PST is co-hosting three side sessions at OECD Garment Forum
Again, the Textiles Partnership is co-hosting side sessions together with other organisations. The sessions cover three of the four focus topics: responsible purchasing practices, grievance and remedy as well as gender-based violence.
Read moreNew handout on integrity management
Embedding integrity in companies
Anchoring integrity in all areas of corporate activity is increasingly a fundamental prerequisite for sustainable economic success. The new handout of the Alliance for Integrity and the UN Global Compact Network Germany offers concrete practical recommendations.
Read moreTake part in our call for proposals!
Joining Forces for Sustainable Textile Supply Chains
The aim of the call for proposals is to support Partnership members and other cooperation partners in fulfilling their individual social and ecological due diligence obligations in their own supply chains. Together with local stakeholders, you can apply with your project ideas on the focus topics.
Read moreWelcome to the Partnership!
We are pleased to welcome WiBU TextilPlus to the Textiles Partnership.
The company from Schleswig-Holstein offers services and products for all textile needs for major customers in the social sector.
Read moreamfori, Fair Wear and PST Join Forces to Tackle Grievances from Shared Factories
Cooperation between amfori, Fair Wear the Textile Partnership
amfori, Fair Wear and the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles (PST) are pleased to announce the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen their collaboration to jointly address workers grievances from shared factories of their various member brands. This collaboration will initially be piloted for a year, with the objective to improve working conditions in our members’ supply chains and to offer learnings for the industry to align access to remedies.
Read moreInterview on inclusion and diversity in the textile industry
How can the textile sector be made more inclusive?
Companies still face significant challenges in meeting their corporate due diligence obligations with regard to discrimination, gender-based violence and harassment in the workplace. These barriers make it difficult for workers to participate equally in the labour market.
Read moreXhaferi-Salihu: Climate transition as risk and opportunity
Guest commentary by Lindita Xhaferi-Salihu
Over the past three years, it has become apparent that many organisations in the textile sector have intensified their climate protection efforts. Lindita Xhaferi-Salihu shares her impressions and highlights further opportunities.
Read more"Complaints are not the end of the world, but important"
How can complaints mechanisms be made more effective and easier to access for workers? This question was discussed by around 30 Partnership members at a workshop.
Read moreCommon Framework for Responsible Purchasing Practices
CFRPP: A Reference Document for Responsible Purchasing Practices
The "Common Framework for Responsible Purchasing Practices" now provides an aligned reference document for the garment industry. Several multi-stakeholder initiatives have developed the document and hope that the framework will help to focus attention on the changes needed, as a contribution to improved impact.
Read moreSustainable textile industry until 2050
Social and environmental sustainability are imperative - the Global Fashion Agenda (GFA) emphasises this in their recently published GFA Monitor, offering practical guidance, information, and solutions.
Read moreThe "perfect" solution for circular economy?
How do companies approach circular economy? What are the biggest challenges? In a workshop at the Textiles Partnership Working Meeting, around 30 members exchanged views on this topic.
Read moreProductclon Project: Interview with Maike Rabe
Designing products sustainably and recyclable?!
A project by the Recycling Working Group showed that this is possible. In this interview, Prof. Dr. Maike Rabe, head of the research institute, shares insights into the project.
Read moreIndia: First legally binding agreement on GBVH
With the "Dindigul Agreement to End Gender-Based Violence and Harassment" (GBVH), there is for the first time in the Asian textile industry a legally binding agreement to end sexual violence and harassment of female workers.
Read moreThe Open Apparel Registry becomes the Open Supply Hub
Since 2019, the Open Apparel Registry (OAR) has been a database for supply chain data and production facilities in the textile and clothing industry. With the launch of the beta version of the Open Supply Hub, the database now also spans a range of other sectors, including sporting goods, beauty, consumer packaged goods, apparel and electronics.
Read moreE-Learning: OECD Due Diligence for Garment and Footwear Supply Chains
New course from the OECD provides an overview of corporate due diligence obligations along the Due Diligence Guideline for Responsible Supply Chains in the Garment and Footwear Sector.
Read moreAnnual Report 2021
At the Working Meeting on 17 and 18 May in Berlin, Jürgen Janssen, head of the Partnership Secretariat, presented the 2021 annual report to the members. As in 2020, it is again a pure online report.
Read moreDGCN updates the climate management guide
Step by step towards effective climate management
Holistic climate management is becoming increasingly important for companies. The German Global Compact Network has recently revised and updated its guidelines on climate management.
Read morePartnership Initiative Complaints Mechanisms: Start of the second module in Pakistan
Module to strengthen internal factory grievance mechanisms
Since 2020, the Partnership's Grievance Mechanisms Initiative has supported Partnership members in implementing effective grievance mechanisms in their supply chains. A first module of the Partnership Initiative started in April 2021 and is now complemented by another module in Pakistan.
Read moreNew expert group on forced labour
14 members participate in the new Expert Group
The aim of the new Expert Group (EG) on Forced Labour is to deepen and broaden the dialogue that has already begun in an ad hoc group on the issue of forced labour in Xinjiang.
Read moreNew guideline on inclusion
Recommendations for brands and suppliers
The guideline "Inclusion in Textile Supply Chains" aims to support companies in promoting the employment of people with disabilities in a non-discriminatory and practical manner.
Read moreThat was the 8th Members' Meeting
Partnership 2023 - Let's get started!
