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 2026 longlist are
We are delighted to announce this year’s nominees in the two categories—Emerging and Established. Thanks to a large number of impressive applications, the 2026 longlist reflects just how broad and dynamic the innovative spirit is here in Switzerland.
Established
GREIFF
GREIFF develops workwear that combines functionality with social and environmental responsibility. Vision: A transparent textile supply chain in which quality, fairness, and sustainability go hand in hand as a matter of course.
L-SHOP Team
The L-SHOP Team offers B2B textiles to textile resellers throughout Europe. Among other things, they carry products made from Fairtrade Certified Cotton, thereby supporting standards such as minimum prices and Fairtrade premiums.
Mammut
Mammut combines durable mountaineering gear with a long-standing commitment to human rights due diligence throughout its global supply chain.
naturaline + bioRe + Remei
For over 30 years, naturaline has combined organic, fair textile production with a commitment to human rights and fair working conditions throughout the entire value chain—supported by the strong alliance between Coop, Remei AG, and the bioRe Foundation.
Odlo
Its bestselling base layer, made from recycled polyester in its own factory under transparent wage conditions that meet industry standards, demonstrates how fair working conditions can be integrated into performance apparel.
VAUDE
VAUDE demonstrates a consistent commitment to responsibility through a comprehensive sustainability strategy and years of intensive efforts to ensure fair working conditions throughout the global textile supply chain.
Emerging
Carpasus
Carpasus produces timeless men’s fashion in close collaboration with select manufacturers in Portugal and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Finkhof
Finkhof produces durable woolen textiles and natural fashion made from regional organic virgin wool and relies on long-standing partnerships that offer fair wages above the minimum wage.
Majik Noir
Majik Noir is an anti-fashion brand that draws inspiration from marginalized and politicized minorities and uses fashion as a tool to combat social injustice.
Maya Seyferth
Maya Seyfreth champions slow fashion and the haute couture tradition. Patterns and custom-made pieces are created in the brand’s own Swiss studio; other items are produced in collaboration with a haute couture partner studio in Tbilisi.
Moya Kala
Moya Kala manufactures high-quality basic apparel in Bulgaria with a special focus on women and human rights, and also pays an annual revenue-based bonus.
Neutral
Neutral relies on a fully certified supply chain for its B2B and sports apparel and has its production independently audited for compliance with human rights and environmental standards.
Nikin
NIKIN links its sustainable clothing directly to reforestation projects (1 product = 1 tree) and uses fairly produced, certified, or recycled materials.
Poplin Project
Poplin Project creates fashion using West African craftsmanship, working directly with micro-enterprises and artisans in West Africa. This strengthens local businesses and provides the people involved with a secure and fair income.
Rework
Rework uses exclusively secondhand clothing to manufacture its product line. With its own production facilities in India and Thailand, its supply chain is transparent. This allows the company to directly influence working conditions and wages, which are publicly disclosed.
Round Rivers
Round Rivers manufactures swimwear and winter jackets from PET waste collected from the Limmat River. They keep their production chain within a radius of about 140 kilometers.
Social Fabric
Social Fabric operates a sewing workshop and combines local textile production with the vocational integration of refugees, thereby providing access to employment and hands-on learning.
Solk
Solk produces bio-circular shoes in its own factory in Vietnam. Having its own production facilities allows for better control over working conditions and wages; in addition, external audits are conducted.
Stephanie Bircher
Stephanie Bircher produces fashion featuring natural prints entirely in Switzerland, works with local artisans, and partners with social enterprises for specific production steps.
Storyfabrics
Storyfabrics produces bedding, basics, and children’s clothing at select production facilities under fair conditions and uses, among other materials, organic and Fairtrade-certified cotton.
Tarzan
Tarzan stands for timeless fashion produced under fair conditions in Portugal and India. Fair working conditions are explicitly cited as part of the company’s mission.
This is sheep
This young label designs functional clothing made from 100% muesling-free merino wool sourced exclusively from certified wool producers in New Zealand. The garments are produced and assembled entirely in Switzerland.
WE ARE ZRCL
WE ARE ZRCL offers streetwear and is committed to transparent supply chains and Swiss value creation. The company explicitly cites fair labor practices as part of its mission.
Mission
The Fair Fashion Award provides a platform for sustainability pioneers in the textile industry, inspires responsible action, and stands for credibility, relevance, and sustainability.
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 2026, we are focussing on fair work.
Read moreJury
The 2026 jury comprises high-calibre experts from the fields of sustainability, business, science and civil society.
About the jury
The alumni
FTC Cashmere and Säntis Textiles were honoured in the ‘Established’ category and Jungle Folk and Muntagnard in the ‘Emerging’ category. Four pioneers in their industry.
Read moreSponsor & Partner
The foundation Textile Vision is the initiator and founder of the Fair Fashion Award. It is organized by Swiss Fair Trade.
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