Project seeks to promote green garment-textiles industry
A project is being implemented in Vietnam to improve the eco-friendliness of the local textile-apparel industry, which is a big foreign currency earner of the country but also has considerable impact on the environment.
Hanoi (VNA) – A project is beingimplemented in Vietnam to improve the eco-friendliness of the localtextile-apparel industry, which is a big foreign currency earner of the countrybut also has considerable impact on the environment.
The Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association(VITAS) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) held a meeting for the VITAS’environment committee in Hanoi on May 7 to seek ways to step up the sector’s environmentalresponsibility.
VITAS Vice Chairman Truong Van Cam said the garment-textilessector raked in 31.7 billion USD and 36 billion USD in exports in 2017 and2018, respectively. It has set a target figure of 40 billion USD this year.
However, it is also among the biggest greenhousegas emitters, following electricity production, agriculture, road transport,and oil and gas production. The sector also faces serious social andenvironmental problems that have affected its reputation, he admitted.
In addressing these issues, WWF Vietnam andVITAS have been working together to carry out a project on Vietnam’s garment-textilessector, improving water management and energy sustainability.
This project, being implemented from 2018 to2020, looks to transform the sector into a sustainable and environmentallyresponsible industry.
Hoang Viet, sustainable development programmemanager at WWF Vietnam, said global consumers are shifting their preferencestowards environmental sustainability. This has forced many famous brands tochange their production modes in which they have to meet higher environmentaland social standards.
Therefore, if production modes are not changed soon,Vietnam will lose its competitive edge and many future opportunities, he noted.–VNA
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