Around 150 participants came to Hamburg for the members' meeting. They exchanged views, discussed and developed ideas for joint projects. Because "it is not enough to set ambitious goals, it is important to implement them," Reiner Hoffmann also emphasised.
Read moreTextiles Partnership at ISPO Munich
Textiles Partnership at the Sustainability Hub
Sustainability was one of the main topics at the large sports and outdoor trade fair ISPO in Munich from 28-30 November. The Textiles Partnership also presented itself at the Sustainability Hub.
Read moreBMZ Conference on Living Wages: From Ambition to Implementation
On Tuesday, 27 September 2022, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) hosted the virtual conference “From ambition to implementation: Scaling successful approaches to living wages in textile supply chains” and convened over 100 participants from politics, business, and civil society to strengthen international cooperation on the way towards living wages.
Read moreMore organic cotton on the world market
Textile Exchange Organic Cotton Market Report
The current market study by Textile Exchange shows that more and more cotton farmers are switching from conventional to organic cultivation. With two projects in India, the members of the Textiles Partnership are also promoting more organic cotton on the world market.
Read moreChanges in the Textiles Partnership
Due Diligence, Transparency and Focus Topics
In its meeting on 28 September 2022, the Steering Committee adopted a new concept for the Textiles Partnership. In the future, the work of the Partnership will focus on three basic elements: 1) implementation of due diligence, 2) transparency on supply networks, 3) effectively addressing focus issues.
Read moreCommon Framework wird handlungsleitend im Bündnis
Purchasing Practices
In future, the "Common Framework for Responsible Purchasing Practices" will serve as a foundation to support members to systematically improve their purchasing practices.
Read moreJürgen Janssen leaves the Textile Partnership
"It never got boring."
After six years as Head of the Partnership Secretariat, Jürgen Janssen is leaving the Textiles Partnership. We asked him a few questions on his farewell. Noor Naqschbandi will take over as head of the Partnership Secretariat.
Read moreWelcome to the Partnership!
We are pleased to welcome Formesse to the Textiles Partnership.
The new Partnership member from Baden-Württemberg has been distributing and producing high-quality and durable home textiles Made in Germany in the 3rd generation since 1947.
Read moreWelcome to the Partnership!
We are pleased to welcome Snocks to the Textiles Partnership.
The Mannheim-based company Snocks GmbH has been selling socks, underwear and basic clothing since 2016.
Read moreWorkshop: Risiken in der tieferen Lieferkette adressieren
How can companies better record risks along the entire textile supply chain in order to fulfil their social and ecological due diligence obligations in a more targeted manner? In a workshop at the Textile Partnership working meeting in May, around 30 members exchanged views on this.
Read moreRecyclable product clones
Start of the 2nd project phase
Now that the first phase has been successfully completed, the aim is to include further product categories.
Read moreWorkshop: Using data to achieve more transparency in supply chains
How can companies better record supply chain data in order to fulfil their social and ecological due diligence obligations in a more efficient way? In a workshop at the Textile Partnership working meeting in May, around 30 members exchanged views on this.
Read moreThinking Ahead: Collective Engagement in the Textile Partnership
How can we strengthen our Collective Engagement for better working and environmental conditions in the producing countries? Around 30 Partnership members discussed this question in a workshop.
Read moreTurkey: Complaints mechanism for Syrian workers
Continuation of the Worker Support Center
Orsay, Primark and C&A are campaigning to ensure that Syrian textile workers in Turkey can continue to use the complaints mechanism of the Turkish non-governmental organisation MUDEM-Refugee Support Center and report abuses in the workplace.
Read moreWorkshop in gender-based violence
The elefant in the room – how do I get in touch with my suppliers about gender and gender-based violence? Around 20 Partnership members discussed this question at the Working Meeting.
Read moreAktualisierter Leitfaden: Policy
Tips for anchoring due diligence obligations in writing
Companies are subject to a duty of care. This also includes anchoring environmental and social due diligence obligations and anti-corruption standards within the framework of a policy.
Read moreLet´s Play, Fair! Das war das Arbeitstreffen 2022
Let´s Play, Fair!
This was the motto of this year's working meeting on 17 and 18 May at BeachMitte in Berlin. But the participants only leaned back in a deck chair during the breaks, because the event is not called a working meeting for nothing.
Read moreReport of the German Institute for Human Rights (Review Process)
Evaluation interviews are a valuable component of the review process
The German Institute for Human Rights (DIMR) accompanied six of the 55 evaluation interviews in the review process. One result: The evaluation interviews should remain a mandatory part of the process in the future.
Read moreLaunch of the Partnership Initiative on Organic Cotton in India
More transparency and fairness
10 brands and organisations joined with the aim of building a fair, environmentally friendly, and economically viable organic cotton supply chain. 12,500 cotton producers are expected to benefit from the project by converting to organic farming.
Read moreOn 17 and 18 May, the Textiles Partnership will meet at BeachMitte in Berlin.
At this year's Working Meeting, not only the location is special, but also the concept deviates from the usual process. Unlike in previous years, the participants determine the agenda themselves on the second day and contribute their topics.
Read morePartnership Initiative Tamil Nadu starts its second phase
Increased participation, more exchange, but less spinning mills
The joint commitment to improved grievance structures in spinning mills and the promotion of stakeholder dialogue continues. The focus of the second phase is on around 40 spinning mills in the four districts of Coimbatore, Dindigul, Erode and Tiruppur.
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