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Partnership for sustainable Textiles: Ambition, implementation, impact. Ambition

 Bring together critical market power (national & international)

 Cooperate with all stakeholders in implementation

 Realistic and ambitious Partnership-Standards

 Consideration of social, environmental and economic problems in the entire supply chain

Goals

Implementation

 Plan of action as guiding framework

 Focus on hotspots  Support implementation on the ground

 Link with existing national and international initiatives

 Transparent

Impact

 Verified improvements in the supply chain

 Improved framework conditions for action in Germany, EU and production countries

 Increased supply of and demand for sustainable clothing

communication

Innovative solutions and strategies

Sector-wide improvement

The Textiles Partnership brings together the resources and expertise of all partners in order to achieve social, environmental and economic improvements along the entire supply chains for Page 3 textiles.

The Textiles Partnership creates added value for its members: 1. Use of established standards and recognition of companies’ internal efforts, as well as seeking cooperation with existing national and international initiatives. 2. Platform for sharing experience and lessons learned, as well for developing innovative solutions 3. Joint efforts to build capacity for sustainable production on the ground 4. Improved influence on political framework in producing countries, the EU and the global level (e.g. G7)

5. Transparent communication with consumers Page 4

Roadmap to a Partnership for sustainable Textiles Concept

Strategy

Implementation

Stakeholder-Consultations

Strategy development in meetings of the Steering Committee and working groups (aims, topics, timeframe) and development of Partnership Standards, implementation requirements and deadlines.

Adoption of the strategy and beginning of implementation

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

Milestone 5

Milestone 4

Launch of the Partnership for sustainable Textiles (16. Oktober)

Plan of Action (July – September) Milestone 3

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Milestone 2 Expert-Workshop (27./28. May) Milestone 1 Round Table on Textiles (30. April) 

Stakeholders declare their interest in a shared plan of action for a Partnership for sustainable Textiles

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Agreement on aims of cooperation Proposals for cornerstones of an plan of action for the Partnership for sustainable Textiles

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Agreement on aims of cooperation

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Adoption of corner stone paper

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ToR for Working roups 1 and 2 agreed.

Working groups developed  Mapping of the supply chain and existing initiatives

Corner Stones (June – July)

 Hotspots  Partnership Standards  Implementation requirements  Deadlines

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Consolidation of outputs of Working Groups 1 and 2 on 26. September

 Aims  Process  Ad-hoc working groups

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Members of the Partnership to date 1.

Aid by Trade Foundation

2.

Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ)

18. Internationaler Verband für Naturtextilien (IVN) e.V. 19. Kampagne für Saubere Kleidung

20. Lillika Eden Muthig & Schmidt GbR

3.

Christliche Initiative Romero

21. Maas Naturwaren GmbH

4.

Cotton Council International

22. Monagoo GmbH

Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft 23. Oxfam Deutschland e.V. (DEG) 24. Pololo OHG 6. Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (DGB), 25. Product DNA SA (Respect Code) Bundesvorstand 26. Schweikardt Moden GmbH 7. Deutsches Zentralinstitut für soziale Fragen (DZI) 27. Seidentraum 8. Dialog Textil-Bekleidung 28. Stiftung Warentest 9. Die Verbraucherinitiative e.V. 29. SÜDWIND e.V. – Institut für Ökonomie und 10. elkline GmbH Ökumene 11. FEMNET e.V. 30. TEXAID Deutschland GmbH 5.

12. Global Standard gemeinnützige GmbH (GOTS)

31. Transparency International Deutschland e.V.

13. Gotsutsumu GmbH

32. Trigema

14. Hess Natur-Textilien GmbH

33. UTT Technische Textilien GmbH & Co

15. Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht (Global Labor University e.V.)

34. VAUDE Sport GmbH & Co. KG

16. HUMANA Kleidersammlung GmbH 17. INKOTA- netzwerk

35. Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband 36. Vista – textil GmbH Page 6

A stage model establishes Partners’ efforts transparently and leads to a continuous process of improvement

2015

2016-2019

2020

Target requirements Development requirements Minimum requirements

Shared Partnership Standards (based on recognized standards) Continuous process of improvement Page 7

Partnership Standards for raw materials production (cotton growing and ginning)

Social

Environmental

Economic

Freedom of association and collective bargaining

Environmental management

Ethical business practices

Prohibition of forced labour, contract slavery, debt bondage, servitude and prison labour

Integrated pest management (cotton growing only)

Prohibition of discrimination, harassment and mistreatment

Soil fertility (cotton growing only)

Prohibition of child labour

Reduction of water usage

Wage/income and social security benefits Working hours (Ginning only) Health and safety

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Partnership Standards for the processing stages (spinning, weaving and knitting, dyeing and finishing, manufacturing) Social

Environmental

Economic

Freedom of association and collective bargaining

Chemical and safety

Corruption

Prohibition of forced labour, contract slavery, debt bondage, servitude and prison labour

Other environmental issues

Prohibition of discrimination, harassment and mistreatment Prohibition of child labour Wage/income and social security benefits Working hours

Health and safety

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Members and their partners build capacity for sustainable production on the ground Retail

Aim Creation of production facility pools that are enabled to implement Partnership standards Plan • Cooperation between companies, the Federal government, partner countries, NGOs and trade unions • Focus on hotspots, s.a.:  ILO core labour standards  Wages  Wet processes

Manufacture

Dyeing/ finishing

Weaving/ Knitting

Spinning

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The Partnership uses established standards, recognizes companies’ internal efforts and seeks cooperation with existing national and international initiatives Spinning

Raw materials

Weaving

Consumption / End of use

Finishing

Retail

Manufacture

Accreditation mechanism recognizing established standards and companies‘ own efforts

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Partnership structure – Steering Committee

Trade Unions

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Han del

Mar ke

Business

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Make-up of the Steering Committee

NGOs

NG O

BM Z

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Strategic steering

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External communication

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Attracting new members

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Implementation of a monitoring system

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International cooperation

Federal Government

Non-profit standard organization

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Implementation of the Partnership for sustainable Textiles 

Focusing and growth

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Establishing processes and strengthening the membership base

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Linking with international initiatives

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Begin with implementation of the plan of action

Nov-Dec

Phase 1 Attracting new members 

Roadshow (inform and invite)

Jan-Mar

Phase 2 Establishing processes  Members meeting and election of the steering committee  Begin of working groups  Take up of measures to comply with implementation requirements

April-October

Phase 3 Results and implementation  Framework of a verification and accreditation mechanism  Strategies for transparent consumer communication  Joint projects in producing countries  Continuous development and implementation of the plan of action

Nov-Dec

Phase 4 Coninuation and evaluation  Members meeting with evaluation of results to date  Election of the steering committee (possibly Q1 2016)

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Contact the Secretariat Mrs. Jutta Steinmann

Mrs. Lisa Suess

E: [email protected]

E: [email protected]

T: +49(0)6196 / 79 - 1158

T: +49(0)6196 / 79 - 6391

Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1-5,

Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1-5,

65760 Eschborn

65760 Eschborn

Germany

Germany

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Thank you!