The fibre industry and the fashion industry are two different worlds
Michiel Scheffer studied Geography in Utrecht and wrote a Masters thesis on technological change in the clothing industry in Flanders and Northern France. He continued with a PhD on delocalisation of production in the Dutch, Belgian, French and English clothing industries. From 1991 to 2000, Scheffer represented the Netherlands in Euratex as staff member and director of the Dutch Clothing Industry Association (now Modint). He continued research work and was involved in or led six studies for the European Commission on textiles and three for the Dutch government. He is now Program Manager for Sustainable Textiles at WUR, Chairman of Texplus and Secretary of the Dutch Circular Textile Valley. He has recently contributed to five studies commissioned by the Dutch government on circular textiles. Scheffer talks to
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Sustainability & digitisation to shape future Blockchain will enable companies and consumers to identify the origin and processing of fabrics in every production and sales step, thus gaining complete transparency and traceability from fibre to the finished garment.
Stefan Rennicke, co-founder of Kaya & Kato, discusses with
Subir Ghosh how the joint project between Kaya & Kato and IBM is aiming to leverage blockchain to create that kind of transparency. How did the Kaya&Kato project on developing a blockchain network with IBM come about? What were the thought processes that went into it? Please tell us from the beginning.
We believe that the following two fundamental developments will shape the future: sustainability and digitisation. In 2017 Kaya&Kato, a young textile company manufacturing workwear, started introducing fully-certified products to the market. In the meantime, our aprons,