REGULATION PUSHES EU CLOTHING AND TEXTILE INDUSTRY TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY
February 2nd, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL clothing and textile industry does not of course work in a vacuum - it must abide by the law - and where regulations tell it to reduce pollution or avoid using potentially-harmful chemicals, it can and does comply.
The European Union (EU) is often a global leader in environmental legislation, and it has implemented a raft of regulations that are nudging the whole sector towards sustainable practices and also encouraging companies to become greener than the legal minimums require.
Some of this legislation is industry-specific, ...
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