Supplier-led sustainability legislation guide published
A newly published report, An apparel supplier’s guide: key sustainability legislation in the EU, US and UK, dives into how fashion’s global supply network might pivot and best respond in the face of increased legislation, specifically that which is now being rolled out in key markets such as the European Union, United States and United Kingdom.
The document was commissioned by apparel producers Epic Group (headquartered in Hong Kong), Norlanka (Sri Lanka) and Shahi Exports (India), clothing distributor Simple Approach (Hong Kong), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, known as GIZ, plus GIZ Fabric Asia and US-based denim industry innovation platform Transformers Foundation.
It homes in on 12 key legislative initiatives, spearheaded by policymakers across the EU, US and UK, yet also considers 60 different programmes in total, each of which has the potential to have an impact that ripples throughout global apparel value chains.
The dozen pieces of legislation identified as most salient by the consortium include the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, New York Fashion Act, EU Forced Labour Regulation and Guide, US Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive and Proposal, EU Microplastics Regulation, UK Plastic Packaging Tax, EU Product Environment Footprint Guide, EU Textile Regulation and the EU Taxonomy, a major part of the region’s “sustainable” economic policy framework.
Read through the document in full here.
