The new UK Textiles Pact is an evolution of the Textiles 2030 voluntary agreement, which was created by the climate action NGO WRAP to promote the use of circular fashion concepts.
The textiles agreement now aligns with the Food & Drinks Pact and the Plastics Pact, two of WRAP’s other major voluntary agreements. Additionally, it follows WRAP’s rebranding, which was a key component of its recently refocused global mission to promote circular living “in every boardroom and every home”.
In order to build on the achievements of the Sustainable Clothing Action Plan 2020 (SCAP 2020), Textiles 2030 was initially introduced in 2021. Although the agreement’s name has changed, its core principles have not changed.
In order to meet the goals of the Circularity Roadmap, signatories remain dedicated to reducing the total carbon footprint of newly introduced textile goods by 50 per cent, the overall water footprint of newly introduced textile products by 30 per cent, and industry cooperation.
The agreement, which pledges them to work together, is signed by about 130 fashion and textile organisations, trade associations, and nonprofit groups.
The UK Textiles Pact is a key component of WRAP’s larger Textiles Action Network, which brings together national and regional textile initiatives across the globe to share best practices, exchange knowledge, and collaborate to set the textiles sector on a path to achieving net zero carbon emissions by implementing a circular economy.
The G7 Agenda on Circular Textiles and Fashion, of which WRAP is one of the Joint Action Leads, is also being informed by insights and lessons learnt from the UK Textiles Pact.
