EP31: The SCIRT project: on developing a True Cost Model to quantify circularity in Fashion

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EP31: The SCIRT project: on developing a True Cost Model to quantify circularity in Fashion

Ellie.Talks

24 minutes 44 seconds

1 year ago

EP31: The SCIRT project: on developing a True Cost Model to quantify circularity in Fashion

🎙️ Welcome to Episode 31 of Ellie Talks, your gateway to sustainable fashion and textiles. In this episode, we're joined by Anse Smeets, a circular economy researcher at VITO, a Flemish independent research organization in the field of cleantech and sustainable development whose goal is to accelerate the transition to a sustainable world. It is also the coordinator of the Horizon 2020 research project SCIRT. ♻️

Join us in this episode where we discover how the SCIRT project aims to make the fashion and textile industry more sustainable and circular by developing a True Cost Model. By focusing not only on the financial aspect but also on the socio-economic costs, the True Cost Model provides a more realistic image of the ‘true cost’ of a garment. The tool aims to facilitate stakeholders across the value chain in making more conscious decisions. 💰

✨ Five Highlights of the Episode:

👉 Importance of a Systemic Approach: To transition to a truly sustainable and circular fashion and textile industry, we must consider all aspects of the process, including the financial but also socio-economic factors.

👉Information is Key: To make conscious decisions, we require reliable and understandable data. The true cost model serves as an excellent tool that facilitates such decision-making.

👉Choose your Partners Wisely: Partners in a project must complement each other regarding knowledge and expertise. Only then can they provide real added value. 👉Sustainability is more than a buzzword: It's crucial to grasp the complexities of sustainability to take meaningful steps towards making the fashion and textiles industry more sustainable and circular.

👉Learn from others: The insights gained from a project like SCIRT must be embraced by others within the industry. Only by scaling up these learnings can a real impact be achieved.

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