en.Wedoany.com Reported - The U.S.-based Aii (Apparel Impact Institute) disclosed in its newly released 2025 Impact Report plans to connect selected supplier facilities with financing specifically for capital-intensive and technologically advanced projects, and to demonstrate the business case for decarbonizing apparel production in high-emission regions, in order to drive industry-wide replication of successful models. The organization noted that the majority of the apparel industry's greenhouse gas emissions come from the manufacturing stage, and suppliers often have to bear the costs and risks of decarbonization alone.

Since 2018, Aii has collaborated with over 1,500 supplier facilities in key production regions, achieving cumulative emission reductions of more than 1.1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO₂e) and facilitating total investments of nearly $188 million. With 2025 marking the midpoint of its "2030 Roadmap," Aii is shifting its focus from expanding existing programs to strengthening the systemic support needed to achieve measurable emission reductions at scale. Specific measures include launching a Carbon and Energy Benchmarking Framework to help manufacturing sites measure performance against model processes and peers; and deploying "Deployment Gap Grants," which use a rebate structure to encourage suppliers to adopt commercially available but capital-intensive technologies. Additionally, implementation support measures such as electrification grants are still advancing, aimed at testing high-cost, high-abatement-potential solutions.

Aii stated that it will channel more investment toward advanced and capital-intensive solutions in the future to meet the 2030 emission reduction targets. This direction aligns with the recommendations of the "Net-Zero Roadmap" report jointly released by Aii and the World Resources Institute in 2021, which proposed a 45% reduction in emissions by 2030 and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.

Aii President and CEO Lewis Perkins said: "We have proven that emission reductions can be achieved within supplier facilities under real business conditions. The next phase is about scaling up—advancing more capital-intensive, technically complex projects and building the financial pathways to deploy them across the industry."

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