Transformation: Partnership for Sustainable Textiles sets course for the future

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’.

Joint Grievance Mechanism Approach

In collaboration with Fair Wear, Partnership members can now use Fair Wear Foundation's established Grievance Mechanism without being a member of Fair Wear.

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Annual Report 2024

The year 2024 was marked by major regulatory changes. The European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) came into force in July. A highlight was the 10th anniversary of the PST, with the signing of a declaration of intent to strengthen rights holders.

Annual Report 2024

We are officially the Texile Dialogue!

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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Working together to improve living wages throughout the supply chain

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,

Sustainable Textile Industry: Partnership for Sustainable Textiles sets course for the future

Supporting suppliers on their gender data journey: learnings from the ETI/PST pilot project in India

In October 2023, the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) and the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles (PST) embarked on a collaborative pilot project in Tamil Nadu, India. The aim was to explore how fashion brands and suppliers can work jointly to strengthen their understanding and use of gender-disaggregated data as part of

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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.