Innovation Intern - Innovation Platform

About Fashion for Good

Fashion for Good unites the fashion ecosystem to transform and build a regenerative industry. By fostering collaboration and facilitating connections, we bring innovative solutions to the forefront. Our platform connects disruptive innovative solutions with our brand partners and serves as a hub of intelligence and experimentation for the latest insights. Through our platform we empower our network, consisting of brands, retailers, suppliers, innovators and funders, to collaborate and drive change towards a regenerative industry.

Position Summary & Key Responsibilities

Fashion for Good seeks multiple Innovation Interns to join the Innovation Platform. The roles span across various initiatives and focus areas including materials circularity, materials validation, and decarbonisation. Based on the final selection, you will contribute to scouting, assessing, validating, or enabling the scaling of sustainable innovations in the textile supply chain. These internships offer exposure to diverse projects, and will focus on next-gen materials, circularity solutions or tier 2 decarbonisation technologies.

As part of all positions, the roles will have exposure to the following areas:

Research & Analysis

• Conduct deep-dive industry research into circularity, recycling, decarbonisation, or next-generation material innovations.
• Develop and update landscapes and reports with up-to-date news, insights, and emerging innovations across materials, recycling, decarbonisation, or AI/thermal processing technologies.
• Scout for new innovations in these areas and support assessment according to Fashion for Good’s due diligence framework, evaluating technology readiness, market traction, impact, capacity, financial history and projections, liquidity/runway, business models, and pricing.

Project Support

• Support project teams with daily project management tasks across Materials Scaling, Materials Validation, or Decarbonisation initiatives.
• Assist during meetings by synthesising learnings.
• Track timelines, deadlines, and milestones for multiple projects.
• Edit, create, and design engaging collaterals with relevant visuals.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate has a relevant track record and combines strong interpersonal skills with a self-starting, proactive attitude. Candidates with the following skillsets will be preferred:

• Strong analytical, research and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
• Good understanding of the textile manufacturing & the fashion industry
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Capacity to work in a demanding and multicultural environment
• A pro-active, enthusiastic, can-do attitude and comfortable dealing with uncertainty
• Strong G Suite knowledge and presentation skills

The following experience is a plus: Relevant work in textile circularity, materials innovation, decarbonisation, fashion, textiles manufacturing, or strategy / sustainability consulting.

Education

Currently enrolled in an academic degree (Bachelor (HBO), MBA or Masters) within the EU, preferably in material science, business, economics, chemistry or textile engineering.

Languages

Proficiency in English is a requirement.

Additional Information

These internships are in person and based in Amsterdam. Note: Only students with an existing residence permit for the EU are considered eligible candidates.