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Monthly Highlight

ZDHC Co-Creation Workshops 2026: Agenda and Registration

This year’s Co-Creation Workshops focus on the areas where your input matters most. Together, we will shape the next phase of ZDHC tools, programmes, and impact delivery. We recently shared a communication outlining the workshop agenda.

ZDHC Signatories receive one participation ticket.

Call to Action

Call for Nominations: 

Help Shape the Metal Electroplating MRSL

ZDHC is expanding the ZDHC MRSL to include metal electroplating, and we are forming a collaborative expert group to review and strengthen an initial industry draft for publication.

We are looking for outstanding experts in electroplating, metallurgy, chemical management, testing, and metal-relevant legislation to ensure the Metal Electroplating MRSL is technically robust, globally relevant, and aligned with industry needs.

We invite you to nominate exceptional individuals from industry, test houses, academia and consultancies. Strong technical expertise, broad geographical representation and diverse sector perspectives are essential to delivering credible, high-impact outcomes.

Know someone who can help shape the future of responsible metal electroplating under the Roadmap to Zero Programme?

CBI Project Bangladesh Hometextiles 

Bangladesh's home textile sector excels in natural fibres, artisanal techniques, and circular manufacturing, but small and medium manufacturers need support to meet ZDHC MRSL requirements for dyeing cotton, jute blends, and natural fibres.

CBI Netherlands is looking for 3 ZDHC Signatory Brands to join pilot projects in 2026 aimed at improving dyeing and chemical management across Bangladeshi home textile suppliers. 

NOTE: The Pilot co-creation phase will start in 2026. Scale-up is planned for 2027-2030.

Contact noto@zdhc.org for more information.

MRSL V4.0 Survey 

In October, we will publish MRSL V4.0. While the update will include important technical revisions, we are equally focused on improving how the MRSL works for our community in practice.

To help us do this, we want to understand the challenges you experience when using the MRSL today.

Please take two minutes to complete this short survey and share your perspective. Your feedback will help us make MRSL V4.0 more practical, accessible, and valuable for everyone.

Air Emissions Reporting for 2025 

Air emissions reporting for calendar year 2025 is now open and will remain open until 30 June 2026.

Suppliers should complete and submit their 2025 ZDHC Air Emissions report before 30 June 2026 via the Air Emissions Module on the Supplier Platform.

ZDHC Academy

New Chemical Management Courses on the Academy 

New training courses are now available on the ZDHC Academy, delivered by ZDHC Approved Training Providers (ATPs). These courses aim to strengthen chemical management capability across the supply chain and support suppliers in implementing the principles of the ZDHC Suppliers Roadmap to Zero.

Whether you are beginning your journey in chemical management or if you are an intermediate or advanced learner, the Academy now provides trainings aligned with different supplier groups. 

Upcoming Events

Join the Circularity Summit Planning Committee

Are you a circularity expert shaping the future of textiles? We’re inviting industry leaders, innovators, and sustainability pioneers to join the Planning Committee for our upcoming Circularity Summit. Help shape the agenda, bring critical perspectives, and drive impactful conversations. 

Interested? Get in touch with Alisa (muensterberg@zdhc.org) and help shape the conversation on circularity.

ZDHC Upcoming Webinars

*Please let us know the topics you’d like us to cover here. The most requested subjects will be included in the webinar.

Check out the Forum Calls

Forum call recordings

• Case Studies - Industry Inspiration: Successful Experiences within the ZDHC Community

Upcoming forum calls

• 29 April: ZDHC MRSL - Evolution, purpose & impact

• 27 May: ZDHC Gateway - The backbone of ZDHC

Catching Up: News & Highlights

New ZDHC Signatories

We warmly welcome Gina Tricot AB as a new Signatory Friend of ZDHC Brand to the ZDHC Community!

👀 Want to know more about them and what they have to say?

Welcome to our ZDHC Signatory Approved Solution Providers, including both newly joined organisations and those expanding their approval to additional service categories:

• ICEA – Istituto per la Certificazione Etica ed Ambientale - MRSL Certification Body Foundational Level 2 & 3 
  
  

• VERIS IMPACT - MRSL Certification Body Foundational Level 2 & 3
  
  

• TUV Rheinland (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. - MRSL Certification Body Foundational Level 1, 2 & 3
  
  

• TM Denetim - Verified InCheck Provider Level 1
  
  

• Kingsley Engineering Service Cooperation, Approved Training Provider (ATP), expert in Wastewater mangement

Share Your Experience With the ZDHC Community 

Check out our new Case Study Series on the ZDHC newsfeed. Our community has a wealth of experience, and when these insights are shared, they help everyone learn, improve, and grow together.

We’re looking for case studies, field experiences, and best practices from across the community.

If you have a story to share, we’d love to hear from you. Email us at communications@zdhc.org.

Share. Inspire. Lead.

What's happening in our industry?

Global Fashion Summit: Copenhagen Edition 2026 

We are pleased to announce that ZDHC’s Maria Arroyo will be speaking at Global Fashion Summit: Copenhagen Edition 2026.

Presented by Global Fashion Agenda, the Summit is a leading international forum for sustainability in fashion, convening decision-makers from across the value chain to accelerate collective action.

Theme: Building Resilient Futures, recognises that the fashion industry is facing extraordinary challenges. It invites us to reflect on how we respond, where we fall on the spectrum between resistance and adaptation, and how resilience can drive meaningful transformation.

• Date: 5 - 7 May
  
  

• Location: Copenhagen Concert Hall

MMCF Multi-Stakeholder Forum Textile Exchange, Canopy, ZDHC, FSC

Join us in challenge the fabric to share key MMCF industry updates and spotlight joint workstreams across Canopy, Textile Exchange, ZDHC, and FSC, highlighting how these organisations work together to support stakeholders across the MMCF value chain.

• Date & Time: 26 May, 15:30 - 17:30 CET

• Location: Les Salons Hoche, Paris, France
  
  

• Language: English

Space is very limited, and participants will be invited directly. To show your interest to be on the invite list, please contact communications@zdhc.org with the subject as MMCF multi-stakeholder event.

Innovation Forum’s Sustainable Apparel and Textiles Conference 

Join us at the Innovation Forum’s Sustainable Apparel and Textiles Conference, where industry leaders will focus on turning sustainability commitments into practical action. 

If you are attending and would like to meet, please contact signup@zdhc.org to arrange a discussion. 

Discounted tickets are available with code ZDHC10.

• Date: 29 - 30 April  
  
  

• Location: Amsterdam

Key topics include regulation, decarbonisation and circularity.

Take a look at what we have been up to! 

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