WRAP has announced it is rebranding the voluntary agreement Textiles 2030 into the UK Textiles Pact.
The name change aligns the UK Textiles Pact with WRAP’s other flagship voluntary agreements, the UK Food & Drink Pact and the UK Plastics Pact.
While the agreement’s name has changed the signatories still commit to a 50% reduction in the overall carbon footprint of new textile products placed on the market, a 30% reduction in the overall water footprint of new textile products placed on the market, and industry collaboration to achieve the Circularity Roadmap ambitions.
Launched in April 2021, Textiles 2030 built on the Sustainable Clothing Action Plan 2020 (SCAP 2020), which came before it.
The Pact is signed by over 130 organisations across the fashion and textiles supply chain, as well as trade bodies and charities.
WRAP are expanding on the decision, as well as their wider work to reduce textile waste, at the Festival of Circular Economy 20 May – 22 May.
Mark Sumner, Programme Lead, UK Textiles Pact, commented: “For businesses, membership to the UK Textiles Pact unlocks interaction with WRAP’s team of experts to help solve problems, plus gives access to evidence-based tools, practical resources and collaborative working groups to tackle urgent sustainability challenges facing the textiles sector.
“The UK Textiles Pact is a collaborative, non-competitive and trusted network underpinned by innovation, expertise and collective determination.”
Environment Secretary Steve Reed reaffirmed the UK Government’s support of the Pact while addressing industry stakeholders in March about the Circular Economy Taskforce, stating that part of its strategy for textiles would involve leveraging the ‘Textiles 2030’ initiative.
