A global call for full supply chain transparency in the clothing sector
By Fashion Revolution: This open letter is republished with permission from Civil society call for supply chain transparency This week, the world remembers the Rana Plaza tragedy. On 24 April 2013 more than a thousand workers lost their life in what was, in essence, a preventable accident. The accident shook the world and put a spotlight […]
A circular economy for textiles to design out waste and pollution
Europe has an opportunity to use the textiles strategy, due to be published this year, to build on its history of textile manufacturing and switch to a more sustainable industry, benefitting citizens and the environment, writes Valérie Boiten. Valérie Boiten is the senior policy officer for circular economy and textiles at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. It’s […]
How the EU wants to achieve a circular economy by 2050
Find out about the EU’s circular economy action plan and what additional measures MEPs want to reduce waste and make products more sustainable. If we keep on exploiting resources as we do now, by 2050 we would need the resources of three Earths. Finite resources and climate issues require moving from a ‘take-make-dispose’ society to a […]
European Commission New Campaign, Raising Awareness on the Detrimental Environmental Effects of Fast Fashion
Garment mountains build up as recycling breaks down! – Introducing the “Beyond Your Clothes” Campaign. BERLIN, BERLIN, GERMANY, April 7, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ — The ‘Beyond Your Clothes’ campaign is part of the “SMART Textile & Garments” project, funded by the European Commission and implemented by sequa GmbH.It is a Pan-European campaign consisting of raising awareness […]
The COSME project CircularInnoBooster and its accelerator CirCoAX will lead an event at Green Week 2021.
06.04.2021. The COSME project CircularInnoBooster and its accelerator for SMEs CirCoAX will be presented on Thursday, May 27, 2021, in a Partner Event on the European Green Week 2021. The conference will take place online, respecting health recommendations and avoiding unnecessary polluting travels, contributing to the main theme of the Green Week of «zero pollution». […]