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EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles

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31 March 2025

EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles

Ecosystem's readiness to support EU strategic autonomy and defence efforts

Investments and funding

R&I, techniques and technological solutions

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The EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles sets out a framework to facilitate the transition towards increased circularity and sustainability by 2030, and to this end announced actions along the textiles value chain.

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Albania

Armenia

Austria

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

EU-27

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Kosovo

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Montenegro

Netherlands

North Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Türkiye

Ukraine

Organisation Type

Academic / Research and VET Institutions

Business Support Organisation

Company with 250 or more employees

Consumer Organisations

Cultural and Heritage Organisations

Destination Management & Marketing Organisations

EU Institutions

Financial Institutions and Investors

Industry Associations and Chambers of Commerce

International Organisations

Local Authorities

Media / Journalist Organisations

National authorities

Networks and Federations / Confederations

NGOs / Non-profits

Regional Authorities

SMEs (a company with less than 250 employees)

Social Economy Entity

Trade Unions

  • Transition Pathway's building blocks

    • Ecosystem's readiness to support EU strategic autonomy and defence efforts

    • Investments and funding

    • R&I, techniques and technological solutions

    • Skills

    • Sustainable competitiveness

    • Regulation and public governance

  • Industrial ecosystems

    • Cultural and creative industries

    • Energy-renewables

    • Proximity and social economy

    • Textile

  • Textiles ecosystem areas

    • Fibres, yarns and fabrics

    • Apparel and clothing accessories

    • Household/interior textiles

    • Technical textiles

    • Leather and fur

    • Footwear

    • Research and Innovation

    • Technology and Machinery

    • Waste management, reuse and repair

    • Business support and Communication

    • Not area specific (interested in more than one of the above)

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The EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles addresses the production and consumption of textiles, whilst recognising the importance of the textiles sector. It implements the commitments of the European Green Deal, the Circular Economy Action Plan and the European industrial strategy.

The Strategy looks at the entire lifecycle of textile products and proposes coordinated actions to change how we produce and consume textiles.

For more information, see Textiles strategy - European Commission.
 

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