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Related Keywords: bring in technologies and expertise, GIZ, increase raw material production, link product to potential market, marketing mainly through exportation, plantation expansion, product quality improvement, provincial government of Philippine, revive abaca industry of Negros Occidental, tapped assistance of German Agency for International Cooperation

The provincial government of Philippine has tapped the assistance of the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) a non-government organization that represents the German government in development cooperation all over the world to revive the abaca industry of Negros Occidental.

Last month, the Provincial Government sent a letter to the agency after one of its personnel manifested GIZ’s willingness to assist the abaca development project in the province.

Related Keywords: across value chain, APTMA, BMZ, continue supporting Pakistan textile industry, German Ministry for Economic Cooperation, GIZ, global challenges to textile exports, GSP Plus status, sign declaration of intent, SPC with the technical support, sustainable textile industry, website launched to create awareness on Sustainable Production Centre

The All-Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has signed a Declaration of Intent (DoI) for a sustainable textile industry across the value chain with the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation (BMZ) on Thursday.

APTMA Punjab Acting Chairman Syed Ali Ahsan and Country Director GIZ Dr Ulrike Reviere signed the DoI on behalf of their respective organizations. A website www.spc.org.pk was also launched to create awareness on Sustainable Production Centre.

Related Keywords: energy managment system, German International Cooperation, GIZ, Pakistan textile industry, save 10MW electricity, Sustainable Production Centre, textile mills in Pakistan

The Pakistan textile industry in collaboration with German International Cooperation (GIZ) through implementation of Energy Management System in several mills has achieved target of saving over 10MW electricity. APTMA and GIZ cooperation was started back in 2008.

Related Keywords: Bangladeshi textile industry, Chemical Environmental Management, GIZ, Huntsman, readymade garment sector, Textile chemical, textile factory

Bangladesh’s textile industry is the nation’s largest export sector. Bangladeshi textile factories are now taking environmental issues more seriously as regulatory requirements become stricter and the economic benefits of sustainability become more widely recognized.