Yesterday it pleasure to attend the announcement ceremony of the House of Representatives ‘Slow Fashion Caucus’ in Washington D.C. today, supported and endorsed by ACT (American Circular Textiles): "ACT (American Circular Textiles) coalition’s mission is to stand up responsible U.S. policy to support textile circularity and eliminate waste. Textiles affect nearly every sector and durable, cohesive Federal policy is critical to unlocking the economic, job, and environmental opportunities that our industry provides through robust reuse, repair, recycling, innovation and consumer education initiatives. The Slow Fashion Caucus is an important step in coalescing comprehensive Federal policy around the many opportunities and challenges facing industry and consumers." - Rachel Van Metre Kibbe, CEO ACT (American Circular Textiles) Founding member, Alon Rotem, Chief Legal Officer of ThredUp, gave inspiring remarks, alongside the founder of the caucus, Representative Chellie Pingree, and other leaders in the domestic sustainable fashion arena. It was good to see our friend Dacie Meng from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, and many others. Later, we held meetings with key stakeholders about our work, including the office of Senator Chuck Schumer. Discussion included the opportunity to incorporate better trade policy, financial incentives like those in EV and renewable energy/manufacturing policy, such as those proposed in our $14B of circular textile provisions and 15% tax credit in the #AmericasAct. As we keyed in to the role that incentive based policy can play in scaling textile reuse and recycling in the U.S., underscored was the opportunity to bring back regional jobs and a more competitive industry.
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Anne Wiper
4w
Thank you for sending. I will reach out to Rachel when I get back to figure out how to lend our support
Ella Johnson
1mo
Such an exciting development!!
Alon Rotem
1mo
Rachel - You are an amazing advocate! 📢
Great work! As many items eventually end up in Africa, we have to include the continent in the circular transition. We install collection, sorting and recycling infrastructure here. Together we can close the loop! 👕♻️🌍💚