Contributions Overview
With the European Commission's proposal for a regulation to prohibit products made with forced labour on the EU market, the EU plans to ban all products made under such conditions for domestic consumption, export and import. The regulation will have wide-ranging impact as it covers all companies and products, regardless of size or sector in which they operate. In this session we will hence look at the potential impact of this forced labour ban on the textile sector and how companies can begin to prepare for the upcoming obligations in their supply chains.
Under the umbrella of the European Green Deal, the EU Textile Strategy sets out a vision and concrete actions to ensure that: “By 2030, textile products placed on the EU market are long-lived and recyclable, to a great extent made of recycled fibers, free of hazardous substances and produced in respect of social rights and the environment.” The proposal for a new Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) has been considered the cornerstone of the EU’s Green Deal and aims to establish ecodesign requirements to enhance product circularity, durability, and recyclability.
Technical Seminar 17 - "Transitioning to innovative financing tools "
When many of the manufacturers in the garment industry have been already collected the low-hanging fruits of carbon emission reduction and getting onto the next phase – rapid and deep decarbonization, what is needed to be done to unlock trillions of dollars for those deep decarbonization programs? During this seminar, we invited panelists with decades experiences in garment sustainable manufacturing to share their practices and perspectives. Knowledge product and Recording are found below.
Stricter Waste Regulation and Extended Producer Responsibility for Textiles
In November 2021, the European Commission introduced a proposal to reshape the Waste Shipment Regulation, with a primary focus on curtailing waste exports and restricting textile waste disposal outside the EU. This seminar is designed to demystify the landscape of EU waste legislation.
