Zara owner Inditex to buy €70mn worth of recycled polyester in bid to improve circularity and cut emissions
Textile-to-textile recycled materials are a key part of the strategy employed by Inditex to minimise its supply chain impact.
Inditex, the world’s largest fast-fashion group, has signed a €70 million deal with a US startup that creates materials from textile waste using “molecular regeneration”, in a move led by Chief Sustainability Officer Javier Losada.
The three-year deal between Zara owner Inditex and startup Ambercycle will support the construction of Ambercycle’s first commercial facility to make its patented ‘cycora’ polyester, with production expected to begin in 2025.
