TANTU has organized its Annual Event addressing Sustainability and Recycling in the Textile and Apparel Industry. Experts, policymakers, and industry leaders gathered at the TANTU Seminar to discuss pressing issues surrounding sustainability and recycling in the textile and apparel industry. The event at India International Centre aimed to explore innovative solutions to minimize waste, promote circular economy practices, product life cycle analysis, and drive sustainable manufacturing.
The seminar was sponsored by Kalpataru Impex, Pulcra Chemicals, Groz Beckert, Rajasthan International, Ama Herbal, and NITRA Organisation.
At the event, TANTU launched its Annual TANTU Journal 2025 at the start of the seminar program.
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| Launch of Tantu Annual Journal 2025 |
The event featured presentations by eight distinguished speakers who shared their insights on sustainable practices, technological advancements, and policy initiatives shaping the future of the textile industry.
The keynote address was delivered by Dr. Ashok Kumar, Deputy Director General, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, New Delhi, who emphasized the urgent need for industry-wide collaboration. ‘Why the Textile Industry should take actions right now on sustainable practices.” He reminded the delegates about the goals of the Paris Agreement 2015. Under that agreement, all countries are to limit global warming to well below 2 Degree Centigrade above pre-industrial level and to reduce Green House Gas (GHG) emissions as soon as possible and reach net zero emissions by the middle of the 21st Century. He advised the delegates to move into action as the time of research and discussion is over by now.
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| Mr. Gaurav Seth, Head Strategic Partnership |
Gaurav Seth, Head Strategic Partnership, Indo-German Yarn and Fibre LLP, discussed about recycling, and re-engineering of performance textiles. With the increased use of technical textiles, the usage of performance fibres such as para-aramid, meta-aramid, carbon fibres are increasing day by day. Process waste of these materials and end-of-life technical textile products are becoming burden to the earth. They have successfully developed methods to recycle them and supplying the recycled products to various companies, engaged in technical textile manufacturing.
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| Mr. Ajitesh Upadhyaya |
Ajitesh Upadhyaya, Senior Section Expert – Textile, BEE, India detailed the Indian Carbon Market Framework, Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS) In India, PAT Cycle – Textile Target & Savings in MTOE to CCTS, Alignment with International Carbon Tax Regulations.
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| Ms. Chinky Tyagi Khare |
Chinky Tyagi Khare, Green Story detailed the way for navigating sustainability regulations and the Role of product life cycle assessment (LCA) in the textile and apparel industry. She added how Green Story is helping the industry in life cycle assessment through the Green Story tools for LCA. She had emphasized the shrinking regulatory timeline and rising pressure. “Manufacturers risk losing deals and reputational damage if they cannot provide the required environmental footprint information as responsibility shifts up the supply chain” she stated.
Pankaj Kapoor, Independent Director, Green Consulting, shared his views on the climate change and scope and Impact in the textile and apparel industry. He detailed the negative impact areas in the textile and apparel industry. He demonstrated the Key Metrics for Sustainability measures and pointed out the Key ESG regulatory deadline in 2025.
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| Prof. Abhijit Majumder and Dr. Rabi Shankar Chattopadhyay. |
Prof. Abhijit Majumder, IIT Delhi, shared the success of their experiment they are doing on post-consumer textile and apparel recycling and regenerating yarns for fully fashion apparel items and other uses. Prof. Majumder elaborated on the fiber regeneration techniques, and closed-loop systems, which enable better waste management and resource efficiency.
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| Mr. Sutanu Goswami |
“The fashion industry has a responsibility to rethink its environmental impact,” said Sutanu Goswami, Senior General Manager, TUV SUD, South Asia. “By adopting responsible sourcing, ethical production, and recycling initiatives, we can move towards a more sustainable future.”
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| Ms. Sanya Arora is receiving memento from Mr. PC Das |
Sanya Arora, Engagement Officer at CDP, emphasized the growing need for disclosure, particularly for SMEs. Transparency in environmental reporting is now a business necessity, she noted.
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| Dr. Arindam Basu, DG, and Lalit Goswami |
Dr. Arindam Basu, DG, and Lalit Goswami, Senior Scientific Officer, NITRA, presented a paper on optimization of process parameters while using recycled cotton as a component in 100% cotton yarn. Also, they mentioned about the limitation in usage of recycled cotton to the extent of 20% and 30% of the blend while using ring spinning and rotor spinning respectively, to produce acceptable quality of yarns.
The event concluded with a commitment from various stakeholders to enhance transparency, improve recycling infrastructures, and support policies that encourage sustainability.
About Tantu:
TANTU Textile Alumni Association is the North India chapter of two iconic textile colleges of West Bengal. As a group of core professionals serving textile and allied industries, TANTU brings together experts and working professionals on a common platform to discuss, debate and deliberate on issues related to the textile industry so that the industry accrues optimum benefit from the services of professionals and sustain in the competitive market.