The Fédération Française du prêt-à-porter féminin (FFPAPF), Promincor - Lingerie Française and the Fédération de la Knits, de la Lingerie & du Balnéaire have joined forces, with the support of DÉFI, to set up a portal offering all companies in the Clothing sector, of all sizes and levels of maturity, content and practical tools to accelerate their sustainability.

The competitiveness cluster has launched a number of initiatives to qualify and consolidate production waste from companies in the textile industry, as well as identifying their potential for recycling, their needs and constraints.

In early April, the Groupement de la Fabrication Française and the Maison du Savoir-Faire et de la Design organized three round tables in Paris, on the eve of the Made in France Première Vision trade show. The aim? To discuss concrete and inspiring CSR initiatives within the framework of the "Les Ateliers Engagés" label and the Impact Score reference framework.

Every year, thousands of tons of industrial textile waste are produced in France. Mode Grand Ouest takes a look at the possibilities for recycling these materials, which could be of interest to markets other than fashion...

While the AGEC law now prohibits the destruction of unsold non-food products, startups Feat Coop and Adapta have clearly understood the benefits of marketing the many dead stocks of textiles and leathers produced by the industry.

For French contract manufacturers, repairs could be a promising outlet in the new framework created by the AGEC law. But a number of obstacles still need to be overcome.