Hey there! Our workshops are currently on pause as the TLC is in ‘hibernation mode’.
What does this mean? As of spring 2023, the TLC has paused its programming and development while we wrap up our Roadmap to Textile Recycling in Western Canada. Once our Roadmap report is published, the TLC will exist mainly as an amplifier (social & occasional blog posts) for the great work being done around textiles and circularity.
If you’d like to know what educational resources we have in the bank, read on!
Do you see the need to take action for sustainability & circularity in your business, but are unsure where to start?
Are you ready to uplevel your sustainability & circularity game and don’t want to waste time or resources making wrong moves?
Is your sustainability plan tried and true but you want an update to stay ahead of industry changes?
It’s time to UPLEVEL YOUR SUSTAINABILITY GAME:
BUILDING YOUR CIRCULAR STRATEGY IS FOR YOU.
Successful circular systems require strategic planning and internal commitment. We are excited to offer you a unique accelerated course in strategic planning for circularity. Transform your business at a fraction of the time commitment and cost than this content would typically require if attempted on your own, with the added bonus of peer-to-peer interaction and networking for robust outcomes.
By investing in the creation of your customized circular strategy, you will:
Increase your organization's potential profit by 66%**
Be well-positioned to anticipate future market changes & supply chain pressures
Benefit from eco-efficiencies & savings (energy, water, waste, materials/packaging)
Amp up your team’s sustainability & circularity literacy
Integrate sustainability & circularity across your whole organization
Easily discover how to vet sustainability initiatives
Boost your Circular Economy readiness with a fully aligned business model
Create more engaged employees & unleash their productivity
Build a loyal base of consumer advocates who identify with your brand’s values
Access lower insurance premiums & borrowing costs
**Bob Willard’s Business Case for Sustainability
A Four-part Workshop series
The Textile Lab for Circularity is hosting a four-part workshop for textile & apparel organizations to develop and supercharge their circular strategies for long term sustainability and resilience. You and up to 20 likeminded peer organizations will gather for 4 half-day virtual sessions. Together, we help you understand your current system, set your circular mission, and develop a custom plan for embedding circularity into your business model. Your team will leave with your own internal Circular Strategy, and the confidence to implement and communicate it both internally and externally.
Want to bring a teammate? No problem!
Enjoy 50% off for additional participants from your organization.
This course gets you:
4 live virtual sessions via Zoom
17 hours of strategy instruction and coaching from TLC’s team of sustainability and industry experts
A solid understanding of what sustainability AND circularity look like for your business
Networking and peer-to-peer learning across up to 20 organizations
Experiential exercises incorporating peer-to-peer review & feedback guided by a master workbook
Take-home exercises to activate learnings & dive deeper within your organization
A fully customized Circular Strategy plan; fitted to your timeline, objectives and your organization’s capacity**
50% off participation fee for additional team members
**This workshop series builds your strategy sequentially over 4-workshops. Attendance to all four sessions is crucial for this outcome.
Your TLC Program
4 Steps to Building Your Circular Strategy
Workshop 1: Know Your System
You’ll discover the larger textile industry context and tangibly relate it to your local system. Using the science-based Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development (FSSD), you’ll discover 8 science-based, core sustainability principles, the role of circular strategies and how they apply tangibly to your context.
Workshop 2: Pinpoint Your Why
At the heart of many successful organizations is a bold awareness of their “Why”. Their raison d'être. With your new awareness of how your organization fits in a large-scale sustainable & circular system, we help you pinpoint your “why” so that it can be embedded into your organization’s DNA. Guided by your WHY, you’ll begin to measure your sustainability & circular baseline of where you are today, illuminating strategic growth opportunities that exist in the gap between now and where you need to be.
Workshop 3: Chart Your Course
In this key session, we begin to chart your course for how to move from your baseline to your ideal sustainable & circular outcomes. We do this by applying a proven process called Backcasting & deep dive further into circular strategies & tools specific to textiles. This process guides strategic action identification so that your efforts take your business in the correct direction, not just hopping from trend to trend. You’ll identify tangible action steps that build the foundation of your customized Circular Strategy.
Workshop 4: Set Sail - Embed & Implement
In this final session, you’ll discover how to manage trade offs and select actions that provide tangible ROI for your business while maintaining your focus on the circular economy. We guide you through a process of prioritization using science-based indicators for sustainability that aligns your internal operations with your new circular strategy.
We make the most of our time together! Participants complete assignments between sessions, and are provided an optional 1-hour homework support session to assist.
Don’t just take our word for it!
Check out what last year’s cohort had to say:
