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Discover the first Best Practices Report

The Report on Best Practices from the EU Textiles Ecosystem Platform is out now!

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Explore the first Stakeholder Pledges Report

The Report on Pledges from the EU Textiles Ecosystem Platform is now available.

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Beyond a pinky promise, a pledge is a commitment to concrete actions to promote a greener, more competitive textiles sector.

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  • 10 Dec 2025

Textile recycling: positive change or toxic truth?

‘Textile Recycling: Positive Change or Toxic Truth?’ (Brydges et al., 2025) evaluates whether recycled polyester textiles truly support circularity or introduce new chemical risks. Early...
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Social dimension Sustainable competitiveness Regulation and public governance +10 more
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  • 10 Dec 2025

EU presents new bioeconomy strategy to boost circular, bio-based growth

The European Commission’s new bioeconomy strategy sets out to transform the EU bio-based sector by scaling up bio-based materials and innovations, boosting circularity across textiles...
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R&I, techniques and technological solutions Sustainable competitiveness Regulation and public governance +21 more

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  • 09 Dec 2025

COTANCE pledges to continue advocating for the exclusion of bovine hides, skins and leather from the scope of the EUDR as they do not drive deforestation, while advancing global leather traceability through the Leather Traceability Cluster

Publishing organisations: COTANCE

Relevant countries: Albania

Organisation types: Academic / Research and VET Institutions

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Regulation and public governance Textile Leather and fur +1 more

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  • 09 Dec 2025

COTANCE pledges to re-position leather as a natural, circular, and responsibly produced material that creates jobs and wealth from a residue of the livestock sector, while promoting the European leather industry as innovative, competitive, and attractive

Publishing organisations: COTANCE

Relevant countries: Albania

Organisation types: Academic / Research and VET Institutions

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Regulation and public governance Textile Leather and fur +2 more
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