Supply chains

A Just Transition in the textile and garment sector in Asia: Decent Work in Garment Sector Supply Chains project

A Just Transition for the garment industry in Asia is critical as the sector seeks to recover from the impacts of COVID-19 and transforms as part of a critical decade of action for achieving the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals. This transformation will alter the future of work in the sector.

Across the production centres of Asia, there is a pressing need for economies to seriously analyse the impacts and opportunities presented by de-carbonization and increased social and environmental sustainability in the sector and to collaborate to actively shape the role the region will play in the sector going forward.

The process of a Just Transition – achieving sustainable transitions in a way that is “just" to the workers and communities involved, ensuring no one is left behind – is a guiding concept for the transformation that the sector will experience. The policy and social dialogue processes for Just Transition planning provides a useful guide for structuring actions and investments to enable the ongoing sustainability of the sector.