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26 July 2017
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GIZ Works with Bangladesh to Produce Socially-conscious and Eco-friendly Clothing

Bangladesh is the world’s second largest exporter of clothing and textiles after China, making it one of the key players in the global textile industry. The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH has been helping to improve social and environmental standards in Bangladesh’s textile industry since 2005.

Francois Souchet

Lead, Make Fashion Circular
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
November 2017

A New Textiles Economy: Redesigning fashion’s future

Ellen MacArthur Foundation
The report, A new textiles economy: Redesigning fashion’s future, outlines a vision and sets out ambitions and actions – based on the principles of a circular economy – to design out negative impacts and capture a USD 500 billion economic opportunity by truly transforming the way clothes are designed, sold, and used.
April 2019

Overview and Hotspots Analysis of the Tourism Value Chain in the Philippines

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment)
The Overview and Hotspots Analysis of the Tourism Value Chain in the Philippines assesses the environmental hotspots (areas of significant negative environmental impact) associated with the tourism sector in the Philippines. The environmental hotspots identified are broadly split between primary production of food, electricity and fuel use in hotel and the MICE sector (meetings, incentives, conferences and events), and liquid and solid waste generation by hotel and MICE establishments.
December 2020

Will Fashion Dye Another Day?: Water-related financial risks in the textiles sector

Fast Fashion has created cheap and abundant clothing globally, but the natural capital cost has been high, with toxic production practices, degradation of natural resources, massive and growing waste as well as labour injustice.

November 2014

Going Green at the Grassroots

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Nordic Development Fund (NDF)

Going Green at the Grassroots narrates how the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in partnership with Nordic Development Fund (NDF), is working with companies across Latin America and the Caribbean to harness the enormous potential of energy efficiency and small-scale renewable energy.

Arizona Muse

Model, Sustainability Consultant and Activist
3 November 2020

SWITCH-Asia Webinar - The Future of Sustainable Garments in Asia and Europe

SWITCH-Asia
This webinar will explore the global textile and garment sector trends, challenges, and interlinkages between Asia and Europe, the impact of COVID-19 on the textile and garments sector, and examples of sustainable consumption and production practices from the textiles and garments sector.
September 2017

The Long View: Exploring Product Lifetime Extension

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment)
This report, The Long View: Exploring Product Lifetime Extension aims to provide recommendations on the opportunities available to consumers, private sector and especially governments, of developed and developing economies, to fight against planned obsolescence and address product lifetime extension, strategies that in turn contribute to the circular economy.

Natural Capital Protocol: Apparel Sector Guide

Natural Capital Coalition (NCC)
The Apparel Sector Guide supports the Natural Capital Protocol by providing additional guidance and sector-specific business insights on apparel sector.

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