC Certified, recyclable and globally available.
YKK
Since the company’s founding in Tokyo in 1934, YKK® has continuously set industry standards for quality, service, value, and innovation in the production of zippers, plastic hardware, hook and loop fasteners, webbing tapes, and snap and buttons.
YMPACT
Ympact brings together expertise, methodology, and technology to drive the fashion industry toward more transparent, lower-impact production models.
Contact us
Whether you are a Brand or a Retailer wishing to be connected with Solution Providers or if you are a Solution Provider wishing to be connected with Brands and Retailers, get in contact and let us do the matchmaking.
