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Back to Baselines in Circular Fashion & Textiles is a £2M collaborative research project funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and Innovate UK to accelerate progress towards establishing a research-validated baseline to analyse the UK fashion & textile sector’s current sustainability status. It will enable the formulation of future strategy aligned with environmental targets.

Funder

UKRI NERC

Partners and Collaborators

UKFT & WRAP

This is the second of three Sustainable Transition Fund calls being offered by the Back to Baselines (B2B) Network. The collaborative initiative, led by the Leeds Institute of Textiles and Colour (LITAC), brings together academic researchers from different disciplines, leaders of industry, sector and government bodies. It is working to assess current sustainable practices within the UK fashion and textile industry and establish a data-driven baseline to ensure future industrial practice and investment strategy is aligned with environmental targets.

Three levels of funding are offered depending on the scale and potential impact of the work: up to £5,000, up to £20,000, or up to £50,000. All projects should be completed within a six-month period after their contracted start date. Applications must align with one or more of the Back to Baselines Thematic Areas, as detailed in our Research Areas page.

Further detail on this funding opportunity can be found under the Sustainable Transition Fund - Call 2 headline on our News page.

Any application enquiries can be directed to the B2B Network Coordinator, Maddie Ogle (m.v.ogle@leeds.ac.uk).