![]() ![]() The way we cultivate raw materials and extract natural resources for the production of apparel and textiles plays a vital role in the conservation, restoration, regeneration, and “cooling” of our planet. We are living beyond our planetary boundaries and we all must do everything we can to change practices that are harmful to our ecosystems. The climate crisis and the nature crisis are inextricably linked. The Biodiversity Benchmark is designed to help companies consider their materials production and sourcing practices through a biodiversity lens and take important action.Ĭlimate change is arguably the biggest challenge humanity faces. We also collaborate closely with The Fashion Pact – a global CEO-led coalition across the fashion and textile industry (ready-to-wear, sport, lifestyle, and luxury) leveraging collective power to drive actions beyond existing initiatives and accelerate positive impact in three areas: stopping global warming, restoring biodiversity, and protecting the oceans. The survey content was developed in collaboration with 35+ biodiversity experts, suppliers, manufacturers, brands, retailers, non-profits, and other stakeholders. The Biodiversity Benchmark has been developed in partnership with The Biodiversity Consultancy and Conservation International, and supported by Sappi. We, at Textile Exchange, are “inspired and equipped” by our partners and other key initiatives in this space. It will require the expertise, co-creation, passion, and determination of us all. We also know we cannot, nor should we want to, do this alone. We know the production and sourcing of materials is a huge opportunity to do good work. Our role is to inspire and equip our members and the wider industry to accelerate their adoption of preferred materials and create a positive impact as a result. Textile Exchange recognizes that partnership is essential for success. For this to happen, it will require a heightened focus on designing and implementing biodiversity-sensitive raw materials strategies that drive positive action, outcomes, and impacts that can ultimately be tracked and measured. Prioritizing nature in fiber and materials management and sourcing decisions will bring long-term business benefits, more resilient livelihoods, health and wellbeing for communities, and safer interfaces between wild and managed lands and species. Amplifying positive impacts in soil health, water, and biodiversity.Enabling and guiding the textile industry to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 45% by 2030 in the pre-spinning phase of textile fiber and materials production.Our strategic intent over the next 10 years is to be a driving force for urgent climate action in textile fiber and materials production, specifically through: Textile Exchange’s Climate+ strategy recognizes that climate change and biodiversity loss are inextricably linked and are best considered within an integrated strategy. ![]() Regenerates nature to allow biodiversity to thrive.Circulates products and materials to leave room for biodiversity.Eliminates waste and pollution to reduce threats to biodiversity.The circular economy can play a fundamental role in halting and reversing biodiversity loss because it: Our Biodiversity Benchmark stands alone as a complete benchmark, as well as complementing the Circularity Module of the Material Change Index. The Circularity Module is devel oped with input from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, and our Biodiversity Benchmark is aligned with Foundation’s positioning on how the circular economy tackles biodiversity loss.The survey concludes with impact monitoring and evaluation to assess the effectiveness of mitigation actions, impact improvements, and progress towards expected outcomes and targets. Section III: Biodiversity Impact Area homes in on implementation measures to mitigate biodiversity risks within supply networks, drawing on the AR 3 T Action Framework as outlined by the Science Based Targets Network. ![]() This step is critical to making good intervention decisions, prioritizing, and designing actions. In Section II: Materials Management, transparency of the country of origin ( with the goal of identifying more granular levels of location) is key to mapping against the biodiversity value of the location. Reporting and assurance are included in this section, steering companies towards publicly disclosing their biodiversity risks and opportunities, activities underway, and progress on efforts to mitigate those risks. Assessing the materiality, based on a company’s biodiversity assessment and the important role of stakeholder engagement, is also key to business integration. The journey starts in Section I: Business Integration, with the embedding of biodiversity into business strategy and operations, making commitments, setting targets based on science, and aligning with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the new Global Biodiversity Framework. ![]()
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