How Do I Prepare for Regulations and Sustainability?

The regulatory landscape in the textile industry is changing rapidly, and manufacturers must be prepared. Under the European Union's ESPR (Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation), the Digital Product Passport (DPP) requirement for textile products will take effect from 2027. This will require digital documentation of every product's entire lifecycle, from raw material sourcing to waste management.

For manufacturers, these regulations go far beyond just preparing documents. Production processes must be traceable, raw material origins must be documented, energy consumption and carbon emissions must be reported, and working conditions must be proven to comply with social standards. Each of these requirements means fundamental changes to existing production practices.

The cost of being caught unprepared can be severe. Brands with access to the EU market will increasingly prefer to work only with DPP-compliant suppliers starting from 2027. Manufacturers that cannot achieve compliance risk losing significant export clients. Additionally, under CSDDD, brands being held legally responsible for human rights and environmental violations in their supply chains will further increase audit pressure on manufacturers.

Certificate management is the first step in regulation readiness. Your certifications such as OEKO-TEX, GOTS, GRS, and ISO 14001 need to be current, their validity periods tracked, and renewal processes initiated on time. Each of these certificates has different annual renewal cycles and different audit requirements.

Digital compliance management systems make all this complexity manageable. With your certificates tracked on a single platform, expiry alerts, sustainability scores, and compliance reports, you can prove to your clients that you are regulation-ready.

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