Conference with the aim to exchange successful business practices, programmes, and policies related to energy and resource efficiency in textile and clothing industry, sustainable textile chemistry and water management in the EU, Mediterranean partner, and Western Balkan countries will be held in Poland later this month, hosted by the European Commission.

Seminars will also cover new post-consumer textile recycling technologies, potential opportunities for greater use of EU-origin natural fibres in the textile sector, and sustainable production methods emerging in biotech, biomimicry, and biological textiles.

Panels on digital integration will look at examples from across Europe of how real-time data exchange can lead to better-integrated supply chains, whilst discussions on energy efficiency and sustainability will include how to stimulate innovation and develop new business models that address the need to preserve energy, textile materials, and water.

The conference is organized within the framework of the Euro-Mediterranean Dialogue on the textile and clothing industry, will be held in English and French 27-28 April at Sukiennice (The Cloth Hall), Rynek Główny 1-3, in Kraków, Poland.