HANOI, Dec 3 (Bernama): The Vietnam Textile and Attire Affiliation (VITAS) 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 vitality consumption by 15 per cent and water consumption by 20 per cent, Vietnam Information Company (VNA) reported.
Inexperienced progress is a vital a part of sustainable improvement. In recent times, enterprises within the textile – garment – footwear industries have paid particular consideration to this situation.
In response to VITAS secretary-general Truong Van Cam, a greener textile and garment trade not solely contributes to implementing the nationwide technique on inexperienced progress but additionally fulfills the necessities of huge textile and garment import markets on this planet, such because the European Union (EU).
Vietnamese textile-garment and leather-footwear corporations 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 vogue, 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).
“This is a matter that companies should give attention to shortly deploying in the event that they wish to exploit markets like america or EU and different giant markets.
“This can even assist companies develop sustainably and scale back manufacturing prices,” Cam mentioned. – Bernama