AFRICAN GARMENT MAKERS SEEK TO INTEGRATE SUSTAINABILITY INTO THEIR SUPPLY CHAINS, EXPO PARTICIPANTS SAY

African manufacturers are trying to integrate sustainability in their textile and fashion supply chains as retailers demand compliance with increasingly high standards fuelled by consumer pressure. But to do so, manufacturers are asking for assistance from international organisations to implement change. “Sustainability is the future, and we’re aware of that,” said Nadia Rhaouti, head of the Textile, Clothing and Leather Department at the Moroccan Investment and Trade Agency (AMDIE) to just-style at the Destination Africa exhibition (November 9-11) in ...


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