The non-profit organization for sustainable textiles, the Lestari Textile Chain (RTL), continues to encourage the strengthening of collaborative actions between stakeholders in order to realize the transformation of the sustainable textile and fashion industry in Indonesia. “Sustainable fashion, circular fashion is not just a trend, which appears for a moment and then disappears. This transformation is real. Only by collaborative actions including carrying out several pilot projects between stakeholders, including industry, academia, designers, international brand owners, and the government, will Indonesia be able to overcome challenges and get a portion of the market which is currently still in the range of USD 10 billion," said the Chair. General RTL Basrie Kamba, in the "Indonesia Sustainable Conference 2022" which was held by RTL in Jakarta, quoted on Wednesday (30/11/2022). According to Basrie, the global fashion industry worth USD 1.3 trillion per year is entering an era of sustainable and circular development.
Indonesia, with an export value of USD 13 billion last year, is still an important textile producer and the core of the world's supply chain. Basrie. The conference which was opened by the Chairman of KADIN, Arsjad Rasjid, was attended by nearly 200 participants, including more than 100 participants who attended online. Two foreign speakers at the conference were Henriette Faergemann from the European Commission Embassy in Jakarta and Cyndi Rhoades, founder of Worn Again Technologies and World Circular Textile Day.
