Circular Apparel Innovation Factory - CAIF

Thrifting with purpose

♻️📷Visit us at Lalbagh and explore upcycled textile products handcrafted by the women of Needles & Threads SHG.

Every purchase supports sustainable livelihoods and textile reuse.

📷 15–26 Jan | 9 AM–8 PM 🗓️

Saamuhika Shakti - In Solidarity with Waste Pickers Circular Apparel Innovation Factory - CAIF
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#𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚𝐥𝐩𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭: 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐭 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞

70+ speakers, 100+ investors, 500+ entrepreneurs gathered in to unlock opportunities in climate-smart agriculture, circular textiles, AI infrastructure, deep tech and cultural enterprises.

The Summit also put the spotlight on and what it will take to build solutions at the grassroots.

2 days of ideas turning into action and capital meeting real impact.
See how it unfolded.

Watch the Video -https://ow.ly/Wusc50Y1wYs

Sankalp Bharat Summit 2025 : Where Impact Met Enterprise70+ speakers, 100+ investors, 500+ entrepreneurs gathered in Lucknow to unlock opportunities in climate-smart agri...

At , Lucknow we had a powerful conversation on “𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥: 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 & 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐓𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲.”

𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫: India’s green transition in textiles will not be driven by isolated pilots but through coordinated, cluster-led ecosystem action.

𝐀 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧:
𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞
For many philanthropic funders, impact is as much about jobs, health, and livelihoods as it is about carbon. For climate action in MSME clusters to scale, we need narratives that connect environmental outcomes with social and economic co-benefits.

𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭
H&M shared how they are going beyond tracking supply-chain emissions to actively enabling suppliers to adopt next-gen solutions like waterless dyeing- translating ambition into on-ground decarbonization.

𝐍𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞-𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞-𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬-𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡
Every cluster faces a distinct reality. Panipat’s textile ecosystem operates alongside an informal recycling economy driven by post-consumer waste flows from developed countries. Such contexts demand highly customized transition pathways, not generic playbooks.

𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬
There was strong consensus on the need for sustained collaboration across brands, cluster institutions, funders, innovators, and policymakers- well beyond short-term projects.

Grateful to our panelists for bringing both global perspectives and grounded insights: Chowdhury (H&M), Kuldeep Sangani (Alliance Fiber Limited), Mukesh Gulati (FMC), Karan K. (Laudes Foundation), . Pankaj Kumar (UNIDO), and Sasmita Patnaik (India Climate Collaborative).

The session was guided by Siddharth Lulla, Partner, Intellecap, bringing together voices from across the value chain.

At Intellecap’s Circular Apparel Innovation Factory (CAIF), this strongly reinforces our belief that cluster-first, ecosystem-driven decarbonization is the most credible way to scale impact in India’s textile & apparel sector.

Through our 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏) 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, supported by the European Union, we are already working with MSMEs to make this transition real across light manufacturing supply chains.

If you are a brand, funder, solution provider, or ecosystem partner looking to co-create and scale such cluster-led platforms, we would love to connect.
Do reach out.