The European Commission or EC, which is the executive branch of the European Union, the major apparel export destination for Bangladesh, has recently unveiled its strategy for sustainable textiles so as to take the sector towards the path of sustainability even if to tackle fast fashion, textile waste and the destruction of unsold textiles, and ensure their production takes place in full respect of social rights, the strategy aims to make textiles more durable, repairable, reusable and recyclable.
Media reports maintained this adding the new textile strategy is part of a much broader package, which includes as many as 16 new legislative actions and other policies that would directly impact the textile value chain.
Meanwhile, EURATEX — EURATEX is a European organisation based in Brussels, Belgium, representing the European textile and clothing industry, with its main objective to create an environment within the EU which is conducive to the manufacture of textile and clothing products — has welcomed the ambitions of the EU to act on sustainable textiles and investments, in order to change how the textiles are made, chosen and recovered.
Bharat Tex Special Report 2026 
