Supporting suppliers on their gender data journey: learnings from the ETI/PST pilot project in India
In October 2023, the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) and the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles (PST) embarked on a collaborative pilot project in Tamil Nadu, India. The aim was to explore how fashion brands and suppliers can work jointly to strengthen their understanding and use of gender-disaggregated data as part of effective human rights due diligence. […]
Completion of the Partnership Initiative “Gender Data Gap”: A Key Step Towards Gender Equality in the Textile Industry
The “Gender Data Gap” project has successfully come to an end. The aim of this Partnership Initiative (BI) was to address the lack of reliable data on gender equality in the textile industry. Although issues such as discrimination, sexual harassment, and gender-based violence are well known within the sector, there is still a lack of […]
Expanding access to remedy: Fair Wear and the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles further their collaboration
Interview with Annabel Meurs, Fair Wear’s Executive Director and Gina Burgard, Head of Secretariat of “Partnership for Sustainable Textiles”. The Partnership for Sustainable Textiles (PST) and Fair Wear have partnered for many years, jointly expanding access to remedy for workers across the garment and textile sector. Now, they are strengthening their joint commitment to building […]
Review of the 11th Members’ Meeting
On 14th and 15th of May, around 125 participants came together for the 11th Members’ Meeting in Berlin – an event full of impetus, dialogue and practice-oriented discussions on key challenges and progress in the sustainable textile sector. With a diverse programme, the meeting offered room for exchange between politics, business and civil society. Group […]
Exciting News: New partnership between the PST and STS 2030
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 and integrated approach by companies […]
Recap to the 2025 OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector
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 implementing due diligence in global […]
Update of the “Gender Data Gap” Partnership Initiative
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 participants were visited on site […]
Reflecting on the Second Phase of the PST Partnership Initiative Joint Grievance Mechanism with Fair Wear
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 to remedy for workers in […]
amfori, Fair Wear and PST Join Forces to Tackle Grievances from Shared Factories
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 grievances and to generate further […]
Gina Burgard is the new head of the Partnership Secretariat
Linda Schraml hands over the management of the Textiles Partnership Secretariat to Gina Burgard Over the past two years, the Textiles Partnership has made important progress with the implementation of the realignment under the leadership of Linda Schraml, for example through the realization of joint projects in the focus areas of gender equality, grievance mechanisms […]