Planet Textiles, an annual summit on environmental issues for the global textile sector, is scheduled to take place on 24th May 2017 at the JW Marriott Hotel in Bangalore, India. This year’s event will highlight the crucial issue of textile waste water pollution, chemical management and natural resource conservation including both energy and water use.
Jointly organized by MCL News & Media, Messe Frankfurt – leading trade fairs organizer, and Sustainable Apparel Coalition – an industry-wide group of leading apparel and footwear brands, retailers, manufacturers, NGOs, academic experts and the US Environmental Protection Agency that aims to reduce the environmental and social impacts of apparel, footwear and home textile products around the world, the last edition of the Summit witnessed astonishing success by attracting over 440 industry leaders – from fibre and textile suppliers through to the world’s largest clothing brands and retailers and senior politicians.
It may be noted here that the first edition of Planet Textiles took place in 2009 in Hong Kong.
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At the Summit, speakers will present methods for improving and managing global sustainability measures with emphasis on third party, independent certifications as important and effective business tools. Massive demand for increased sustainability and transparency, especially at the consumer level, is growing substantially around the world hence, in 2017th edition, Planet Textiles will attract companies along the entire global textile supply chain to accelerate their sustainability initiatives in order to meet the market’s demands.
“Planet Textiles is the leading international event on sustainability in the textile sector because it discusses real-world practical issues and ideas on how the global supply chain can move to a more sustainable future,” said Scott Miller, Director, Business Development at Sustainable Apparel Coalition.