TÜV Rheinland joins Textiles 2030

TÜV Rheinland is one of the testing laboratories signatories to Textiles 2030 / UK’s most ambitious voluntary agreement / Target is to limit the impact clothes and home textiles have on climate change in line with the Paris Agreement and the UN / www.tuv.com

Cologne, 11 September 2023. TÜV Rheinland is now one of the pioneering testing laboratories signatories to Textiles 2030 (WRAP), the UK’s most ambitious voluntary agreement designed to limit the impact clothes and home textiles have on climate change in line with the Paris Agreement and the UN Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action.

Clare Carroll, Strategic Engagement Manager at WRAP, said: “It is a pleasure to welcome TUV Rheinland to WRAP’s Textiles 2030 voluntary agreement. TUV Rheinland will join over 120 signatories who are working collaboratively to reduce the environmental impact of the textiles industry. We look forward to working with them.”

Textiles 2030 brand and retailer signatories use a ‘Target-Measure-Act’ approach to reduce the impact of clothing and homeware products across the UK. “As an Affiliate to Textiles 2030, TÜV Rheinland will provide expertise to support brands and recycling organisations as they set tough targets, measure the impact of products and track progress on an individual basis, towards national targets”, says Luisa Balaban, expert for textile testing from TUV Rheinland. “TÜV Rheinland is proud to be an Affiliate of Textiles 2030, providing data, expertise and academic support to industry colleagues as part of this ground breaking 10-year collaboration.”

Within textile testing, TÜV Rheinland offers colour fastness, wash appearance, durability and dimensional stability tests, wear trials and physical testing but also a large portfolio of other sustainability services.