The past few years have seen unprecedented legislative activity for the textile, apparel and footwear sectors in Europe. Major files have been adopted or proposed – defining how products placed on the EU market must be designed, labelled, traced and disposed of. Now the hard work begins: implementation. For brands, suppliers, manufacturers, recyclers and service providers, this means turning regulatory direction into operational reality: from digital data flows, unsold stock protocols, to extended producer responsibility, traceability and consumer-facing information.
What’s next for the EU’s Sustainable Textiles Agenda?
