WRAP revamps Textiles 2030 agreement into UK Textiles Pact

WRAP, the climate action NGO, has evolved its Textiles 2030 voluntary agreement – designed to encourage the adoption of circular models in fashion – into the new UK Textiles Pact.

The move brings the textiles agreement into line with WRAP's other flagship voluntary agreements, the Food & Drinks Pact and the Plastics Pact. It also comes on the back of WRAP's rebrand, which was central to its newly focused global mission to drive forward circular living "in every boardroom and every home".

Textiles 2030 was first unveiled in 2021 and was designed to build on the success of the Sustainable Clothing Action Plan 2020 (SCAP 2020) which came before it.

While the agreement has been renamed, the fundamentals remain the same.

Signatories are still committed to:

• 50% reduction in the overall carbon footprint of new textile products placed on the market.

• 30% reduction in the overall water footprint of new textile products placed on the market.

• Industry collaboration to achieve the Circularity Roadmap ambitions.

Some 130 organisations across fashion and textiles, as well as trade bodies and charities, are signed up to the pact which is commits them to collaborative action

Environment Secretary, Steve Reed, also reaffirmed the Government’s support while addressing industry stakeholders in March about the Circular Economy Taskforce, stating that part of its strategy for textiles would involve leveraging the "Textiles 2030" initiative.

The UK Textiles Pact is a central member in WRAP’s wider Textiles Action Network which unites national and regional textiles initiatives worldwide to exchange knowledge, share best practice, and work collectively to put the textiles industry on a trajectory to achieve net zero carbon emissions through the transition to a circular economy.

Insights and learnings from the UK Textiles Pact are also helping to inform The G7 Agenda on Circular Textiles and Fashion, with WRAP one of the Joint Action Leads.

Mark Sumner, Programme Lead, UK Textiles Pact commented: "For businesses, membership to the UK Textiles Pact unlocks interaction with WRAP’s team of experts to help solve problems, plus gives access to evidence-based tools, practical resources and collaborative working groups to tackle urgent sustainability challenges facing the textiles sector. The UK Textiles Pact is a collaborative, non-competitive and trusted network underpinned by innovation, expertise and collective determination."