Ryan Young Climate+ Awards 2023
Ryan Young, Textile Exchange’s late COO, is the inspiration behind Textile Exchange’s Climate+ vision, which is our goal of guiding the industry towards a 45% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from fiber and raw material production by 2030. But it doesn’t stop there. Climate+ is unique in that it looks at sustainability holistically – accounting for the impacts of fiber and material production on soil health, water, biodiversity, and livelihoods too.
In honor of Ryan and his vision, we will again be awarding Ryan Young Climate+ Awards to outstanding people who show a strong leadership and commitment to the Climate+ vision, as well as at least one of the three key areas of action to reaching this goal: material substitution, closing the innovation gap, and slowing growth.
Find out more about Climate+.
What are we looking for?
Winners of the Ryan Young Award will stand out in the following areas:
Commitment to Climate+
Involved in accelerating Climate+ action in the fashion, textile, and apparel industry.
Collaboration
Reflective of Ryan’s vision and determination to collaboratively move the industry forward.
Impact
Driving innovative, scalable, transparent programs with measurable impact reduction and/or beneficial impacts for climate, water, soil health, and/or biodiversity at the raw materials level. Achievements/solutions are backed by trusted data and/or reporting.
Leadership and inspiration
Clearly demonstrating leadership and vision for industry climate solutions over the past year and beyond.
The award categories
The Ryan Young Climate+ Award has three award categories:
- Rising Star – individual (with less than 10 years of industry experience)
- Pioneering Collective – team or collaboration (formed for less than 2 years)
- Climate Leader – individual
What the winners receive
Winners will receive five mentorship hours (within a 12-month period) to use with Textile Exchange experts, as well as one free full-access pass to attend the 2023 Textile Exchange Conference* (travel not included) and waived membership fees for one year for new friend or supporter level members.
*Up to three full-access conference passes will be gifted for the Pioneering Collective award.
Who can be nominated?
This award recognizes emerging leaders that embolden Ryan’s bold and collaborative spirit, guiding others towards positive climate impact in raw fiber and material production and sourcing, specifically in the areas of soil, biodiversity, and water impacts.
Nominees may be brands, retailers, farmers and/or ranchers, and raw material suppliers. Nominations are open to the public, including both Textile Exchange members and non-members.
Self-nominations and nominations of teams are welcome (nominations may not be made anonymously). If the nomination is for a group (department, team, organization, etc.), please note the name of the representative who would receive the award on the group’s behalf at the conference.
Please complete the below form to nominate an individual or team. Winners will be announced at the 2023 Textile Exchange Conference, which will take place in London, UK (and virtually) October 23-27, 2023.
Ryan Young Awards 2023
The nominations deadline is Friday, September 1, 2023.
If you have any questions, please contact Liz at liz@textileexchange.org.
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