Co-operation agreement signed between UNEP and Textiles committee

October 11, 2022

Category: General

Country: India

By Apparel Resources News-Desk 10-October-2022 | 2 mins read

The Ministry of Textiles (MoT) celebrated World Cotton Day 2022, organising a national-level consultation on Sustainability in the textile value chain in India in collaboration with UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and Cotton Corporation of India (CCI).

The UNEP and Textile committee have signed a co-operation agreement on designing a campaign on ‘Mainstreaming sustainability and circularity in Textile sector’.

The main objective of the meeting was to put forward and discuss the sustainability initiatives across the textile value chain, digital interventions along with potential strategies for enhancing Sustainability/Circularity in the Indian textile value chain.

Upendra Singh, Secretary, MoT who presided over the first session, during his address emphasised on the importance of sustainability and circularity in the textile value chain in India. He also pointed out that though the textile parks are equipped with CETP facilities, the textile industry is still facing problems in effluent management due to the unavailability of data on waste generation from the processing clusters.

Prajakta Verma, Joint Secretary, MoT along with Shombi Sharp, UN Resident Coordinator; Atul Bagai, Head –UNEP India Country Office; Bhawna Singh, Assistant Director MOEFCC were also present during the event.

Atul Bagai appreciated the unique initiatives being made by the Ministry of Textiles including the creation of sustainability cell within the Ministry. He highlighted the principle of Prakrathi Devo Bhav to enable a sustainable future.

Pradeep Kumar Agarwal, CMD, CCI elaborated the new initiative of CCI for Traceability of Cotton Bales using Blockchain Technology in collaboration with Textile Committee followed by Shri Ajay Chavan, Secretary and CEO of Textile committee who briefed about blockchain enabled QR Code for live monitoring of cotton bale inventory.

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