
Collaborate to innovate: reducing the textile industry’s environmental load
The textile supply chain has long been under pressure from a social responsibility and environmental perspective but recently, the drive for sustainability has ramped up a notch – and rightly so.
Textiles is the second most polluting industry on the planet and is responsible for a staggering 20% of global water pollution.
There is much debate over where responsibility for sustainability should lie, but the truth is that is we all have a part to play.
In the interest of facilitating a more collaborative approach, this paper invites perspectives from stakeholders from across the supply chain to secure a cleaner, greener, more efficient future for textiles:
- Barriers to sustainable change
- Key developments to-date
- Likely future innovation sources

The Technology Provider
Liz Manning, Business Development Manager at WeylChem Catexel
The Performance Chemicals Specialists
James Carnahan, Global Sustainability Manager at Archroma
The Textile Auxiliary House
Jorge Faria, Managing Director at Aquitex
Academia
Dr. Patsy Perry, Senior Lecturer in Fashion Marketing, School of Materials at The University of Manchester
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