10 years BNT
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More InformationWelcoming speech by the Minister
“We achieve more when we work together. And that is why we joined forces ten years ago to form the Textiles Partnership.
And together we have achieved a lot: the German and European supply chain laws came about partly because the Textiles Partnership showed what could be done.
As members of the Partnership, you have long experience of testing solutions that others can learn from.”
About the Partnership
A strong multi-stakeholder initiative
As a multi-stakeholder initiative, the Textile Partnership brings together companies, associations, non-governmental organisations, standard setting organisations, trade unions and the German Federal Government. Our goal is a social, ecological and corruption-free textile and clothing industry that respects the rights of all workers, protects the climate as well as the environment and acts with integrity.
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We are excited to announce a new cooperation between the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles (PST) and Sustainable Textiles Switzerland 2030 (STS 2030)! The collaboration between the two multi-stakeholder-initiatives is driven by a shared understanding: To address the sustainability challenges of today’s modern and complex supply chains, it takes a comprehensive
This year’s forum provided participants in Paris and online with an important platform for exchanging perspectives, making lasting contacts and taking joint action. As in previous years, this event brought together representatives from governments, businesses, trade unions, civil society, and international organisations to discuss challenges, risks, and best practices in
The Partnership Initiative “Gender Data Gap” has made great progress the past year. In July 2024, a large workshop was held for project participants in Bonn, where key issues and measures were discussed and finalised. In addition, a final trip to Tunisia took place in December, during which the project
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Partnership initiatives and projects
Where individual actors reach their limits, members can work together to achieve better results for both people and the environment in the production countries. In Partnership Initiatives, the members are directly involved in the production countries as part of the Joint Action, for example for the payment of living wages, better energy efficiency in textile factories, the establishment of effective grievance mechanisms and the improvement of working conditions for women.
Our focus topics
We are working on four focus topics to address key risks in the textile industry. These include low wages, high resource consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, gender-specific violence and discrimination, as well as the (frequent) lack of opportunities to draw attention to grievances in the workplace.
Do you want to become a member?
Various stakeholder groups work in the Partnership on the topic of sustainable textiles. Find out here how you can get involved.
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