Chairman APTMA Punjab, S M Tanveer has said the Sustainable Production Centre (SPC), an initiative in collaboration with GIZ, is preparing the APTMA members to meet international trade challenges in the wake of market access facility from the European Union.
He said the SPC has taken fundamental initiatives like Corporate Social Responsibility, Textile Education, Better Cotton Initiative and Energy and Water Conservation Initiatives to ensure sustainability of industry in fast changing world trade requirements. APTMA chairman said the SPC is also enabling its members to excel on Occupational Health and Safety (OHAS) and World-wide Responsible Accredited Production (WRAP) certifications to avail maximum benefit of market access facility from the EU.
According to him, majority of APTMA members are already compliant to international standards and the SPC is further enhancing their capabilities to perform in emerging trade regimes. He said the APTMA members have 50 percent share in total textile exports and preparing its members proactively to sharp their skills further. He said APTMA members are all set to double textile exports from $13 billion to $26 billion subject to availability of energy and raw materials.