Guest editors

• Besnik Mehmeti, Comune di Prato, Italy
• Lorena Vidas, Comune di Prato, Italy
• Jesse Marsh, Comune di Prato, Italy

Editorial Board (t.b.c.)

• Enrico Venturini, Next Technology Technotessile, Italy
• Daniele Spinelli, Next Technology Technotessile, Italy
• Leonardo Marchetti, Next Technology Technotessile, Italy
• Monika Urbaniak, Lodz Region, Poland
• Maria José Carvalho, Technological Centre for Textile and Clothing of Portugal (CITEVE), Portugal
• Paulo Cadeia, Technological Centre for Textile and Clothing of Portugal (CITEVE), Portugal
• Marco Sallat, Saxon Textile Research Institute (STFI), Germany
• Romy Naumman, Saxon Textile Research Institute (STFI), Germany
• Anna Grosse, Saxon Textile Research Institute (STFI), Germany
• Thierry Leblan, Centre of European Textile Innovation (CETI), France
• Craig Lawrance, Textile Centre of Excellence (TCoE) Huddersfield, UK
• Fabio Guenza, Blumine srl, Italy
• Daniel  Anton, DAVO Star Impex SRL, Romania
• Dawid Stawski, Lodz University of Technology, Poland
• Miloš Beran, cluster technical textiles (CLUTEX), Czech Republic
• Oscar Calvo, AITEX, Spain
• Maria Blanes, AITEX, Spain
• Victoria Puchol, Jeanologia S.L., Spain
• Alina Popescu, National Research & Development Institute for Textiles and Leather (INCDTP), Romania
• Marlene Augereau, Centre of European Textile Innovation (CETI), France
• Olga Chybová, INOTEX Ltd., Czech Republic
• Zbigniew Draczynski, Technical University of Lodz, Poland
• Ralf Lungwitz, Saxon Textile Research Institute (STFI), Germany
• Bernd Gulich, Saxon Textile Research Institute (STFI),  Germany
• Marcin Struszczyk, Institute of Security Technologies MORATEX, Poland
• Zuriñe Fernández, Koopera Reusing Center, Spain
• Jeanne Meillier, UP-TEX, France

 

Business sustainability is more and more becoming one of the most important objectives of the Textile and Clothing industry. Beyond the economic factors, critical to the success of any business, many companies are now also considering the financial impact from environmental and social issues. Textile & Clothing production uses high levels of raw materials, water, energy and chemicals and often generates air, water and soil pollution through untreated effluent and waste, which can have a big impact on the environment. Under the pressure of the consumers and NGOs, new and sustainable approaches are being developed and adopted by textile and clothing companies across the EU.

Topics can thus include, but are not limited to, the following aspects of sustainability of Textile & Clothing:

• Circular economy
• Waste disposal
• Water consumption
• Energy saving
• New sustainable chemistry

We encourage submission of the following different types of contributions, particularly welcoming articles from TCBL Associates:

• Journalistic work (blog posts, opinion pieces, trend updates, etc.)
• Case studies (profiles or stories of exemplary businesses)
• Academic or theoretical work (8-10 page research articles, 3-5 page reports on work in progress)