Why
The
Open
Lab
In 2020, the Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) and the H&M Foundation committed to a five-year collaboration plan under the theme "Planet First" to further drive the sustainable developments for the textile and fashion industry. The Open Lab is one of the initiatives of "Planet First", it does not only support the industry to be more planet positive, but also to facilitate industry collaborations to scale solutions and impact.
We invite collaborations with partners having the same ambitions.
We dedicate in inventing and designing the solutions.
We strive to implement these solutions broadly and as quickly as possible.
We also encourage more ideas and solutions towards the same goals.
What we do
The Open Lab is a shared vision to create a physical space and a digital platform for industry partners across the supply chain to come together to explore the unknown, and to encourage broad industry-wide collaborations.
We invite partners to work together to develop technologies driving the forefront sustainability initiatives in fashion and textiles industry, to fund projects and scale outcomes quickly with the intention to make resources broadly available.
We invite partners to work together to develop technologies driving the forefront sustainability initiatives in fashion and textiles industry, to fund projects and scale outcomes quickly with the intention to make resources broadly available.
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