The FM Circular Fashion IQ Index
The FM Circular Fashion IQ Index assesses circular practice against a verified scoring methodology and produces procurement-ready reports, making genuine circular capability legible, verifiable, and ESPR-aligned for Australian brands and their buyers.
Register your interestGenuine circular practice is currently invisible to the market, and invisibility is commercially indistinguishable from greenwashing.
The same gap, seen from four sides
Genuine circular practice stays invisible to the market
No standardised framework yet turns circular practice into a format procurement decisions can rely on, so brands and the producers behind them cannot separate themselves from those who only say the right things. The traceability, the certifications, and the manufacturing standards are often already in place, and yet few people up the chain can see them in a way that shapes a purchasing decision.
The FM IQ Index produces a credible, comparable credential you can take into procurement conversations, tender responses, and buyer relationships, which turns circular investment into something you can prove rather than assert.
Policy obligations now exist without the measurement infrastructure to fulfil them
Buyers covered by FESP, QPP 2026, or their own ESG commitments are expected to verify circular credentials that no standardised tool yet makes verifiable.
The FM IQ Index gives procurement teams a structured, defensible basis for supplier selection that holds up under scrutiny, so you can stand behind who you award to.
Procurement policy and industry strategy are operating without feedback loops
The frameworks exist, but there is no way to measure whether supplier capability matches their intent, which leaves sustainability obligations embedded in policy with no infrastructure to verify compliance.
The FM IQ Index gives government a legible, evidence-based picture of where circular manufacturing capability exists, where the gaps are, and where investment will have the most impact, so you can decide where to direct it.
Resale value depends on circular data the market cannot yet verify
Resale and authentication platforms are asked to stand behind the provenance, materials, and circularity of items they did not make, with no consistent way to check whether those claims hold.
The FM IQ Index makes a garment's circular credentials verifiable and portable, so a resale operator can decide what to accept, how to authenticate it, and what it is worth.
One assessment, one score, one report you can put in front of a buyer
The assessment covers the full arc of a garment's circular life, from design and material decisions through manufacturing and end-of-life provision to how those practices are governed and disclosed. Every participant is assessed against the same methodology, so results are comparable across brands and over time.
A composite score
A single figure that states where your circular capability stands today and can be re-assessed as practice develops.
A procurement-ready report
Written commentary on each area of the assessment, structured for tender responses, buyer conversations, and internal planning.
A verifiable credential
A result that shows the basis on which it was reached, so a buyer, procurement officer, or resale operator can see what was demonstrated and how.
Scores are weighted by what you can prove
A claim that is documented carries more weight than a claim that is asserted, and a claim that has been independently verified carries more weight again. The Index applies this weighting consistently across every assessment, which is what allows two scores to be compared with confidence.
The scoring methodology is proprietary and the subject of a pending patent application. Participants receive a full account of how their own result was reached.
Be among the first to be assessed
The FM Circular Fashion IQ Index is now accepting pilot assessments. Register your interest to receive methodology updates, confirm your place in the assessment cohort, and contribute to Australia's circular textile measurement infrastructure.