At the first-ever South Asian Conference on Sustainability in Textile and Apparel Industry 2020, sustainability took centre stage. The conference was organized by Prem Jain Memorial Trust and Michigan State University, USA in association with School of Planning & Architecture New Delhi, Lady Irwin College-University of Delhi, IDH-the Sustainable Trade Initiative, Indian Green Building Council and Ella Pad Foundation, Bangladesh.
The honourable Minister of Textiles and Women and Child Development, Mrs Smriti Zubin Irani stressed upon the need for sustainability along with cost-effective solutions to be explored in the Textile sector and expanded on the Government’s initiatives thus far.
It is a well-known fact that the textile industry has many sustainability-related issues. In recent years, the industry has come under scrutiny, due to the human and environmental impact of its practices. If things do not change, the continued growth will cause untold harm to the planet and the people.
The conference was centred around the below three topics; Sustainable Facilities, Workers’ Well-being and Sustainable Products and Resources.
The Prem Jain Memorial Trust that organised the conference has a mission to maintain sustainability paradigm through education, recognition and nurturing of the present and future generations.