15 Amendments of Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN related to 2022/2171(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas women account for approximately 80 % of the global garment workforce1 and comprise the majority of low-wage workers and therefore are disproportionally affected by the negative impacts of the garment industry; _________________ 1 Briefing entitled ‘Textile workers in developing countries and the European fashion industry: Towards sustainability?’, European Parliament, Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research Services, 24 July 2020.
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the textile and garment industry is one of the most polluting industries2 by producing 1.2 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) per year, which is more emissions than international flights and maritime shipping3a; whereas the textile and garment industry is one of the fastest growing ones and therefore its effects on the environment intensify continuously; whereas women and girls are frequently exposed to additional gender-specific factors and barriers that consistently render them more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and disasters; _________________ 2 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/he adlines/society/20201208STO93327/the- impact-of-textile-production-and-waste-on- the-environment-infographic 3a A New Textiles Economy: Redesigning Fashion’s Future, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, 2017
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that in addition to its significant negative environmental, such as biodiversity and climate impacts, the textile industry also has a detrimental social impact; stresses that a disproportionate number of women and marginalised groups carry out precarious work, often involuntarily, in inhumane and dangerous working conditions without work safety, social security or other social benefits and below decent wages, some in conditions of forced labour;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Member States to ratify the relevant International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions, in particular The Equal Remuneration Convention (No. 100), Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention (No. 111) and The Maternity Protection Convention (No. 183) and implement its recommendations, especially those intended to reduce the scale of precarious work and protect workers from the harmful effects of hazardous chemicals, as well as from violence and harassment in the workplace; of which gender-disaggregated data is unfortunately often lacking, as well as from violence and harassment in the workplace; stresses that production of textiles is very chemical-intensive and exposures women to chemicals causing cancer, endocrine-disrupting chemicals and allergens4a, inter alia; _________________ 4a Women, Chemicals and the SDGs - Gender Review Mapping with a Focus on Women and Chemicals: Impact of Emerging Policy Issues and the Relevance for the Sustainable Development Goals; Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) and International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN), 2020
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the proposal for an ecodesign regulation covering textiles, the review of the Textile Labelling Regulation3 and the potential introduction of a mandata mandatory corporate sustainability due diligence reporting standards and reporting standards fory disclosure of information on negative impacts on the human rights and the environment; calls for the inclusion of social and labour standards in both the proposed ecodesign regulation and under labelling requirements; _________________ 3 Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2011 on textile fibre names and related labelling and marking of the fibre composition of textile products and repealing Council Directive 73/44/EEC and Directives 96/73/EC and 2008/121/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. OJ L 272, 18.10.2011, p. 1.
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges the urgency of ensuring that textile products placed on the EU market are long-lived, reusable and, recyclable and repairable, and free of hazardous substances; expresses its concern that the measures identified in the EU Strategy might not be sufficient to fulfil the 2030 objective and calls on the Commission to ensure all necessary measures, including additional measures to those identified in the strategy, are taken to achieve the 2030 vision;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to engage with civil society stakeholders, including educational actors and gender equality organisations, in order to develop programmes to increase awareness about the environmental and climate impact of the textile and garment industries as well as about the human rights and sustainability impacts of the sector.
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need to support consumers in moving away from fast fashion and the excessive consumption of clothing and in making responsible and sustainable textile consumption choices; calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop and implement awareness-raising programmes on sustainable consumption and the environmental and, climate impactand biodiversity impacts and effects of chemicals of the textile and clothing industry, in collaboration with civil society;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
Environmental &, climate impactand biodiversity impacts and effects of chemicals
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that textiles are the fourth biggest contributor to climate change from an EU consumption perspective, and that the industry’s emissions are only expected to increase9 ; calls for further legislation to fully decarbonise the industry, starting with more transparency on scope 3 emissions in textile supply chains; calls for ambitious science-based targets to be set by 2024 for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the textiles sector, covering their entire lifecycle, in line with the Paris Agreement goal of keeping global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures; recalls that around 70 % of the emissions related to the Union’s textile consumption take place outside of the EU10 ; calls for more robust information and disclosure on the impacts on biodiversity; underlines that the whole production and consumption chain of textiles needs a total paradigm change. This means starting from sustainable sourcing of textile materials decreasing of consumption of cotton and fossil-based fibres, and increasing the longevity in textiles by tenfold resource efficiency, making sure that all textiles are durable, reparable and recyclable for re-use. __________________ 9 https://ec.europa.eu/environment/circular- economy/pdf/new_circular_economy_actio n_plan.pdf 10 https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/tex tiles-in-europes-circular-economy
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that textiles are the fourth biggest contributor to climate change from an EU consumption perspective, and that the industry’s emissions are only expected to increase9 ; stresses that globally, textile and garment industry is one of the most polluting industries by producing 1.2 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) per year, which accounts for more emissions than international flights and maritime shipping; calls for further legislation to fully decarbonise the industry, starting with more transparency on scope 3 emissions in textile supply chains; calls for ambitious science-based targets to be set by 2024 for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the textiles sector, covering their entire lifecycle, in line with the Paris Agreement goal of keeping global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures; recalls that around 70 % of the emissions related to the Union’s textile consumption take place outside of the EU10 ; calls for more robust information and disclosure on the impacts on biodiversity; __________________ 9 https://ec.europa.eu/environment/circular- economy/pdf/new_circular_economy_actio n_plan.pdf 10 https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/tex tiles-in-europes-circular-economy
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that textiles are the fourth biggest contributor to climate change from an EU consumption perspective, and that the industry’s emissions are only expected to increase9 ; calls for further legislation to fully decarbonise the industry, starting with more transparency on scope 3 emissions in textile supply chains; calls for ambitious science-based targets to be set by 2024 for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the textiles sector, covering their entire lifecycle, in line with the Paris Agreement goal of keeping global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures; recalls that around 70 % of the emissions related to the Union’s textile consumption take place outside of the EU10 ; calls for more robust information and disclosure on the impacts on biodiversity; banning the disposal of unsold textiles and promoting the lease economy, renting of textiles as a service should be put in the core of the EU strategy for sustainable textiles and upcoming legislation. __________________ 9 https://ec.europa.eu/environment/circular- economy/pdf/new_circular_economy_actio n_plan.pdf 10 https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/tex tiles-in-europes-circular-economy
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that separate collection of textiles will be mandatory from 1 January 2025; underlines that the revision of the Waste Framework Directive planned for 2024 should consider specific separate targets for textile waste prevention, textile reuse, preparation for reuse, reparation and recycling;
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Underlines that the transition to a more sustainable and circular ecosystem within the textile industry offers the opportunity to improve the working conditions and remuneration of workers, who will play a central role in the transition; regrets that the a vast amount of global textile and garment products are made in countries in which workers’ rights are limited or non-existent, and working conditions are inhumane and dangerous, and the workers lack work safety, social security or other social benefits and decent salary; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the provision of sectoral training and education in the field of sustainable textiles to safeguard current jobs, improve worker satisfaction and ensure the availability of a skilled workforce;
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Underlines that the transition to a more sustainable and circular ecosystem within the textile industry offers the opportunity to improve the working conditions and remuneration of workers, who will play a central role in the transition; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the provision of sectoral training and education in the field of sustainable textiles to safeguard current jobs, improve worker satisfaction and ensure the availability of a skilled workforce; draws special attention to the fact that women account for 80 % of the global garment workforce and therefore are disproportionally affected by the negative impacts of the industry;