INTA public hearing ' Tackling Unfair Trading Practices in the Garment/Textile Sector '

Stockshot on Circular economy: sustainable textile strategy - Bag factory using technical fabrics from industry

Fashion shop in Brussels.

Consumer Protection Textile Industry Factory

Employees work at the  G.Tosi textile factory.

On 27 April, ENVI Members vote on the own-initiative report on the Sustainable Textiles Strategy. The EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles is an integral part of the EU Circular Economy Action Plan. It sets out to create a coherent framework to facilitate the transition of the textiles industry to a more sustainable and climate-neutral model by 2030. Specific ambitions include ensuring that textile products placed on the EU market are durable, recyclable and made largely of recycled fibres, free of hazardous substances and produced in full respect of human and workers.

Infoclip: Circular economy: sustainable textile strategy (updated version)

This strategy will help the EU shift to a climate-neutral, circular economy where products are designed to be more durable, reusable, repairable, recyclable and energy-efficient. It aims to ensure that the textile industry recovers from the COVID-19 crisis in a sustainable way by making it more competitive, applying circular economy principles to production, products, consumption, waste management and secondary raw materials, directing investment, research and innovation. This infoclip illustrates the Circular economy: sustainable textile strategy with an organization that operates a used clothing collection service to create new and unique piece of clothes and with a leather goods workshop creating bags with recycled tarpaulin

Infoclip: Circular economy: sustainable textile strategy

This infoclip illustrates maritime transports of goods, loading and unloading of containers, an inspection by X-ray scanner, a warehouse worker loading material, workers in an industrial diary, workers in a textile factory and a worker an appliance store.

Infoclip: Protection against dumping in trade

During the EP Plenary session (26-27/04/2017) in Brussels, MEPs vote on EU rules to oblige textile and clothing suppliers to respect workers&rsquo; rights. MEPs suggest a series of measures: due diligence obligations, conditional trade preferences, clothing labels and role models. The resolution was adopted by 505 votes against 49 with 57 abstentions.

EU flagship initiative on the garment sector: extracts from the vote on the report by Lola SANCHEZ CALDENTEY (GUE/NGL, ES)

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Infoclip: Circular economy

This infoclip illustrates various shops selling luxury clothes.

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