Planet Textiles will be held in Canada on May 22. This event on textile sustainability will feature sessions on finance, deforestation and water as well as a key focus on the growing issue of textile microfiber pollution.
Top industry leaders and environmental experts will speak on issues of scaling up sustainable innovation, the problems of textile microfiber pollution, financing innovation, deforestation and raw material selection, and traceability and harmonisation of textile chemistry in relation to water.
Scaling up innovation will be a major focus throughout this year’s Planet Textiles but the issue of microfiber pollution in aquatic environments, deforestation and the man-made cellulosic industry, chemical management in relation to wastewater and effluents and plenary sessions from leading retailers and brands will also feature.
A special new innovation at this year’s event will be a media area where selected filmed interviews and podcasts will take place, which will then be available to delegates and the rest of the industry after the event closes. Video interviews will explore a range of new technologies, innovations and strategies from both invited attendees and speakers based around the event themes.
Sympatex, which develops, manufactures and sells membranes, laminates, functional textiles, finished products for a range of apparel will outline how the company has implemented sustainability into its product range.
