HANOI (Vietnam Information/Asia Information Community): The Vietnam Textile and Attire Affiliation (Vita) has set a aim of serving to Vietnam’s textile and garment trade be extra environmentally pleasant by 2030.
By 2023, the trade plans to scale back power consumption by 15 per cent and water consumption by 20 per cent.
Inexperienced development is a crucial a part of sustainable improvement. Lately, enterprises within the textile – garment – footwear industries have paid particular consideration to this difficulty.
In accordance with Trưong Van Cam, Viata’s basic secretary, a greener textile and garment trade not solely contributes to implementing the nationwide technique on inexperienced development but in addition fulfils the necessities of huge textile and garment import markets on the earth, such because the European Union (EU).
Vietnamese textile-garment and leather-footwear companies want to enhance the sustainability of their manufacturing for export to the EU after the European Fee (EC) proposed the products should adjust to ecological design standards.
Earlier this yr, the EC proposed a brand new technique to make textiles extra sturdy, repairable, reusable and recyclable, to deal with quick style, textile waste and the destruction of unsold textiles, and guarantee their manufacturing takes place in full respect of social rights.
Europe is a standard and key marketplace for Vietnam’s textile and footwear industries, particularly with the EU-Vietnam Free Commerce Settlement (EVFTA).