Environmental standards for jackets and trousers | Umweltbundesamt

Participating enterprises will benefit from this collaboration along with consumers. The former can save resources such as energy and water and also cut costs. Costs for wastewater and flue gas scrubbing are also reduced, for if waste products can be minimised from the onset there are fewer costs for their clean-up.  Investment in operational environmental measures pays off for companies in the medium- to long-term, and consumers stand to profit as well. According to the current environmental awareness study by UBA, two out of every three persons look for products whose production leaves as small a footprint on the environment as possible. One objective of commerce and industry must be to improve protection of our environment while retaining the majority of its customers.

Today in Berlin the cooperation partners of the ”Environmental Standards in the Textile Shoe Industries” forum will present the brochure by the same name which addresses a worldwide audience of textile and shoe manufacturers. The main goal of the brochure is to open up a practical dialogue with manufacturers. The manual addresses the actual phases of production, outlines improvements in technology and processes, and points out how in-company environmental protection can already pay off during the production phase. A few examples of steps that provide great environmental relief are training courses for staff and inspection of factories. As a result, water and energy consumption are reduced, and resources are saved.