Digital Textile Manufacturing Technologies Conference 2024

IMI & Alchemie Technology’s Digital Textile Manufacturing Technologies Conference 2024 will inform and educate brand owners on the importance of innovative technologies within the dyeing, finishing, and printing sectors that can support them to meet their ESG targets and transform the textile industry’s sustainability.

Traditional ESG Impacts on the Textile Industry

Currently, the textile industry accounts for 10% of global emissions – greater than international flights and maritime shipping combined. Textile dyeing and finishing processes are some of the most polluting manufacturing processes on the planet, responsible for over 3% of global CO2 emissions and over 20% of global water pollution. If business as usual persists, by 2050 the textile industry is projected to represent 25% of the global carbon footprint.

Industry Focus is Changing

Many leading brands are answering the call and working to create favorable ESG initiatives and developing more environmentally friendly manufacturing and dyeing processes. Technology and research are playing a key role in making the textile industry more sustainable. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCCC) Fashion Industry Climate Action Charter sets targets to degas supply chains and halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. Using science-based targets (SBT), the initiative outlines a roadmap for
reducing emissions in line with the Paris Agreement. The Fashion Charter also sets out targets to ensure that 100% of electricity comes from renewable sources with minimal other environmental or social impacts by 2030, owning and exploiting emissions, and putting more emphasis on brands working with their suppliers to reduce emissions.