We are officially the Texile Dialogue!

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The former Partnership has transformed into the Dialogue and Impact for Sustainable Textiles:

A multi-stakeholder network bringing together committed international, European and local stakeholders to promote a socially, environmentally and economically sustainable textile and clothing industry. The focus is on practical exchanges, knowledge transfer, and the development of initiatives with the involvement of local actors. 

About the Textile Dialogue

A strong multi-stakeholder network

The Dialogue and Impact for Sustainable Textiles (DST) is committed worldwide to a socially, ecologically, and economically sustainable textile and apparel industry – an industry that respects human rights along the entire value chain while simultaneously protecting the climate and the environment. The network emerged from the former “Partnership for Sustainable Textiles” (2014–2025). 

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The Partnership Initiative was created through a strategic collaboration between the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles (PST, now Dialogue and Impact for Sustainable Textiles – DST), the GIZ Global Programme Sustainability and Value Added in Agricultural Supply Chains and the Organic Cotton Accelerator (OCA) and is financially supported by the German
With the Partnership Initiatives Learning & Implementation Community (LIC), and Living Wage Lab 2.0 members of the Textile Partnership made significant contributions to this key issue and developed concrete approaches to improve purchasing practices throughout the supply chain and to expand corporate strategies on living wages. Following their successful completion,
The Partnership for Sustainable Textiles is reorganising itself and laying a new foundation for stable and sustainable future collaboration with its transformation into the format 'Dialogue and Impact for Sustainable Textiles'.

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Participation in the Dialogue and Impact for Sustainable Textiles

The format brings together committed international, European, and local stakeholders from business, trade unions, civil society, academia, sustainability initiatives/standards, as well as the German Federal Government (BMZ, BMAS, BMUKN). Participants aim for continuous improvement in the implementation of their due diligence obligations and actively advocate for a sustainable textile and apparel industry. They contribute actively to the dialogue, benefit from the pooled expertise and experience within the network, and can participate in implementation projects. 

Do you want to participate?

Various stakeholder groups work in the Textile Dialogue on the topic of sustainable textiles. Find out here how you can get involved.

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The Partnership has been transformed

The former Partnership for sustainable Textiles (PST) is now officially the Dialogue and Impact for Sustainable Textiles (DST). The multi-stakeholder network brings committed international, European and local stakeholders even closer together to promote a socially, environmentally and economically sustainable textile and clothing industry. The focus is on practical exchanges, knowledge transfer, and the development of initiatives with the involvement of local actors. 
 
The website is currently being updated regarding the new format. 

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