Adapting purchasing practices, safeguarding livelihoods
The recently adopted Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive at EU level, which will introduce further requirements for the private sector in addition to the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act, as well as the ILO expert meeting on wage policy in February, provide new impetus for the topic of living wages. In the Textile Partnership, […]
Webinar Series: Europe’s Green Transition in the Textile Sector
The Partnership for Sustainable Textiles and the Green Button launch joint webinar series on upcoming legislation under the EU Textile Strategy Join the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles and the Green Button on 21st of September 2023 for the kick-off of its upcoming six-month webinar series to learn more about the EU’s Green Deal and how […]
Strengthening Supplier Capacity to Collect and Use Gender-Disaggregated Supply Chain Data
Collaboration with Ethical Trading Initiative kicked off In April, the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles and the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) kicked off a joint project that aims at strengthening suppliers’ capacity to collect and use gender-disaggregated supply chain data. The new project starts where an earlier cooperation between both organisations had left off. The Ethical […]
Annual Report 2023
Looking back on a year with new requirements and the realignment of the Textiles Partnership At the 10th members’ meeting on 17 and 18 April, Linda Schraml, Head of the Partnership Secretariat, presented the 2023 annual report to the members. It shows that the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles was able to realise its realignment in […]
10th Members’ Meeting
The realignment goes into implementation! Around 125 participants attended the 10th Members’ Meeting of the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles in Berlin. They engaged in lively discussions in presentations, workshops and working groups and laid further important groundwork for the implementation of the strategic reorientation. One highlight was the exchange with representatives of rights holders from […]
Strengthening the rights of refugee workers in the textile sector
During a trip to Türkiye in March, the members of the Partnership Initiative (PI) “Access to Remedy for (Refugee) Workers” were able to see for themselves the work that project partner MUDEM is doing on the ground. Together, they are working on the project to promote access to effective grievance mechanisms as well as effective […]
It’s a wrap: Joint webinar series on EU Textile Strategy has come to an end
What started in September 2023 as a joint webinar series by the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles, the Green Button and GIZ FABRIC has now come to an end – leaving the organizational team very satisfied with the outcome of the series. The six webinar sessions took participants on a journey through the complex landscape of […]
Improving Grievance Management Systems in the textile sector
The Partnership for Sustainable Textiles (PST), along with its members Bierbaum-Proenen, CARE Deutschland, Deltex, deuter, ORTOVOX and Sympatex have kick-started a joint project to improve access to complaint mechanisms in China and Vietnam, including the deeper supply chain. Promoting access to grievance mechanisms and remedy is an elementary component of corporate due diligence and as […]
Webinar-Series: Europe’s Green Transition in the Textile Sector – Green Claims
Hinweis: Diese Webinar-Reihe findet auf Englisch statt. The webinar series of The Partnership for Sustainable Textile and the Green Button on upcoming legislation under the EU Textile Strategy comes to an end! Join us on 6th of March from 10am CET on for the last session of the webinar series: TACKLING GREENWASHING: THE DIRECTIVE TO […]
Training zu Decent Work für indische Bio-Baumwollproduzent*innen geht in Pilotierung
Im Rahmen der Bündnisinitiative „Bio-Baumwolle in Indien“ wurde im Februar ein wichtiger Meilenstein erreicht: die Umsetzungspartner Organic Cotton Accelerator (OCA) und Traidcraft haben ein Training zum Konzept der Decent Work für Kleinbäuerinnen und -bauern sowie Farmarbeiter*innen im indischen Bio-Baumwollsektor entwickelt und veröffentlicht. Das Training wird nun pilotiert. Das Besondere am Training: Üblicherweise berücksichtigen Standards für […]