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T1 Sustainability and Circularity in the Textile Value Chain: Global Stocktaking
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A2 Notten, Philippa
K1 textile industry
K1 textile
K1 environmental impact assessment
K1 climate change
K1 water resource
K1 land use
K1 ecosystem
K1 health
K1 circular economy
K1 natural fibre
K1 synthetic fibre
K1 textile fibre
K1 sustainable consumption
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/34184
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/34184
NO This report provides an analysis of the environmental and socio-economic hotspots along the entire textile value chain and looks at a range of associated impacts, as well as at how different stages in the value chain are dominant in different impacts. Wet processing (the bleaching/dyeing/finishing stage of textile production), synthetic fibre production and laundering in the consumer use phase stand out as particularly important with respect to the impact on climate, whilst natural fibre production (cotton cultivation) and the consumer use phase stand out as particularly important with respect to the water scarcity impact.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 17, 2026