{"id":28978,"date":"2025-11-13T17:32:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T01:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/?post_type=faq-posts&#038;p=28978"},"modified":"2025-11-13T17:32:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T01:32:18","slug":"what-is-the-timeline-for-the-benchmark-pilot-and-publication","status":"publish","type":"faq-posts","link":"https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/questions\/what-is-the-timeline-for-the-benchmark-pilot-and-publication\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the timeline for the benchmark pilot and publication?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The development of the benchmark began in September 2024 and is following a phased approach to test, refine, and publish the tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>January 2025: First draft of the wet-processing tool created by experts from BluWin, Colour Connections, and Elevate Textiles.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July 2025: First draft of the dry-processing tool developed by experts from Made2Flow, Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Rieter, University of Leeds, and The Idea Smith.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>April\u2013December 2025: Testing of both wet- and dry-processing tools with approximately 500 facilities through online and on-site pilots.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>April\u2013 August 2025: Ongoing consultations of the methodology and benchmark calculator with the Technical Review Committee.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>November 2025: Public consultation of the benchmark tool draft v0.9.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The outcomes of the pilot and stakeholder consultations will inform the formal publication of the benchmark methodology and full tool release in early 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","faq-categories":[132],"class_list":["post-28978","faq-posts","type-faq-posts","status-publish","hentry","faq-categories-carbon-and-energy-benchmark"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq-posts\/28978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq-posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faq-posts"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq-categories?post=28978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}