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.
Recent articles
Successful Completion of a Transformative Collaboration In October 2024, the second phase of the Joint Grievance Mechanism initiative by Fair Wear and the German Partnership for Sustainable Textiles (PST) concluded, marking the successful end of a transformative multi-year project. This second phase, launched in May 2023, aimed to expand access
Because no single actor can do it alone – alliances to strengthen human rights and environmental protection worldwide. Svenja Schulze, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development ©Julia Merkel The Partnership for Sustainable Textiles celebrated its tenth anniversary with a jubilee event in Berlin. Together with Development Minister Svenja Schulze,
November 2025 In September 2022, amfori, Fair Wear and the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles (PST) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to to jointly address workers’ grievances raised at factories shared between their member brands . Now, the organisations have agreed to continue this collaboration, to pool resources in remediating
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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