A workshop series

In the light of quickly changing regulatory requirements, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the textile apparel value chain face the challenge of ensuring the traceability of chemicals in products with regard to their suppliers and customers. This makes it all the more important to initiate capacity building among SMEs to enable them to deal with the challenges appropriately, while exploiting their specific strengths.
 
To support those actors, a workshop series was organised in the framework of Interreg ECHT project to offer a unique opportunity for all actors in the textile apparel value chain to build their capacity regarding chemical traceability. Stakeholders from the textile value chains (e.g. producers of fabrics and dyes, brands, retailers, recyclers) will receive input from academia, NGOS and industry, illustrating conceptual knowledge and best practice examples, both from the textile and other sectors. In several co-creative working sessions, participants generated insights and knowledge on how to overcome barriers to traceability.