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Circular Fashion Innovation Network

THE CIRCULAR FASHION INNOVATION
NETWORK (CFIN)

 

The Circular Fashion Innovation Network (CFIN) is an industry-led programme led by the British Fashion Council (BFC) and UK Fashion and Textile (UKFT) in partnership with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to accelerate the UK towards a Circular Fashion Ecosystem.

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A Playbook for Scaling Repair and Resale in Fashion

 

The UK fashion and textile industry is at a critical inflection point where the traditional linear model is no longer tenable. For the modern fashion leader, circular business models (CBMs), particularly repair and resale, are no longer a peripheral concern but a significant commercial and strategic imperative. This playbook makes the case that CBMs represent a critical pathway to business resilience, a powerful engine for customer loyalty, and an essential lever for achieving net zero ambitions.

 

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Introducing Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for Textiles & Fashion in the UK Report

 

The British Fashion Council (BFC) commissioned this paper on behalf of the Circular Fashion Innovation Network (CFIN) to support policy development for the implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for fashion and textiles in the UK – a Textiles EPR (tEPR). It is intended to amplify discussions held at the March 2025 Institute of Positive Fashion Forumi, complement CFIN’s May 2025 Programme Report, and is timed to support the work of the Government’s Circularity Economy Taskforce, due to report in autumn 2025.

 

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Investment in Circular Fashion: Opportunities and Success Stories

 

This report examines five key investment myths that have limited investment in sustainable fashion, while showcasing success stories that demonstrate the sector's transformation and growth trajectory. Drawing on insights from investors and innovators at the forefront of sustainable fashion and adjacent sectors like clean beauty, organic food, and cleantech, we illustrate how investors who develop the right expertise, partnerships, and conviction for sustainable fashion can gain significant advantages in one of our decade's most promising investment areas.

 

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CFIN Report 2025: Accelerating the UK Towards a Circular Fashion Ecosystem

 

The Circular Fashion Innovation Network (CFIN) presents its landmark report detailing two years of industry-led collaboration to accelerate the UK's transition to a circular fashion ecosystem. Led by the British Fashion Council (BFC) and UK Fashion & Textile Association (UKFT) in partnership with UK Research and Innovation, CFIN has successfully mobilised the fashion and textiles industry toward a circular future.

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CFIN strategic themes

OVERVIEW

Reduce waste and over-production of clothing by embedding circular business practices; considering regulation changes, the UK Net Zero Strategy and broader climate goals.

KEY OUTPUTS

  • Develop high level principles for circular transition
  • Create profitability business case for change
  • Business readiness for regulation changes
  • Disseminate learnings and drive forward industry-wide transition to CBMs

OVERVIEW

Effectively use infrastructure and create partnerships to optimise closed-loop recycling processes and lay foundations for extended producer responsibility.

KEY OUTPUTS

  • Develop strategy for UK textile recycling​
  • Identify technology needs and map innovation landscape
  • Identify skills required to achieve scaled UK textile recycling​

OVERVIEW

Reduce environmental impacts and waste from manufacturing processes from the production of clothing by 2025 and achieve Net Zero by 2050 globally.

KEY OUTPUTS

  • Identify technology needs and map innovation landscape​
  • Create sustainability blueprint for waste & emission reduction
  • Manufacturer education pathways on decarbonisation​

OVERVIEW

Encourage the adoption and investment of technology-ready innovations and scale up and integrate novel technologies that support circular fashion.​

KEY OUTPUTS

  • Circular technology showcase​
  • Develop vision, roadmap and framework to collaborate with academia
  • Create investment prioritisation framework

OVERVIEW

Upskill the workforce and build a diverse and future-proof talent pipeline to close the skills gaps, working across the Network to help attract, train and retain the next generation of talent.​

KEY OUTPUTS

  • Develop strategy for scaling digital skills in UK fashion
  • Identify new skills required to future-proof industry workforce
  • Identify approach to improve access to the UK fashion industry

OVERVIEW

Create new economically viable circular fashion products and services which enable new exporting revenue channels, generate high value jobs and opportunities.​

KEY OUTPUTS

  • Research on what the UK fashion industry can learn from other sectors and markets on establishing green growth​
  • Collate business case elements on how to achieve green growth

CFIN in a Year

 

The Institute of Positive Fashion is the British Fashion Council's climate think and action tank

We champion British fashion as a creative force on the world stage by pioneering world-class programmes that unlock and elevate British creative talent. We are a not-for-profit organisation focused on responsible growth, innovation and amplifcation of the British fashion industry.

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