As environmental impact becomes a central focus for product development, ecodesign is emerging as a key strategy for reducing footprint from the outset. The Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) methodology, developed by the European Commission, offers a science-based approach to measuring and comparing the environmental performance of products throughout their lifecycle. For the textile sector, adopting PEF principles can support more informed design decisions, regulatory compliance, and greater transparency across the value chain.
Earlier this year the PEF Category Rules for Apparel and Footwear were adopted by the EC. They provide detailed technical guidance for companies wanting to adopt comprehensive PEF calculations for their products. Given the complexity or limited availability of the data needed, the calculation of values for all relevant impact categories can be a daunting task Therefore methods and tools to provide more simplified calculations or focus on individual impact categories (i.e. carbon footprint) are also helpful, especially for SME’s. Learn more about some of these tools.
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About the Circular & Biobased Textiles Innovation Hub
Together with STFI (DE), RISE (SE), Centexbel (BE), Centrocot (IT), and CETI (FR), the Textile ETP launched the Circular & Biobased Textiles Innovation Hub to help textile companies, research organisations, brands and retailers to learn, network and collaborate on the hot topics of circular and biobased textiles.
Combining online and in-person events, the Innovation Hub offers a wide scale of formats and targets a broad range of textile sustainability and circularity topics, so that textile professionals from different backgrounds can all find relatable and valuable content.
A full-year learning and networking programme for the price of a 2-day conference ticket.
The Innovation Hub is for European textile professionals with interest in sustainability, circularity and biobased textiles from:
Small, medium and large companies across the entire supply chain
Research/testing institutes and university departments
Professional associations and clusters
Consultancies and independent experts