Hey adidas, AMERICAN Circular Textiles has entered the chat. 🇺🇸😄 “There is a clear, clear, clear plan for how to be more American in America” Yes! Start by supporting our efforts to build an infrastructure for the circular economy! Learn more at https://lnkd.in/gG9t7keR https://lnkd.in/gNxrxTTv
ACT (American Circular Textiles)
Retail Apparel and Fashion
A coalition driving U.S. circular textile policy to catalyze global change(led by advisory firm Circular Services Group)
About us
American Circular Textiles is a Circular Services Group (CSG) effort. Our founding members are some of the leading organizations driving circularity in the US. Together we are a coalition, coming together to establish US leadership in textile waste and circular fashion policy, with a focus on the waste hierarchy.
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https://www.americancirculartextiles.com
External link for ACT (American Circular Textiles)
- Industry
- Retail Apparel and Fashion
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- New York, New York
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2022
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New York, New York , US
Employees at ACT (American Circular Textiles)
Updates
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We are honored to add Olivia Rockeman to our leadership team!
Welcome to the team Olivia Rockeman! Olivia has joined us to serve as a Copywriter and Editor for Circular Services Group, leveraging her background as a journalist to develop communications related to textile waste and circularity on our website and across social media. She's written about textile recycling, fashion policy, and the carbon footprint of the fashion industry for publications including Vogue Business and Bloomberg Green. In addition to her work with CSG, Olivia is pursuing an MFA in creative writing at The New School.
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ACT voices support for ‘transformational’ Americas Trade Act American Circular Textiles (ACT), a coalition representing 30 leading companies in the US committed to advancing the circular economy within the textile industry, has submitted a letter to the US Trade Representative endorsing The Americas Trade and Investment Act (The ‘Americas Act’) as a pivotal initiative for economic prosperity across the Western Hemisphere. ACT (American Circular Textiles) #circularity #textiles #JSDaily
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This week we formally submitted a letter to the office of the #USTR, where we highlighted the transformative potential of The #AmericasAct, currently under consideration in Congress, to strengthen economic collaboration under the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity (APEP). Last month the USTR requested public comment on how APEP should contemplate improving trade among APEP partner countries, and this was an opportunity to underscore how the Americas Act fits perfectly into these goals. Letter here: https://lnkd.in/e6YQ6yKz
APEP Letter
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Thank you to the THIRTY SIX companies who have expressed formal support for #AmericasAct, since we launched a support page last month! We invite you to join the movement here: https://lnkd.in/gSNXe_CU -------- This year we worked with Congress to launch the first federal circular textile provisions in history, through the bipartisan and bicameral bill 'The Americas Trade and Investment Act' (Americas Act), which includes over $14B of taxpayer cost free incentives for circular textile businesses and closes the de minimis loophole. We worked with U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy and Michael Bennet. Current Industry Supporters: ThredUp, The RealReal, Reformation, Arrive Recommerce, SuperCircle, Sortile, America's Best Cleaners, Circ®, Retold Recycling, Evrnu®, SPC, Trove, Debrand, Project Repat, unspun™, Recurate, Charming Trim Spain SL., TERSUS Solutions, Alternew, Archive, Cotopaxi, Garson & Shaw, LLC, Molte Volte, Pennsylvania Fibershed, Thrift Vintage Fashion, Positive Fibers®, luna reFab, llc, Green-ish.co, L Gambert Shirts, 4D VERITAS C-Corp, Global Circular Network. Digital Product Passport Platform via RFiD THREADS®, Adrian Jules Ltd- Wholesale, Broderie, Circular Threads, Sixone Labs, REFASHIOND OS
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News Alert 🚨 Top U.S. Military official for the Western Hemisphere, Laura Richardson, endorsed #AmericasAct today at The Aspen Institute News via POLITICO Joel Hirst Santiago Gonzalez
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New member alert! 🔔 Welcome to Kreussler Inc.! "Kreussler Inc. is excited to join ACT (American Circular Textiles), and as a leader in the textile care industry and major stakeholder in the original recycling program, the cleaning of garments, we are committed to advancing the agenda of a circular economy in this sector. Through education and value driven programs we hope to help raise awareness on these topics and encourage responsible behavior at all levels within this model, promoting the economic as well as environmental benefits of reduce, reuse and recycle for textiles through their entire lifecycle." Peg Fitzpatrick
