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🧵Stakeholder consultation on textiles!  The European Commission's Joint Research Centre is organising a second consultation meeting with stakeholders as part of its ongoing work on a preparatory study on #textile products. This will support the implementation of the recently adopted Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR). The preparatory study provides a basis on which the Commission can consider the introduction of #ecodesign requirements, green public procurement criteria and revised #EUEcolabel criteria for textile products. 💡Interested? Find more information about the meeting including the registration link: https://lnkd.in/dPg4fMnX 📅When? December 9-10, 2024 📍Where? Online 📖Read more about the Preparatory Study on Textile Products: https://lnkd.in/dJVA3Rm3 👉Learn also about EU Ecolabel textiles: https://lnkd.in/dmSBsUT3 #CircularEconomy

ON YOUR MARKS, EUROPEAN TEXTILE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY The European Commission is currently developing a preparatory study on textile products, which will provide the technical and scientific basis for future ecodesign requirements for textile products. A second meeting with registered stakeholders is now planned for 9 December 2024. Focus of the meeting will be on technologies, framework and data gaps of environmental and economic model, and substances of concern. If you are not registered, you may wish to consider to let your voice be heard by registering for the meeting https://lnkd.in/dDRbXZEi. A complementary option is for your trade association to apply for a seat in the #EcodesignForum, a platform designed by the European Commission to gather various stakeholders to discuss and advise the Commission on the implementation of ecodesign principles, especially regarding the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation. Call for application is open now at https://lnkd.in/dmVzHYtB

Are you a #sustainabletextile producer? 📣Your views can help shape the proposed ecodesign requirements, green public procurement requirements and revised #EUEcolabel criteria for textile products🧵 📌The first multistakeholder working group is scheduled to revise the EU Ecolabel criteria for textiles. When and where❓ 18-19 March 2024 - Online 🔎Interested to join? Find the registration link and more information in the news below👇 #CircularEconomy EU Environment and Climate

Sustainable textiles. First step i preparing a delegated act. 2-days stakeholder consultation organized by the European Commission on a preparatory study on textiles products. It is now confirmed that textiles will indeed be the object of the first delegated act to be adopted by the Commission within the framework of the sustainable products regulation. The preparatory study on textile products aims to provide a basis on which the European Commission can consider the development of the ecodesign requirements, green public procurement criteria and revised EU Ecolabel criteria for textile products. Should you not be participating in the consultation, you'll find the study here https://lnkd.in/dAGZH89t Standards to support the requirements on sustainable textiles are currently being prepared by CEN and CENELEC https://lnkd.in/dQ5pKFem and by Danish Standard https://lnkd.in/dWwexMWY

ECODESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR TEXTILES FAST APPROACHING The ecodesign regulation published last July, will enable the setting of far-reaching performance and information-related requirements for specific product groups, including textiles, to make them more environmentally sustainable and circular. To support the fulfilment of these commitments, the European Commission's Joint Research Centre has launched a preparatory study, based on which the Commission will consider the introduction of ecodesign requirements, green public procurement criteria and revised EU Ecolabel criteria for textile products. As part of the preparation, the second out of three online stakeholder consultations will take place on 9-10 December 2024. Day 1 will focus on the analysis of product technologies, defined in terms of the products characteristics as related to the specific product aspects. A draft report will be shared well in advance of the meeting and should constitute the basis for the discussions.   Day 2 will focus on a preliminary presentation of the LCA model framework and on the identification of data gaps in the life cycle inventory, with the objective of promoting further information exchange. Don't miss your chance to be ahead of development and register for the consultation here https://lnkd.in/dDRbXZEi

2BPolicy's mission is to bridge the gap between industry realities and the dynamic legislative ecosystem by equipping organisations not only to comply but also to be a part of the change. There is no better place to measure the pulse of industry realities than at Textile Exchange’s annual conference. Claire Bergkamp’s team clearly demonstrate where: 🚀 Progress is made: Despite currently making up <1% of the global fiber market, innovation in textile recycling is maturing. Both innovative and traditional synthetic manufacturers are finding efficiencies that make recycled feedstock a viable reality in time for the EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation for Textiles (#ESPR) 📈 Progress is not being made: Volumes of textile consumption are still increasing, which puts the target of a 45% reduction in GHG emissions from fiber production in 2030 lookout to reach. The result is 124M tons of global textile waste (same as 18M elephants 🐘). It is no wonder textile Extended Producer Responsibility (#EPR) schemes are proliferating beyond just France, California and the Netherlands. 🔎 Understanding is increasing: It is clear that when considering micro-fibers, we must include the impacts of both fragments from synthetic and natural fibers. With 6M tons of mirco-fibers bring distributed into global eco-systems annually, legislators will be increasingly called to integrate mirco-fiber research into eco-design and environmental impact legislation. The connections and collaboration #2BPolicy enjoyed at the conference are a testament to the progressive network that Textile Exchange has built. See you again in Lisbon 2025. Claire Bergkamp Beth Jensen Ashley Gill Romane Malysza #TextileExchange #TextileExchangeConference #CaseforChange #2BPolicy

