Vietnam’s garment-textile industry seeks to promote “green” production
Vietnam's textile and garment industry is making efforts to realise its green production target and reduce emissions in a bid to help implement the Government’s commitment to net-zero emissions by 2050 at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26).
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam's textile and garment industry is making efforts to realise its green production target and reduceemissions in a bid to help implement the Government’s commitment to net-zeroemissions by 2050 at the26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26).
Due to CO2 emissionsin the production process, the global fashion industry is one of the causes behind climate change. This is why manywell-known fashion brands and textile manufacturers worldwide have set goalsrelated to climate and the environment.
To support Vietnamese textile and garment enterprises to reduce emissionsthrough the efficient use of natural resources and energy, and chemical management, the German Development CooperationOrganisation (GIZ) and Frenchsporting goods retailer Decathlon signed amemorandum of understanding on cooperation in improving the environmentalperformance of Vietnamese garment and textile suppliers.
Accordingly, GIZ partners with DecathlonVietnam through its projects, “Climate protection through sustainablebioenergy markets in Vietnam’ (BEM) and ‘Fostering and advancing sustainablebusiness and responsible industrial practices in the clothing industry in Asia’(FABRIC), to help Decathlon's Vietnamesesuppliers improve theirability in climate change adaptation, efficiently use of water and energy, and managechemicals at factories in 2022.
Specifically, the GIZ FABRIC project will offer free e-learning courses namely “ClimateAction Training” and “Chemical Management Training (e-REMC), via the platform www.atingi.org.
The “Climate Action Training” provides basic knowledge on climate change, solutionsto calculate and reduce greenhouse emissions, and solutions in terms of energyefficiency and renewable energy. Meanwhile, the e-REMC supports Vietnamese textile factories to improve and implementsustainable chemical management systems.
Marc Beckmann, Director of GIZ FABRIC, underlinedthat tackling climate change requires collaboration with international brandsto jointly improve the ability of textile and garment factories in the supply chain where most of the emissions and environmental impacts happen.
Meanwhile,Decathlon will also provide its s▨uppliers’ factories with training courses toincrease the use of bioenergy and other renewable energy sources, and supportstudies on the biomass supply chain./.
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A garment factory in Vietnam (Photo: VNA) 
