Social justice in the spotlight
Fair Fashion Award
The longlist is online
The longlist is online
The longlist is online
The longlist is online
The longlist is online
The longlist is online
The longlist is online
The longlist is online
The longlist is online
The longlist is online
The longlist is online
The longlist is online
And the
nominees are
The nominees on the 2025 longlist are
We are delighted to announce this year’s nominees in both categories – Emerging and Established. Thanks to a large number of impressive applications, the 2025 longlist reflects the breadth and dynamism of innovation here in Switzerland.
Etabliert
ISA Bodywear
With loungewear made from 100% recycled cotton yarn “RCO100” from Säntis Textiles, they are setting a new milestone in the textile world and demonstrating circular economy in practice.
Mammut
Mammut launches a new level of resource-saving insulation—by processing industrial waste from rope production with recycled materials to create uncompromising cold protection.
Säntis Textiles
Säntis Textiles developed RCO100, the highest quality 100% recycled cotton on the market. The joint project ArmedAngels x RCO100 aims to close the circle—for the environment and human rights.
Tally Weijl
Tally Weijl is collaborating with Swiss partners as part of the CUT project to integrate circular design into real fashion collections, thereby creating a more sustainable and responsible industry.
Transa
Transa repairs and maintains because they work according to the motto “the right product for as long as possible!” In addition to repair and maintenance, a second-hand offering is also part of their circular approach.
Aufstrebend
2nd Peak
2nd Peak – The better alternative: Why buy new when you can get outdoor clothing and equipment that is as good as new at 2nd Peak – only cheaper, smarter, and much more sustainable?
AeoniQ
AeoniQ is a climate-positive, fully biodegradable filament yarn made from cellulose, developed to perform as well as polyester and nylon, but without microplastics and fossil-based raw materials.
Circular Clothing
Circular Clothing is the first cooperative to make Cradle to Cradle Certified® materials and supply chains available for shared use—for small labels and a circular textile industry.
CLIMATEX
CLIMATEX is leading the textile industry into a circular future with recyclable textile technologies. They have developed patented, recyclable textile technologies that enable mixed fabrics to be separated by type.
Fabric Loop
Fabric Loop implements sustainable circular economy practices for the Swiss textile industry—from repair and reuse to high-quality recycling.
fair fashion factory
The fair fashion factory brings textile production back to consumers—sustainable, fair, transparent, and part of a circular economy.
Fibershed DACH
Fibershed DACH designs textile cycles in Switzerland – with a focus on ecological regeneration, craftsmanship, and cultural roots.
Mini Etiquette
Mini Etiquette stands for high-quality redesign of children’s clothing that combines aesthetics, functionality, and durability—with the aim of rethinking existing fashion systems.
Mover
Mover’s role is twofold: to raise awareness about the limitations and dangers of recycled plastics and to set an example by offering completely plastic-free, non-toxic, and recyclable sportswear solutions.
Muntagnard
Muntagnard focuses on sustainable innovations to set new standards in terms of quality, comfort, and sustainability and to drive forward the transition to a circular economy.
NCCFN
How to make a circle out of a line – working with existing materials and people. NCCFN enables fashion brands and their suppliers to integrate circular practices using their own overproduction.
Neumühle
Swiss pioneer in circular fashion. Known for its Mono collection, which implements true circularity based on cradle-to-cradle principles. Produced fairly, locally, and transparently in Europe.
Nikin
Driven by a vision of protecting nature and the goal of becoming 100% circular by 2030, Nikin has integrated innovative materials such as NaNea, RCO100, and Noosa, as well as circular concepts such as “Circular Cashback.”
OFFCUT
OFFCUT connects the local fair fashion scene with rescued textiles and leftover materials—as an inspiring platform that keeps resources in circulation and enables new creative projects.
QWSTION
QWSTION develops everyday bags made from plants – with the aim of creating recyclable alternatives that encourage people to rethink and take action. They developed Bananatex – a robust, 100% biodegradable textile made from sustainably grown banana trees.
rework
rework’s business model is based on the circular economy. The starting point for the design is always existing pieces. The clothes are sorted, dismantled, and redesigned in the company’s own studios. In the retail sector, the circular economy is then brought to life for customers.
ROTAUF
ROTAUF produces high-quality outdoor clothing made from PFC/PFAS-free materials, sustainably and locally manufactured in ecologically managed factories with fair working conditions. By focusing on circularity, they develop recyclable designs.
RRREVOLVE
For 15 years, RRREVOLVE has been making sustainable fashion visible, tangible, and accessible in Switzerland—with circular concepts, fair supply chains, and uncompromising standards for design, quality, and transparency.
Step Zero
Step Zero offers biodegradable shoe sole material that avoids microplastics and enables recyclability. The innovation lies in the combination of functionality and sustainability: high-performance material that provides a solution to the microplastics problem.
STUNED
STUNED Black Denim Fashion combines timeless design with biodegradable materials and shows how fashion can be sustainable, circular, and innovative through “Reduce to the max.”
WE ARE ZRCL
WE ARE ZRCL is the streetwear label with no secrets. Transparent, fair, organic, and eco-friendly from cultivation to sale. With RE:ZRCL, they offer repair services, secondhand items, clothing swap closets, and knowledge sharing for conscious consumption.
Award
Honoured will be companies, organisations and projects in the textile sector operating in Switzerland that make an innovative and sustainable contribution to a fair textile industry. In 2025, we are focussing on the circular economy.
Read moreJury
The 2025 jury comprises high-calibre experts from the fields of sustainability, business, science and civil society.
About the jury
The winners of 2024
The Zug-based family business FTC Cashmere was honoured in the ‘Established’ category and the Zurich-based fair fashion label Jungle Folk in the ‘Emerging’ category. Two pioneers in their industry.
Read moreSponsor & Partner
The foundation Amphora is the initiator and founder of the Fair Fashion Award. It is organized by Swiss Fair Trade.
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