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Preface Glossary

textile and garment industry embrace circular ACTAII Approaches for Circular Textiles and Apparel Industry in India
economy principles while growing exponentially. ABFRL Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited
ATDC Apparel Training and Design Centre
This report includes first-hand data on India’s ATIRA Ahmedabad Textile Industry’s Research Association
textile and apparel industry, including current BMZ Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
practices on sustainability and circularity, existing
BOD Biochemical Oxygen Demand
gaps and challenges and potential areas for
C2C Cradle to Cradle
pilot implementation from innovations. The
CAIF Circular Apparel Innovation Factory
study addresses textile industry circularity and
CE Circular Economy
stakeholders at each step of the value chain,
CEE Centre for Environment Education
including design, manufacturing, distribution, retail
sale, and consumer use. CII Confederation of Indian Industry
CMAI Clothing Manufacturers Association of India
The team interviewed numerous stakeholders, visited COD Chemical Oxygen Demand
various facilities and mapped the waste cycles of CPCB Central Pollution Control Board
India’s major textile clusters to understand how CSR Corporate Social Responsibility
textile waste is generated throughout the value
develoPPP Develop Public Private Partnership
chain. The waste generated at the production and
EOL End of Life
consumption stage has been divided into pre and
EPR Extended Producer Responsibility
post-consumer waste, and the report documents the
ESG Environmental, Social and Governance
economic and practical worth of both these types
of waste. FDI Foreign Direct Investment
Kartikeya Sarabhai, FICCI Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry
Director, While India has always had a tradition of circularity, GDP Gross Domestic Product
and has a large informal sector which is engaged in GIZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Centre for Environment Education
waste segregation for further use, it was determined GOI Government of India
that textile circularity in its contemporary sense
GRS Global Recycled Standard
The textile industry is a vital sector for the Indian is still in its initial stage in India due to various
IC Innovation Challenge
economy, employing millions of people and challenges. We found several aware stakeholders
MITRA Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel
contributing significantly to the country’s GDP. India who are investing incessant efforts to promote
MMF Man-Made Fibre
is the world’s second largest exporter of textiles and textile circularity in the existing scenario. The project
clothing, but the rapid expansion has resulted in stakeholders will support such innovators and help MOEFCC Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
drastic environmental issues, and the industry has to them get an opportunity to collaborate with India’s MOT Ministry of Textiles
move towards a circular economy to reduce waste, leading fashion giant - Aditya Birla Fashion and MSME Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
safeguard resources and keep materials circulating Retail Ltd. NGO Non-Governmental Organization
within the value chain. The ever-growing textile NID National Institute of Design
and apparel industry in India is facing inevitable I am confident that this report will provide valuable
NIFT National Institute of Fashion Technology
challenges at its doorstep now. Beyond challenges insights into India’s textile industry’s circular
OE Open End
like industry fragmentation, marginal client base, and practices, challenges, and potential areas for
PLI Production Linked Incentive Scheme
inefficient production there are several environmental improvement.
SHC Second Hand Clothes
problems that also need attention.
SIDT Sasmira’s Institute of Design and Textile
It gives me immense pleasure to introduce the T & A Textile and Apparel
Baseline Assessment Report of the ‘Approaches VOC Volatile Organic Compound
for Circular Textiles and Apparel Industry in India’ ZDHC Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemical
programme. The aim of this project is to help India’s ZLD Zero Liquid Discharge

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