Already since 2013, the EU-funded projects SMART Myanmar I & II, implemented by sequa and its partners, have been working with garment factories to promote sustainable consumption and production (SCP) of garments "Made in Myanmar" - a concept focusing on resource efficiency and social responsibility. SMART Textiles & Garments is building on these projects and will expand its training and capacity building programs for social and environmental performance to more than one hundred garment and textile factories at various locations across the country.
SMART Textiles & Garments is implemented by sequa, from Germany, in cooperation with the Confederation Trade Unions Myanmar (CTUM), amfori from Belgium and the Centre for Economic and Social Development (CESD), a research and policy institute in Myanmar. Several international retailers have agreed to support the new program to further strengthen sustainable production practices and responsible supply chains in Myanmar and Europe, including H&M, Bestseller and C&A. The project has a total duration of 36 months and will end in April 2022.
