Germany is sending out a message to global textile industry for fair production. The steering committee of the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles, the German Development Ministry and the textile industry have put in place a roadmap for companies and business federations to join the partnership on a broad basis.

The foundation for broad-based support for the Textiles Partnership is an agreed joint action plan. The partners has now made the action plan more specific and precise on a number of important points, particularly with regard to the way in which partnership members have to pursue and achieve binding objectives and how progress can be monitored in a transparent manner.

The Textiles Partnership was set up in October 2014. It was launched by stakeholders from the private sector, civil society, trade unions and the government. Its purpose is to improve living conditions and environmental conditions for workers in producer countries. At present, the partnership has a membership of about 70 organisations.

The Textiles Partnership hopes to be a hallmark of efforts to achieve social and environmental standards for the textile industry. The goal is to improve the social, ecological, and economic conditions in the supply chains for textile and apparel products.