Sweden Textile Water Initiative (STWI) is a private sector network with a membership of some 30 predominately Swedish textile and leather companies. STWI projects were implemented with the aim of improving water efficiency in production processes for suppliers and sub-suppliers to STWI member Brands in production hubs in Bangladesh, China, India, Ethiopia and Turkey.
The program was structured in four components:
- Capacity building and investment support in textile factories;
- Improving industrial water governance in production countries;
- Harmonization of the STWI guidelines on resource use for the textile sector and influence of international processes; and
- Communication and outreach.
SIWI implemented the program and SIDA (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) provided almost all financial funding amounting to 49 million SEK as a Public Private Development Project.
Consultancy services for Turkey was provided by Escarus between the years 2015-2017.
During the project Escarus focused on improving environmental performance capacity of suppliers on sustainable use of water, energy and chemicals in textile and leather production processes by
- Reusing waste and by-products in production,
- Reducing pollution,
- İncreasing management and employee information capacities for wastewater treatment.
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