Sixteen principles for a circular fashion industry
As part of the Circular Fashion Framework, Dr. Brismar (owner of Green Strategy) has identified sixteen key principles to support a more circular and sustainable fashion and textile industry. These principles are equally applicable to everyday apparel, sportswear, outdoor, and interior design. The sixteen principles are:
- Principle 1: Design with a purpose
- Principle 2: Design for longevity
- Principle 3: Design for resource efficiency
- Principle 4: Design for biodegradability
- Principle 5: Design for recyclability
- Principle 6: Source and produce more locally
- Principle 7: Source and produce without toxicity
- Principle 8: Source and produce with efficiency
- Principle 9: Source and produce with renewables
- Principle 10: Source and produce with good ethics
- Principle 11: Provide services to support long life
- Principle 12: Reuse, recycle or compost all remains
- Principle 13: Collaborate well and widely
The above thirteen principles are defined from a producer perspective. One of these is highly relevant also from a consumer perspective, that is Principle 12 (Reuse, recycle or compost all remains). Yet, from the consumer perspective, three additional principles also need to be added:
- Principle 14: Use, wash and repair with care
- Principle 15: Consider rent, loan, swap, secondhand or redesign instead of buying new
- Principle 16: Buy quality as opposed to quantity
The three consumer principles will not be further explored as this website is primarily concerned with the producer perspective and those stages of a product’s life cycle on which producers may have direct influence.
Note: All material on www.greenstrategy.se is subject to copyright protection and is presented here for inspiration and awareness raising. If you wish to reuse any of the material for presentations or publications, please contact Green Strategy via email. For reference, please credit the source as follows: Brismar, A., [Year], “Page title”, Page URL-link, www.greenstrategy.se).