Innovative solutions for the Textile Industry: Digital Passport, Reuse and AI

The textile sector is one of the largest resource consumers globally, with significant environmental and climate impacts—100 billion garments are sold annually, yet less than 1% of textile waste is recycled. The EU has identified textiles as a key sector for the transition to a circular economy, with 99.5% of the industry made up of SMEs facing major sustainability challenges under evolving legislation.

This session explores digital passports, textile reuse, and AI to advance sustainability in EU textiles.

Pitching companies:

ATELIER RIFORMA (Italy): Re4Circular: 2B digital marketplace platform that matches supply and demand for used and leftover textiles (AI, reuse)

DAWA (Spain): End-to-end platform that offers reuse and repair services for textile brands (Reuse)

e-SCM (France): Support to Fashion and Luxury brands to optimize their chain management, from ordering to delivery while ensuring compliance, product traceability and time-to-market (AI, Digital Passport)

Faibrics (Germany): Automated quality control tool to detect seam defects during textile production (AI)

HUMAN MATERIAL LOOP (Netherlands) : Development of technologies that transform keratin protein waste into high-performance next-generation textile materials (Reuse).

KOSHA (India): Traceability through digital passport and textile waste segregation services using FibreSENSE Device (AI, Digital Passport)

RENOON (Italy): Support to Textile brands aiming to implement Digital Product Passport and ensure compliance with sustainability (AI, Digital Passport)

SCIMM (Belgium): Technology designed to help clothing brands and retailers reduce returns, improve sell-through rates, and ensure consistent sizing for their customers (AI)