TCBL eco-friendly production

Theory of change
Today, consumers have very limited knowledge about the sustainability and quality
of the clothing they buy and wear. The aim of this Business Case is to build an
ecosystem consisting of businesses who share the same vision of creating a more
sustainable supply chain. In so doing, the case will promote awareness about
transparency and sustainability issues (environmental, social and economic) for the
production of quality products (for example, by trying to eliminate rather than just
reduce- chemicals in production), and will allow enterprises of a given value chain
to collect sustainability data/information to make the supply chain more
environmentally-friendly. This will show that a viable alternative to current
products, markets and supply chains is possible, also allowing partners who share
similar concerns for sustainability to redesign current textile supply chains. Based on
a change management approach, the case will focus on: environmental issues (e.g.
use of resources, emissions, chemicals etc); phases of textile production (design,
finishing, dyeing, drying); end products (e.g. textiles); and mobilising enterprises
across the value chain (fibre-thread-fabrics).
 TCBL Eco-friendly production
Phase 1: Set-up and definition Phase 2: Involvement of Phase 3: Scaling up and out
of value chain organisations
Impact

Activities Activities Activities 1) %age

Defining the cases approach, Involvement of organisations Identify other commercial reduction of
and actors to involve at different positions of the products and the environmental
Building the relationship / value chain corresponding value chain footprint
kick-starting the collaboration Collecting data about nodes (waste and
Identify chain nodes of one sustainability Involving more water
specific clothing product Labs are exploring improving organisations reduction,
Create data collection specific nodes of the value Collect sustainability recycling)
protocol for value chain chain in terms of innovation, data/information 2) Projected
Create templates for data sustainability and design %age increase
collection for each of the of
nodes of the value chain manufacturing
capacity
3) Redesigned
Results Results supply chain
Organisations implement Greater traceability of
Results own ideas based on the
focusing on
products, markets and
Cases approach defined and environment-
collected data around supply chains through data
collaboration established; related issues
sustainability to tackle collection protocol
Value chain model with 4) Ecosystem of
environmental issues Transparent information organisations
templates for data collection
Examples of technologies around quality and
defined part of supply
that eliminate chemicals in sustainability available for
Implemented data collection chains
the production cycle final costumers
protocol on the Thela platform

Context
Costumers have little knowledge about their clothes; they dont know what sustainability issues are linked to clothing
There are a lot of sustainability issues for the production of clothing products. These can be divided into environmental, social and
economic issues.
 Phase 1: Definition of value
chain Phase 2: Involvement of
Cases approach defined and organisations
collaboration established; Involvement of organisations at
Identify chain nodes of one different positions of the value chain
specific clothing product Collecting data about sustainability
Create data collection Labs are exploring improving specific
protocol for value chain nodes of the value chain in terms of
Create templates for data innovation, sustainability and design
collection for each of the
Phase 3: Scaling up and
nodes of the value chain
out
Identify other commercial
products and the
corresponding value
chain nodes
Involving more
Context organisations
Costumers have little knowledge about their clothes; they dont Collect sustainability
know what sustainability issues are linked to clothing data/information
There are a lot of sustainability issues for the production of
clothing products. These can be divided into environmental,
social and economic issues.
 Phase 1 results
Cases approach defined
and collaboration
established; Phase 2 results
Identify chain nodes of Organisations
one specific clothing implement own ideas
product based on the collected
Phase 3 results
Create data collection data around TCBL Impacts
Greater traceability
protocol for value chain sustainability to tackle 1) %age reduction
of products, markets
Create templates for environmental issues
of environmental
and supply chains
data collection for each Examples of
of the nodes of the technologies that
through data footprint (waste
collection protocol and water
value chain eliminate chemicals in
Transparent reduction,
the production cycle
information around
recycling)
quality and
sustainability
2) Projected %age
available for final increase of
costumers manufacturing
capacity
3) Redesigned
supply chain
focusing on
environment-
Context related issues
Costumers have little knowledge about their clothes; they dont know what sustainability issues are linked to
4) Ecosystem of
clothing
There are a lot of sustainability issues for the production of clothing products. These can be divided into
organisations part
environmental, social and economic issues. of supply chains
Eco-friendly production: indicators / KPIs

TCBL impacts Indicators Progress to date

-20% eco footprint Improved sustainability parameters, e.g.:
chemicals, resources, emissions, processes

+ 5% manufacturing capacity

New embedded services Number of value chains Any services used so far?
Number and type of TCBL services used

Novel supply network of 1000 Stable network of organisations; number of

organisations traced:
Products
Nodes 1 Associate enterprise?
Actors
Enterprises
Number of labs, associate enterprises, service
SMEs (and non-TCBL enterprises) participating