Scottish Textile Event - Sustainable Apparel Training Day
Event Information
Description
Event overview
Zero Waste Scotland and the STLA are proud to bring this Sustainable Apparel Training Day to the textile sector working and designing in Scotland. Come along to this day long workshop based session and learn from global case studies on the supply chain and innovation, opening your eyes to the opportunities for sustainability in the textile sector.
Learn ways in which sustainable practices and processes can become the USP for your collection that will set you apart from the rest. A networking lunch will also provide ample opportunity for networking with others working within the Scottish textile sector.
This event is suitable for individuals and companies involved in the design and manufacturing of apparel as well as academic and education professionals interested in the wider issues of clothing and environmental sustainability.
Event detail
The days training will provide you with an overview of:
- The sustainability issues related to the clothing industry
- Innovations, processes and practices which have the potential to have a sustainable impact across:
* Design
* Raw Materials & Textiles
* Colouration
- The carbon, water and waste hotspots across the clothing lifecycle
- The metrics and tools that have been developed by industry groups and multi-stakeholder organisations.
- The Sustainable Clothing Action Plan Knowledge Hub
Alongside the global case studies you will also hear from our speakers working within Scotland
- Keela Clothing www.keela.co.uk
- Dawn Ellams – alternative denim research case study
Booking for this event is free for STLA members and a nominal charge for non members.
Refreshments and a networking lunch will be provided as part of this days event.
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Scottish textiles background information.
Scotland has over 570 textile related companies, most of whom have up to 10 employees. The sector is predicted to grow in value from £950million this year to £1.5 billion by 2020. Whilst this economic growth is welcome, Scotland needs to ensure that carbon, water and energy targets identified in Scotland’s Zero Waste Plan and Safeguarding Scotland’s Resources are not impeded. Therefore designers and businesses need to be aware of and skilled in low carbon, resource efficient product design, understanding their supply chain, sustainable production and where possible ‘closing the loop’.
