AFRT Membership Agreement

The Animal Fibers Round Table is a collaborative, pre-competitive multi-stakeholder community for people to connect, share knowledge, and drive collective action with a focus on animal fibers.

The Animal Fibers Round Table supports Textile Exchange’s Climate+ vision for a global textile industry that protects and restores the environment, reduces the climate impact of our industry, and enhances lives. It inspires and equips people to accelerate sustainable practices and reduce climate impact in the textile value chain. We focus on minimizing the harmful impacts of the global textile industry and maximizing its positive effects.

The Animal Fibers Round Table is open to all (including non-members of Textile Exchange) but everyone must register to become a member and gain access to the Animal Fibers Round Table HUB. The Animal Fibers Round Table HUB is the virtual home of the Animal Fibers Round Table and helps to connect the community all year round. It is hosted in Textile Exchange’s online membership portal, the HUB. 

Click "Next" to read the Animal Fibers RT Terms of Reference and access the Registration Form.

• Please read the Animal Fibers Round Table Terms of Reference
• Click "Next" to confirm your agreement to the Membership Requirements outlined in the Terms of Reference and to join the Animal Fibers Round Table.
• The membership includes access to the Animal Fibers Round Table HUB, our online community network.

The undersigned has read and understands the Animal Fibers Round Table Terms of Reference and agrees to the Membership Requirements therein:

Mandatory:

• Contributing time and expertise by actively participating in meetings.
• Respecting Textile Exchange values (integrity, respect, inclusive community, learning, and collaboration) in all RT activities.
• Familiarizing with the Textile Exchange Climate+ Strategy.
• Non-disclosure and confidentiality of shared information within the group and compliance with all applicable antitrust and anti-competitive laws , including, without limitation:
• Treating any information that is shared as part of any Animal Fibers RT meeting or activity in accordance with the Chatham House Rule (Participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed.) ;
  • That none of the information shared as part of the Animal Fibers RT may be used to cause competitive injury or disadvantage to another Animal Fibers RT member, participant, Textile Exchange, or the Animal Fibers RT; and
  • Abstaining from any conversations or activities that may restrict competition or set prices.
• Refraining from using any information obtained through the Animal Fibers RT, other than to advance the objectives of the Animal Fibers RT and in no event to disparage Animal Fibers RT Members, their products, practices, businesses, or their reputations.

Non-mandatory but highly encouraged:

• Become a Textile Exchange member .
• Fund the Animal Fibers RT  work to accelerate progress.
• Contribute regularly to the Hub discussions addressing needs, expectations, and questions concerning animal fibers.
• Help us measure progress towards the Climate+ Vision by sharing impact and volume-related data (e.g. through Textile Exchange’s Corporate Fiber Materials Benchmark and/or Preferred Fiber and Materials Market Report data collection process).
• Introduce yourself in the HUB when becoming a new member (incl. your company, needs, and expectations regarding animal fibers).
•  Give permission for your organization to be publicly listed as a member of the Animal Fibers Round Table.
• Collaborate with others on joint projects

I confirm that I have read and agree to the Animal Fibers RT Terms of Reference and Membership Agreement.

I understand that failure to abide by the terms of my membership in the Animal Fibers RT in any material way may result in the termination of my membership and ability to participate in the Animal Fibers RT.

I agree to give Textile Exchange permission to contact me via email and understand that I can unsubscribe at any time https://textileexchange.org/terms-conditions-and-privacy-policy/. Please note that this is required to join the Round Table.*

Optional: I give permission for my organization to be publicly listed as a member of the Animal Fibers RT.

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