The UNECE Framework Initiative

Enhancing Traceability and Transparency of Sustainable Value Chains in the Garment and Footwear Industry.

+250 project experts

+33 consultations meetings & +2000 participants

+1000 experts part of the network

+190,000 companies represented

Blockchain pilot +90 partners

+30 countries

Blockchain Pilots

a group of people standing in front of a blue wall

Report on the Blockchain Pilots Project for the Garment and Footwear Sector

Harnessing the potential of blockchain technology for due diligence and sustainability in cotton and leather value chains.

Selection of Partners

The Toolbox

Policy recommendation N.46

Enhancing traceability and transparency of sustainable value chains in the garment and footwear sector

Call to action

Call to action for traceability, transparency, sustainability and circularity of value chains in the garment and footwear sector:

Code lists and identifiers     

Draft, Recommendation on code lists and identifiers for the textile and leather sector, April 2021

Business requirements specification, Part 1

Traceability and transparency in the textile and leather sector, Part 1: high-level process and data model:

Business requirements specification, Part 2

Traceability and transparency in the textile and leather sector, Part 2: use cases and CCBDA data structures

Business process analysis, leather

Business process analysis for sustainability and circularity in the leather value chain

Business process analysis, textiles

Business process analysis for sustainability and circularity in textile value chains

A few words from Lily Coles, Climate Activist and Advisor to UNECE

“The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.”

This quote by Lily Cole emphasizes the importance of taking personal responsibility for the well-being of our planet and not relying on others to solve environmental issues.

Reference: Cole, L. (2018). Who Cares Wins: Reasons For Optimism in Our Changing World. HarperCollins UK.