Sustainable Fashion & Textiles Certification

The Sustainable Fashion & Textiles Certification is a free beginner-level, 15-minute skill test from Science of Apps. It tests sustainable fashion and textiles — the environmental footprint of the fashion industry, fibres from cotton and polyester to recycled and next-generation materials, water, chemicals and dyeing, microplastics, fast fashion and overproduction, circular fashion through durability, resale, repair, rental and recycling, textile-to-textile recycling, labour rights and supply chain transparency, certifications such as GOTS, OEKO-TEX and the Global Recycled Standard, EU textile strategy, ecodesign and extended producer responsibility, and avoiding greenwashing — written to UNEP, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Textile Exchange and FTC guidance for 2026 and 2027. Score 70% or more on its 15 questions to earn a verifiable Sustainable Fashion & Textiles certificate (SOA-SFT). Every question is based on published standards and research — including Materials Market Report and standards (Textile Exchange), Sustainability and circularity in the textile value chain (UN Environment Programme), A new textiles economy: redesigning fashion's future (Ellen MacArthur Foundation) — and each answer is explained with its source.

Science of Apps offers a free Sustainable Fashion & Textiles Certification, written for 2026 and 2027. It tests fashion's footprint, materials and certifications and circularity, people and policy with 15 original scenario questions in all, each naming its published source; you get an instant score and a verifiable certificate with a credential ID you can add to LinkedIn.

Read the three skill areas on this page, then take the 15-minute test online — no fee, course or sign-up. You see every answer explained when you finish. Score 70% or more and you get a Sustainable Fashion & Textiles certificate straight away, on screen, as a PDF and by email, with a credential ID anyone can verify.

Yes. The questions are original scenarios written by Science of Apps, and each one is based on a public source you can read: Materials Market Report and standards (Textile Exchange); Sustainability and circularity in the textile value chain (UN Environment Programme); A new textiles economy: redesigning fashion's future (Ellen MacArthur Foundation); Circular Economy Action Plan (European Commission); Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation and Digital Product Passport (European Commission); Green Guides (environmental marketing claims) (U.S. FTC). The source is shown under each question and linked in the answer review. Science of Apps doesn't copy questions from other tests.

Three skill areas with five questions each, drawn from a bank of 10 per area so a retake brings new questions: Fashion's Footprint (Environmental impacts, Water and chemicals and Fast fashion and overconsumption); Materials and Certifications (Fibre choices, Recycled and next-gen materials and Standards and labels); Circularity, People and Policy (Circular business models, Labour and transparency and Regulation and claims). Every question is an original scenario written to the 2026–2027 standard, with the published source named under it.

Fashion design or merchandising student, Brand sustainability or sourcing professional, Retail buyer or product developer, Stylist or conscious consumer and Textile or supply chain professional. It suits students at leading universities, career switchers and experienced professionals who want quick, verifiable proof of Sustainable Fashion & Textiles knowledge in 2026 and 2027.

Sustainability-minded students in Europe, ANZ, Canada and the Gulf are targeting climate finance, net-zero strategy and nature markets. Passing earns a founder-signed Science of Apps certificate with a credential ID and QR code that recruiters can verify.

Textile production uses large amounts of water, energy and chemicals, and much clothing is worn only a few times before being discarded. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation estimates that the equivalent of one rubbish truck of textiles is landfilled or burned every second.

It can cut reliance on virgin fossil feedstock and some emissions, but most is made from bottles rather than old clothes, and it still sheds microfibres. True circularity needs textile-to-textile recycling and better design.

Yes. The test is online, in English and free everywhere — people take it from India, the US, the UK, Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Your certificate is dated with your own local date and can be verified from anywhere at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/.

15 questions — 5 from each of 3 skill areas — with a 15-minute limit. You need 70% (11 of 15) to pass and 90% for distinction.

We rate it Beginner: no experience needed: fundamentals and clear reasoning. It has 15 scenario questions — 5 from each of 3 skill areas — and a 15-minute limit. You need 70% (11 of 15) to pass and 90% for distinction.

Nothing. There is no fee to take a test, to receive the certificate, to have it emailed or to verify it, and no sign-up.

On our server, not in your browser. The answers never reach the page until you submit, so a certificate can only be earned by passing. Each certificate gets a unique credential ID stored by Science of Apps.

You see your score for each area and every question with the correct answer and why, with the published source behind it. You can retake after 30 minutes, and the retake draws questions you haven't seen yet.

No. Every certificate is dated, so it always shows when you passed. Retake a test any time for a newer date or a higher score.

Yes. After you pass, Add to LinkedIn opens the Licenses & certifications form with the certificate name, Science of Apps as the issuer, the issue date, your credential ID and the verification link filled in. You can also download it as a PDF or PNG, and it's emailed to you as a PDF.

Every certificate has a credential ID and a QR code. Scanning it, or entering the ID at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/, shows the holder's name, the certification, the score and the issue date from our records.

No. They are Science of Apps' own assessments of applied skill. They aren't issued by a university or standards body, and they work best alongside a portfolio that shows the skills in real work.