Sustainability Woolmark Launches Global Anti-Synthetic Textiles Campaign Olivia Pinnock Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I cover fashion in Europe, often with a focus on sustainability Following New! Follow this author to stay notified about their latest stories. Got it! Sep 5, 2022, 06:52am EDT | New! Click on the conversation bubble to join the conversation Got it! Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin A shot from Woolmark’s new marketing campaign The Woolmark Company The Woolmark Company has launched an anti-synthetic fiber campaign to raise awareness of the use of fossil fuels in textiles and promote wool as a natural, renewable alternative.
The adverts will go out across the US, UK, France and Australia for the month of September, including billboards in iconic locations Times Square, New York and Piccadilly Circus, London. The campaign centres on a 60-second film showing three people struggling to swim through a pool filled with oil with a caption that reads “Every 25 seconds an Olympic-sized pool of oil is used to make synthetic clothing”. The statistic is taken from a 2017 Ellen MacArthur Foundation report .
The models then peel off the oil to reveal wool outfits while walking through rolling green landscapes and a caption that reads “wool is 100% natural, 100% biodegradable and 100% renewable”. The film is accompanied by additional digital outdoor advertising displays and a microsite . The Woolmark campaign will go up in outdoor advertising space including Times Square and Piccadilly .
. . [+] Circus The Woolmark Company Woolmark, a professional body that promotes and protects the interests of Australian merino wool including a certification scheme to ensure suppliers meet certain standards, says that 8 in 10 people don’t know that synthetic fabrics are derived from fossil fuels (the source of this statistic has not yet been verified).
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John Roberts, managing director of the Woolmark Company, said: “Science shows that wool fibers biodegrade in both land and marine environments, so we know that Merino wool does not contribute to microplastic pollution. Studies also show that wool clothes are amongst the oldest in wardrobes, with high levels of reuse and donation, along with high levels of recycling and commercially viable end-of-life pathways. These factors alone indicate why choosing clothes made from natural fibers, such as Merino wool, are so important in transitioning to a circular, slow fashion model.
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