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The European Commission intends to reorient EU public procurement – and called for a 12-week consultation by business and civil society. FEMNET has delivered a clear opinion and calls for gender equality and social responsibility to be firmly anchored in European public procurement practice.
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How can the involvement of workers in the textile industry be transformed from a theoretical compulsory exercise into an effective, systemic practice? Using various practical examples such as the Dindigul Agreement, FEMNET's new study shows how companies can move from symbolic consultation to effective participation.
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The European Supply Chain Act should enshrine binding human rights and environmental due diligence obligations for companies along global supply chains at EU level. However, after massive lobbying pressure, the directive was significantly weakened at the end of 2025. The overview shows which key elements remain, what effect the German Supply Chain Act has had so far – and what is now important when transposing the CSDDD into national law.
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After more than three years of intensive networking, almost 40 events and numerous encounters, the fashion interACTION project ends at the beginning of November. The content work will be continued in other formats.
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With today's vote on the compromise text of the trilogue negotiations, the EU Parliament adopted the Omnibus I package – and thus decided on a massive weakening of the EU Supply Chain Directive.
The Supply Chain Act initiative strongly criticises this decision. The legislative package adopted today in Parliament cores the EU Supply Chain Act, a milestone in the protection of human rights, the environment and the climate, in essential elements before it could even be implemented in a single EU Member State.
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Today, the trilogue negotiations on the Omnibus I package were concluded. Representatives of the European Parliament, the EU Commission and the EU Council have negotiated a final compromise text that provides for a massive weakening of core elements of the EU Supply Chain Directive.
Our partner organisations HEJSupport and ESDO have published a new study on chemical pollution in communities around textile factories in Bangladesh. As part of a community-based monitoring, soil, water, sewage and hair samples were analyzed. The results show a significant exposure to long-lasting and harmful chemicals as well as heavy metals.
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It is widely known that in so-called high-risk industries such as textiles, electronics or food, there are devastating labour and human rights violations in the supply chain. On 30 October, we discussed with municipalities and representatives of civil society why gender equality is a central issue for fair procurement practices. It became clear: Municipalities have concrete options for action – and they can already make effective use of them today.
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There are numerous approaches to make textile supply chains more transparent. Nevertheless, the origin of the textiles that municipalities procure, for example for hospitals or the police, often remains unclear. Why is this, and how can it change?
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What can change look like – and what role do you play in it? At the "Stitching Futures" action meeting on 8 November, we tried out exactly that: Activism in many forms, creative experiments and new perspectives. Here we take a look at what has arisen and how diverse engagement can be.
