UNEP works to identify key priorities and the role of trade and policy reforms to enable the circularity of the textile sector, and support countries in accessing desired markets to improve their participation and competitiveness in global value chains. For example, UNEP supports countries in analyzing trade interventions to enhance the circularity of the textile sector. (Read more: case studies on Kenya and Thailand)
To strengthen this work, UNEP fosters dialogue and multi-stakeholder cooperation with the environment and trade communities to jointly advance toward a sustainable and circular textile sector. (Read more: Roundtable on Trade, the Circular Economy, and Sustainable Development in the Textiles and Clothing Sector)
In addition, UNEP analyzes the trade of used textiles and the value chain dynamics in Ghana, Kenya, Pakistan and Tunisia, proposing a framework to assist countries in differentiating used textiles from textile waste, adaptable to their national context (Read more: Circularity and Used Textiles Trade Project).
