Textiles 2030 is evolving into the UK Textiles Pact, a move which will bring the agreement in line with WRAP’s other flagship voluntary agreements, the UK Food & Drink Pact and the UK Plastics Pact.
Launched in April 2021, Textiles 2030 builds on the success of the Sustainable Clothing Action Plan 2020 (SCAP 2020) which came before it.
Its transformation into the UK Textiles Pact comes just nine months after WRAP’s fresh rebrand put the climate action NGO on its newly focused global mission to drive forward Circular Living in every boardroom and every home.
While the name of WRAP’s textiles voluntary agreement is changing, the fundamentals remain the same.
Signatories are still committed to:
- 50% reduction in the overall carbon footprint of new textile products placed on the market.
- 30% reduction in the overall water footprint of new textile products placed on the market.
- Industry collaboration to achieve the Circularity Roadmap ambitions.
Over 130 organisations across the fashion and textiles supply chain, as well as trade bodies and charities, are signed up to the Pact and are united in collaborative action.
Environment Secretary, Steve Reed, also reaffirmed the Government’s support of the Pact while addressing industry stakeholders in March about the Circular Economy Taskforce, stating that part of its strategy for textiles would involve leveraging the ‘Textiles 2030’ initiative.
The UK Textiles Pact is a central member in WRAP’s wider Textiles Action Network which unites national and regional textiles initiatives worldwide to exchange knowledge, share best practice, and work collectively to put the textiles industry on a trajectory to achieve net zero carbon emissions through the transition to a circular economy.
Insights and learnings from the UK Textiles Pact are also helping to inform The G7 Agenda on Circular Textiles and Fashion, with WRAP one of the Joint Action Leads.
Mark Sumner, Programme Lead, UK Textiles Pact, “For businesses, membership to the UK Textiles Pact unlocks interaction with WRAP’s team of experts to help solve problems, plus gives access to evidence-based tools, practical resources and collaborative working groups to tackle urgent sustainability challenges facing the textiles sector. The UK Textiles Pact is a collaborative, non-competitive and trusted network underpinned by innovation, expertise and collective determination.”
