ZDHC has launched its first project in Africa to strengthen the capacity of Ethiopia’s textile and apparel industry.
The two-and-half-year project will be conducted in collaboration with Bahir Dar University. According to the project, ZDHC will incorporate chemical management in the university’s undergraduate curriculum and establish training and consultant infrastructures.
The goal is to make Ethiopia’s textile and apparel sectors more sustainable and to protect workers, the environment and local communities.
As a part of a private-public partnership between the German government and Dow Europe GmbH, the ZDHC Foundation will lend its expertise to help ensure a safer and eco-friendlier textile and apparel industry in the country, which has a small but growing manufacturing base.
This project is a milestone for ZDHC as it complements its vision of widespread implementation of sustainable chemistry, driving innovations and environmental best practices in the textile, apparel, leather and footwear value chains.
