TEXroad: Putting the data in circular textiles
What if data could be used as a common language to connect the public and private sectors and optimize the economics and carbon footprint of textile circulation? The Netherlands-based TEXroad Foundation is working on making this possible.
Their focus is on using data to improve textile management infrastructure, improve available data, statistics, and metrics for business and policy making and co-develop a network for B2G and B2B data exchanges.
TEXroad acts as a neutral party to network digital platforms and develop a flow of standardized data to match the flow of textiles through the reverse supply chain. This is used to produce statistics, metrics, best practices and reports that meet policy monitoring requirements, support impact assessments, highlight system inefficiencies and enable transparency.
TEXroad was founded by Traci Kinden, an innovator with over 10 years of experience in circular textiles.
“Good data helps companies in textiles and fashion be more efficient, identify new opportunities, and comply with regulations more easily. It should also be the basis for effective policy from the public sector. We’re not there yet, and everyone has a role to play in achieving good data.” – Traci Kinden, TEXroad Director
Credits: Humana Estonia
Traci Kinden
TEXroad is currently developing a digital platform that aligns crucial textile data from different sources and makes it useful for public authorities, projects and circular value chains, due to go live in spring 2025.
Follow their Linkedin page for more information and updates on the launch.
“The Data Hub tackles challenges in the post-consumer value chain such as a lack of transparency in textile flows, inconsistent data shared between partners, and inefficient reporting to the public sector. It is currently being tested with municipalities and their textile partners and in projects addressing circular textiles, digitization, and data exchange,” Traci explains.
On 22 January, Traci will debunk misconceptions about textile data and
share how industry actors can benefit from putting numbers into action.
Join the session moderated by Muchaneta ten Napel on the KEYHOUSE stage at 11:30 am.
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