Textile chemicals suffer data deficit

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Our recent articles on how the textile chemical sector suffers from a data deficit drew considerable interest from our readers – and some surprising concerns.

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Good quality verified data is essential for effecive chemical management

It’s clear from the response that getting accurate, transparent and verified data on which chemicals are being used throughout the supply chain still remains a source of frustration for the industry – and for  potential investors.

Despite advances over the last decade, most notably in work done by the ZDHC, both veterans and leaders in textile chemical management agree that the quality of data they collect, use, and share needs to improve radically.

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