With the broader scope of the EcoDesign Directive Recast, aka the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), many industries that were not previously in scope, such as textiles, furniture, cosmetics, etc., are now being targeted - see Article 18(5) of the ESPR for the list of product groups in the "first working plan". Manufacturers, their relevant industry associations, and NGOs focusing on any of these manufactured goods should review this call for participation in the EcoDesign Forum. There are only 250 slots available. Note that, while this has been open since early November, it was just announced publicly on Wednesday, Nov 27. "In order for duly signed applications to be assessed in this first phase, they must be submitted by Thursday 5 December 2024, 12.00 (noon)".

The European Union (EU) has just given final approval to a groundbreaking 'ecodesign' regulation. 🌍 The new Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) will ban the destruction of unsold textile products across the EU. 🛍️ This regulation sets strong sustainability requirements, ensuring that all products are designed to last longer, and are easier to repair, upgrade, and recycle. 🔄 A major step forward for sustainability and a circular economy in Europe! 🌱♻️ #Sustainability #CircularEconomy #EU #Ecodesign #ESPR

🌱 Green Public Procurement (GPP) in the Textile Industry: Leading the Way Towards Sustainability 🌱 As we continue to navigate the path towards a more sustainable future, Green Public Procurement (GPP) is emerging as a key driver of change in the textile industry. GPP is the practice of public institutions, such as governments, schools, and hospitals, prioritizing the purchase of environmentally-friendly products and services. In the textile sector, this means that governments are setting higher standards for the materials and processes used in the production of textiles. Key benefits of GPP for the textile industry include: 🔹 Encouraging Sustainable Practices: Promotes the use of recycled materials, water conservation, and waste reduction. 🔹 Setting Industry Standards: Influences the broader market to meet environmental and social criteria. 🔹 Advancing the Circular Economy: Supports recycling and upcycling, reducing textile waste. Governments leading by example in GPP not only help achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs) but also promote innovation in the textile industry. 🌍 It's an exciting time for the industry as we see a shift towards responsible consumption and production. The integration of sustainable textiles into public procurement is one important step forward in creating a circular, sustainable future. #Sustainability #GreenPublicProcurement #CircularEconomy #SustainableTextiles #Innovation #EcoFriendly #TextileIndustry #PublicProcurement #SDGs #EcoFriendlyFashion

Today is the day! We're finally publishing our report, "Pushing the boundaries of EPR policy for textiles". Building this report took us about a year. A year of research, expert and stakeholder interviews, pondering, debating, writing ... and some more pondering. A notable challenge was the lack of reliable and consistent data. Material flows in the textile waste stream are complex, opaque, and transboundary. Textiles flow across borders after use, at times crossing dedicated economic zones for sorting and processing, and may be exported several times within one product’s lifetime. The available reporting across locations is scattered, inconsistent, and incomplete. But we did what we could to identify the key trends (more about those in a second post). I can only be grateful for the hard work by my fellow travellers Matteo Magnani and Sophie Moggs, and the support from the "ultimate textile waste geek", Traci Kinden, as well as the many expert contributors, whose names are all listed in the report. My thanks to our colleagues Dacie Meng (US Team), Pedro Prata (Latin America Team) and Zijing Cao (formerly in our China Team), who helped to break our Eurocentric bubble and whose contributions transformed this report into a global one, with a message that aspires to be relevant for all governments around the world. Finally, we wouldn't have been able to produce this report without our comms, editorial and creative teams, who turned our findings and thoughts into a clear and coherent story about the road to a circular economy for textiles. Special shoutout to Lucy Dayman - you helped to keep us going when the going got tough. A comprehensive circular economy approach is the only solution that can match the scale of the global textile waste problem. And EPR policy is a necessary part of that solution. Please consider reading our report, and let us know what you think! https://lnkd.in/exeBXz8V