Tracking supplier compliance is a tricky for sustainable textile companies

摘要

The issue of compliance can be complicated for textile companies, which have to comply with variousregulatory and voluntary company standards for product safety and restriction of substances. In theUnited States, for example, the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) containsprovisions that aim to improve the safety of children’s products. The European Union has the GeneralProduct Safety Directive (GPSD), which ensures the safety of products such as electronics, toys,textiles, cosmetics and chemicals.