Mango, one of many main worldwide teams within the vogue business, is advancing on its path in direction of sustainability by turning into the primary main model to enter the capital of The Put up Fiber, an progressive start-up that’s driving the transition of the style business in direction of a round mannequin, by specializing in the administration and recycling of post-consumer textile waste to supply new fibres for garment manufacturing.
The funding, which shall be channelled by Mango StartUp Studio, the corporate’s vogue start-up accelerator, makes the corporate one of many first vogue corporations to include post-consumer recycled fibres into its collections.
Mango has turn into the primary main vogue model to spend money on The Put up Fiber, a start-up targeted on recycling post-consumer textile waste.
By means of Mango StartUp Studio, it launched a capsule assortment for Mango Teen utilizing 80% recycled materials.
The transfer helps Mango’s circularity targets, aiming for 40% recycled fibres by 2030 beneath its 2024–2026 Strategic Plan.
Particularly, the style firm has launched a group comprised of post-consumer recycled fibres for its youth line, Mango Teen. This new limited-edition capsule, out there by Mango.com and in chosen shops, is made up of 10 merchandise resembling t-shirts and sweatshirts, the vast majority of that are comprised of 80% recycled materials. The novelty of the challenge lies in the truth that, of this proportion, round 15% comes from The Put up Fiber, in different phrases, fibres from clothes which have reached the top of their helpful life and have been recovered by textile containers. These are shredded and remodeled into new yarn and cloth, giving rise to new clothes and thus contributing to the closing of the textile cycle. The remaining 65% of the recycled materials used within the assortment comes from post-industrial waste. As well as, the clothes within the assortment have been dyed utilizing Pigmentura, an progressive garment dyeing method that considerably reduces water and vitality consumption, minimising environmental influence.
The Put up Fiber, made up of 4 main corporations within the textile sector: Hallotex, Textil Santanderina, Moda-Re and Margasa, provides a pioneering answer within the administration of post-consumer textile waste. With a give attention to innovation, traceability and transparency, The Put up Fiber prepares and processes the recyclable a part of post-consumer clothes and transforms it into top quality fibre for its industrial companions to transform into new yarns, materials and clothes, complying with the strictest sustainability standards.
“At Mango we see sustainability as a transversal pillar of our business model, a structural and deep commitment and a lever of business transformation that we have been internalising for more than two decades. It is clear to us that progress in sustainability is not a question of size, but of approach and that the path is more collaborative than competitive. Therefore, this alliance with The Post Fiber represents a joint effort towards the transformation of the industry and a clear commitment to circularity in the textile sector, not only as a lever for the reduction of environmental impact, but also as an opportunity for value creation” says Andrés Fernández, Director of Sustainability and Sourcing at Mango.
Mango can also be becoming a member of The Put up Fiber’s Board of Administrators with the addition of Berta Ethical, Director of Mango Youngsters and Mango Teen. “By collaborating with innovative start-ups, such as The Post Fiber, we seek not only to significantly advance our commitment to integrate a higher percentage of recycled fibres in our collections, but also to support the growth of these emerging companies that are transforming the industry. With this initiative, we are contributing to scaling solutions that promote circular fashion and reduce the environmental impact of operations across the sector,” Ethical underlines.
Dedication to society and the atmosphere
Mango continues to develop its sustainability technique in direction of a extra accountable enterprise mannequin, dedicated to innovation and using new era supplies, selling circularity in its collections, the decarbonisation of the availability chain and the well-being of the individuals who type a part of the corporate’s worth chain.
Throughout 2024, Mango has taken essential steps in its roadmap, reaching progress in circularity, environmental influence and social dedication, so as to create extra accountable vogue as a strategic pillar of its worth proposition. In relation to the supplies utilized in its collections, the corporate has made progress in direction of its aim of utilizing 100% fibres with a decrease environmental influence by 2030.
Within the final monetary yr, Mango succeeded in 72% of the fibres utilized in its clothes being of decrease environmental influence, of which 25% had been recycled. With the funding in The Put up Fiber, the corporate is constant to make progress in direction of its aim of accelerating using recycled fibres to 40% in its collections by 2030.
All these initiatives and measures affirm and reinforce Mango’s dedication to the targets set out in its 2024-2026 Strategic Plan, the 4E Plan. The corporate expects to achieve a turnover of greater than 4 billion euros by 2026, sustaining its dedication to high quality, in-house design, innovation and sustainability.
