Dear Presidents von der Leyen and Biden, Certainty and stability in the transatlantic trade relationship are of enormous importance to our sectors. Between 2018 and 2021, our industries, suppliers, and supply chains were severely impacted by the imposition of tariffs in disputes wholly unrelated to our sectors, and we applaud the crucial agreements you reached…
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Brussels, 14 July 2023 – On this day 1 year ago the McKinsey company published its white paper “Scaling textile recycling in Europe—turning waste into value” proving the environmental benefits and the annual 4.5 € Billions business case of investing in textile recycling in Europe. Yesterday, EURATEX has signed before the notary the act launching…
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Brussels, 13 July – Yesterday, the European Parliament adopted its position on the Ecodesign Regulation, which aims to improve the environmental sustainability and circularity of products placed on the EU market, including textiles. While EURATEX recognises the importance of accelerating the green transition and welcomes the progress on the legislation, it regrets the EP’s approach…
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Your excellency President Metsola,Your excellency President Michel,Your excellency President von der Leyen, We are writing you on behalf of 19 European business associations, representing different European industrial sectors that create millions of jobs in Europe and provide an essential contribution to the wellbeing of the Europeans citizens. United, we are calling on the European Union…
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Brussels, 3 July 2023 – On 1 July, Spain took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Sweden to take the lead on important EU policy files during the second half of 2023. The difficult economic and political context, resulting from the war in Ukraine and the consequences of the inflation…
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Joint Letter to the President of European CommissionPresident of the Republic BrazilPresident of the Republic of Argentina Dear Presidents, We are writing to you on behalf of the European, Brazilian and Argentinian textiles and apparel manufacturers. Our sector supplies not only the creative and fashion industry, it also provides our society with essential products that enable the work in safe conditions for medical…
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Milan, 08 June 2023 – On the occasion of EURATEX’ General Assembly held in Milan on 7 June, the European textile industry discussed the relationship between innovation, sustainability and people in the industry of tomorrow. EURATEX members welcomed the Textiles Transition Pathway, released on 6 June by the Commission, as a valuable roadmap to ensure…
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Brussels, 1 June– Today, the European Parliament has approved the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, which is set to foster sustainable and responsible corporate behaviour throughout global value chains. EURATEX supports the establishment of transparent and accountable value chains and highlights that the European Parliament’s report has significantly improved from the European Commission’s proposal. Indeed,…
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Brussels, 1 June 2023 – Today, the European Parliament has adopted its Report on an EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles. The Report wants to step up the EU’s ambition towards sustainability and circularity even further, but it has failed to recognise the strategic role of the European textile industry to scale up sustainability,…
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European business remains supportive of the objectives of the proposed directive on corporate sustainability due diligence (CS3D) and we urge co-legislators to work on a reasonable approach that is manageable for companies in practice. The European economy, including SMEs which will be impacted even if formally out of the scope, need a workable due diligence…
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