{"id":4689,"date":"2023-08-10T06:56:32","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T11:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pfmm.textileexchange.org\/?page_id=4689"},"modified":"2024-04-05T08:50:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T13:50:20","slug":"about-the-pfm-matrix-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pfmm.textileexchange.org\/about-the-pfm-matrix-2\/","title":{"rendered":"About the PFM Matrix (V3.0) 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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About The Tool<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Preferred Fiber and Materials Matrix <\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Preferred Fiber and Materials Matrix (PFMM)\u202f<\/span>is an interactive tool that <\/span>gives the owners of sustainability <\/span>standards systems a way to view their performance in a standardized way and toward a shared \u201cdirection of travel\u201d for beneficial impact, while also helping brands to make informed material sourcing decisions. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Originally conceived by Gap Inc. to help designers and product teams understand the benefits and trade-offs of their fiber and raw material choices, Textile Exchange adopted the PFMM in 2020.\u202fSince that time, we\u2019ve been working to update and refine the tool, drawing on expertise from across the sector. Our overarching vision for the PFMM is for it to support the industry in taking a holistic approach to decision-making related to fibers and raw materials.\u202f<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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What are preferred fibers and materials?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Textile Exchange defines \u201cpreferred\u201d fibers and raw materials as those that deliver consistently reduced impacts and increased benefits for climate, nature, and people against conventional equivalents, through a holistic approach to transforming production systems.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

The ultimate goal is for the PFMM to provide further clarity to the industry around what constitutes a \u201cpreferred\u201d material.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Throughout 2024-2025, Textile Exchange will undertake further development of the PFMM methodology, enabling the inclusion of additional standards systems \u2013 as well as branded fibers and other sustainability programs \u2013 into the tool. \u202fThe PFMM will be used as an underpinning framework across the tools and resources that Textile Exchange offers, providing a clear rubric for assessing performance of standard systems, branded fibers, and sustainability programs, to support our collective Climate+ goals.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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What's new since the last version?<\/h3><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Methodology updates\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>

The public launch of the PFMM tool in September 2023 signifies having brought the methodology fully in-house. Textile Exchange has now completed a significant methodology refresh, including replacing the initiative integrity and human rights indicators \u2013 previously sourced from WWF\u2019s Certification Assessment Tool \u2013 with a refreshed methodology.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span> Textile Exchange engaged Ergon Associates to support the redevelopment of the human rights indicators, leveraging their expertise in human rights, labor standards and gender equity.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span> The human rights categories and indicators are based on international human rights norms, including the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the International Bill of Human Rights (UDHR, ICESCR and ICCPR), and the ILO Core Conventions. The indicators often aggregate multiple human rights (e.g., wages and working conditions, livelihoods) or cut across multiple rights (e.g., grievance and remedy). On the whole, this framework represents all internationally recognized human rights considered to be:\u202f<\/span><\/p>