Q&A with Kristy Caylor, CEO of Trashie and For Days
Kristy Caylor is the CEO of Trashie, an innovative textile recycling company, and For Days, a zero-waste fashion brand. Trashie’s “Take Back Bag” allows customers
Bridging new perspectives with deep expertise
The TAU Community is a platform for students and young professionals who are passionate about responsible innovation within the textile and apparel supply chain. The purpose of TAU Community is to facilitate connection and thought leadership to collectively transform the fashion industry value chain.
Exploring a range of solutions in the apparel supply chain:
Resource Efficiency
Building resilience and adaptability in the supply chain
- Energy transition
- Water conservation
- Emissions reduction
Next-gen Manufacturing & Processing
Accelerating the transition to agile, sustainable manufacturing to promote impact & equity
- Digitization and automation
- Responsible dyeing and finishing
- Fair labor and worker safety
Circularity & advanced materials
Scaling frontier technologies to create more sustainable materials and textiles
- Recycled textiles
- Recycling infrastructure
- Advanced materials and synthetic biology
Measuring & reporting
Developing effective sustainability strategies backed by measurement and reporting standards
- Adapting to regulation
- Data collection and impact measurements
- Traceability and transparency
Recent Insights
Q&A with Simon Weston, CEO of CleanDye
Simon Weston is the CEO of CleanDye, a textile factory in Vietnam that exclusively uses DyeCoo’s waterless dyeing technology. Simon has worked in textile manufacturing
Investing in responsible fashion and textile manufacturing: the convergence of environmental impact and financial returns
Considering the size of the textile and fashion industry—a roughly $2 trillion market annually—as well as its environmental impact—roughly 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions—it is