Policy Hub - Circularity for Apparel & Footwear

The Policy Hub Circularity for Apparel & Footwear welcomes the European Commissions intention to advance circularity targets in the EU through the upcoming Circular Economy Act (CEA). We believe it is essential to continue identifying the remaining levers and gaps that must be addressed to achieve a truly circular EU Single Market and a market for secondary raw materials.

The Policy Hub Circularity for Apparel and Footwear supports the efforts of the European Commission to set up the EU's first detailed set of rules on how companies must substantiate reliable, comparable, and verifiable claims about the environmental impact, aspect and performance of products and services they offer across the EU.

The Policy Hub welcomes the opportunity to comment on the European Commission’s Inception Impact Assessment "Legislative proposal on substantiating green claims". We recommend the European Commission to further explore option 2 “Establish a voluntary EU legal framework enabling companies to make green claims in accordance with the Environmental Footprint methods, as a complement to existing methods (developed by…

The Policy Hub - Circularity for Apparel and Footwear supports the Commission's Environmental Omnibus as an important and necessary first step towards simplifying and harmonising Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements across the EU, if accompanied by clear mechanisms that ensure effective enforcement and a level playing field, so that all producers making products available on the market of a Member…

The Policy Hub Circularity for Apparel & Footwear, thanks the European Commission for the opportunity to contribute to the final shape of the implementing act on the establishment of the Digital Product Passport (DPP) Registry.

The Policy Hub Circularity for Apparel and Footwear, uniting more than 700 brands, retailers, manufacturers, and other stakeholders within the industry and representing more than 50% of the apparel and footwear sector, welcomes the EU authorities' efforts to harmonise rules on labelling textile products.

"The Policy Hub welcomes the opportunity to provide further input on the Commissions work for developing secondary legislation regarding reporting obligations on discarded goods and the establishment of derogations to the prohibition on the destruction of unsold goods.