EUROPEAN COMMISSION HIGHLIGHTS TEXTILE SUSTAINABILITY REFORM PRIORITIES IN NEW ACTION PLAN
June 26th, 2023
The European Commission has released a comprehensive strategy for injecting more sustainability into the European Union (EU) textile sector, with short- and medium-term tracked policies and reforms highlighted (1).
While its ‘Transition Pathway for the Textiles Ecosystem’ does not lay down a tight timetable for action, it does enable these to be set, building on the ‘EU strategy for sustainable and circular textiles’ released in March 2022 (2).
Some of these actions are more general in focus and include, for example, in the short-term, the creation of a ...
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