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UNECE

Sustainability Pledge / Top Priorities

20 June 2024

3 minutes

The clothing and footwear industry is a major contributor to environmental degradation and global warming. This sector is also known for poor working conditions that often violate human rights.

Responsible Consumption and Production Emerges Top SDG Priority in UNECE Sustainability Pledge

A total of 97 enterprises across 27 countries submitted 105 Sustainability Pledges to the UNECE Secretariat with SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production with the highest level of involvement in the Pledges, followed by SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals, and SDG 13 - Climate Action.

Staff Writer

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

14 July 2023

2 minutes

Better Cotton, the world’s largest cotton sustainability initiative, has signed the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Sustainability Pledge ahead of the launch of its Traceability Solution at the end of 2023.

Better Cotton Signs UN Pledge for Traceability and Transparency

London, U.K.: Better Cotton, the world’s largest cotton sustainability initiative, has signed the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Sustainability Pledge ahead of the launch of its Traceability Solution at the end of 2023.

The Sustainability Pledge is an open-source suite of policy recommendations, guidelines and standards that...

Tracing Cotton / Egyptian Cotton

3 October 2022

2 minutes

Illustrative image. Samples of lint cotton, yarn and fabric at different steps were verified with a test based on PCR, and the correct DNA marker was detected, thereby enabling the identification of the premium product, of its origin and the specific supply chain.

Haelixa Makes Egyptian Cotton Product Traceable under UNECE Project

Haelixa has been marking Egyptian cotton fabrics for premium shirts with a unique DNA marker. This makes the raw material traceable from the source to the finished textile product. A texfash.com report.

Staff Writer

Going Circular / Best Practices

28 September 2022

2 minutes

The Monitor for Circular Fashion has been developed by the SDA Bocconi School of Management and is powered by Enel X.

Monitor for Circular Fashion Presents Best Practices of Circular Fashion Manifesto

The partners in the Monitor for Circular Fashion, created by the SDA Bocconi School of Management, presented their best practices during the recent Milano Fashion Week.