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ACT (American Circular Textiles) reposted this
Alternew CoFounder ❤️ Accelerating a profitable and sustainable transition to circularity for the fashion industry 🌎 Tech making it simple for brands to launch services like alterations and repairs🧵 Circular Economy
Yesterday, I unexpectedly stepped into the moderator role for the Texworld New York City panel "Threading Policy with Sustainable Practices," pinch-hitting for the incredible Jasmin Malik Chua (so I obviously had some big, smart shoes to fill 👠). Such a cool experience discussing the America's Act and circular textile policy with Santiago Gonzalez from Senator Michael Bennet's office and Rachel Van Metre Kibbe, CEO of ACT (American Circular Textiles), a membership organization driving circularity in the US. Luckily, I’m well acquainted with the subject matter as an affiliate member of ACT and had a whole 4 minutes to prepare. 😅 🍦 The Scoop The America’s Act establishes a regional trade, investment, and people-to-people partnership of countries in the Western Hemisphere to stimulate growth and integration through viable long-term private sector development, and for other purposes. The conversation covered a lot of ground, from the bill itself to regulation in the EU, to the aptly timed inaugural fashion caucus and, of course, the broader political climate. As Santiago so aptly stated, "The past week and a half in our national politics have been unlike anything I think any of us would have ever anticipated. Even like two weeks ago, when we decided we were doing this panel, it was not the environment that I think we thought we were going to be joining now." 💰Show me the money Only two pages in the 219-page bill specifically address fashion and textiles, but they pack a punch with significant incentives: - $14 Billion Boost: Grants and loans aimed at enhancing textile reuse and recycling businesses. - Tax Incentives: 15% tax break for businesses focused on textile reuse and recycling. - Innovation Funding: $1 billion earmarked for innovation in textile reuse and recycling. - Public Education: $100 million dedicated to educating the public about circular practices. Navigating the complexities of federal legislation can be daunting, and it’s not perfect, but the collaborative efforts in this panel highlight the power of coming together for a common cause. I'm so proud that Alternew is an affiliate member of American Circular Textiles, and we have a way to truly impact positive change. 💪 From Rachel: "I can't underscore enough how important it is that textile reuse and recycling is in this bill. Had we not been included in this federal bill, it is very likely textile recycling would not have been on the federal government's radar for years to come." If you want to know why textile recycling, reuse, and repair is incredibly important to our future, check to see if you’re wearing clothes right now (and every other person on the planet). 👗👖👕 If you’re interested in how you can support, connect with American Circular Textiles to find out more! ♻️✨ Thanks Rachel & Santiago as well as Eileen Small + the friendly faces in the audience Amy Rauen ( 📹 cred), Holly Carroll, Beatrice Levy, Dinelle Salvador, Sharon Silbermann, and more!
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Cross sector collaboration for the win! This is a incredible example of the cross-sector out of the box thinking that ACT (American Circular Textiles) celebrates. Starbucks and Mercedes-Benz AG have teamed up to co-locate EV charging stations at coffee shops along I-5, between Mexico and Canada. cc: Michael Kobori (he/him) https://lnkd.in/eMgEwMb7.
Mercedes-Benz High-Power Charging and Starbucks Team Up to Launch an Elevated EV Charging Experience Across America
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HUGE congratulations to our member Debrand for opening their first U.S facility in Columbus, Ohio! Our members continue to bring great jobs to the circular manufacturing economy, in critical U.S. regions! Amelia Eleiter Lina G Londono
Today we’re very excited to announce our next big step towards expanding our innovative circular textile ecosystem by launching our first fully owned and operated U.S. facility in Ohio. This strategic location enhances our capacity to meet the increasing demand for scalable advanced textile sortation services, expanding our innovative circular textile ecosystem that serves as North America’s most comprehensive textile sustainability and circularity hub. “By expanding our footprint, we’re making the investments necessary to move the industry towards a more responsible future. Not only will this help us address our current challenges with pre- and post-consumer waste, but we’re also future proofing so that once regulations pass and our clients are faced with new operational realities, we’re ready to support them in lockstep to create the most impactful systems of sustainability and circularity possible.” – Amelia Eleiter This new 32,000-square-foot facility has been specifically designed to support brands in integrating sustainability and circularity models that align with impending regulatory compliance using future-proof sortation technology and cutting-edge machinery. Read our press release to learn more: https://lnkd.in/gMYXDv92