Category: Guest Blog
In this section, we are pleased to share with you the contributions from a wide and inspiring variety of guest speakers involved in the fashion industry. They have joined us to share their personal perspectives and provide the insides of their work.
Regulating PFAS as a Chemical Class in the Textile Sector
HEJSupport caught up with Maria Delfina Cuglievan Wiese from the SAICM Secretariat to get more details about managing PFAS as a chemical class in the textile sector.
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Interview with Johannes Norpoth, Coordinator of the civil society group in the German Partnership on Sustainable Textiles
Johannes Norpoth provides insights about the multi-stakeholder initiative.
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Pathways to Sustainable Consumption and Production of Textiles in Belarus
The report “Green Transformation and Circular Economy: Pathways to Sustainable Consumption and Production of Textiles in Belarus” the first attempt to assess the situation in the textile sector in Belarus in terms of environmental impact and potential for the development of a circular economy.
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Water in leather production: the incredible shrinking act
Thanks to new processes and technologies, the leather production industry has cut its water footprint by 37% in the past 25 years.
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The Sustainability Pledge for Environmentally Safe and Socially Responsible Garment and Footwear Sector
Check out the UNECE toolbox to learn more about the call to action for traceability, transparency, sustainability and circularity of value chains in the garment and footwear sector.
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Art and its power in advocacy
“Art has an amazing ability to speak across borders, across cultures, across time. Art can bring messages and create motivations,” Michael Stanley Jones, Program Management Officer, UNEP
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- Hormone disrupting chemicals and women´s health in Armenia
- Challenges of textile waste import to Tunisia with Semia Gharbi, Tunisia
- Environment and health challenges of the textile industry in Bangladesh, with Dr Shahriar Hossain from ESDO in Bangladesh
- How textile waste piles up in the Global South with Gilbert Kuepouo, Cameroon