During a detailed industry review, PST’s steering committee member criticized global brands for neglecting the severe working conditions in garment factories, highlighting a double standard where sustainability claims in the Global North contrast with the harsh realities faced by women workers in the Global South. This remark underscores PST’s role as a multi‐stakeholder initiative aiming to drive better labor rights and safety measures in textile supply chains.

The German Partnership for Sustainable Textiles issued a statement supporting fair pay and living wages for textile workers in Bangladesh, and reaffirmed its commitment to trade union rights, freedom of association, and collective bargaining, in response to a letter from several Bangladeshi union federations.

The German Partnership for Sustainable Textiles (PST) has mandated that starting in 2023 all member brands contribute their tier 1 supplier data to an aggregated list on the OS Hub platform—with tier 2 data to follow in 2025—in an effort to boost supply chain transparency and collaboration across the textile industry.

In 2023, the Textile Partnership reoriented its work to focus on strict supply chain due diligence, transparency, and greater involvement of stakeholders in production countries in light of the new Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG). This initiative mandates compliance with human rights and environmental standards, reflecting a commitment to ethical business practices and improved worker protection.

In 2022, the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles outlined a renewed strategy focusing on individual commitments to due diligence, transparent reporting, and a deeper understanding of supply networks in response to stricter statutory regulations and human rights concerns in global textile supply chains.

In 2014, the German Partnership for Sustainable Textiles (GPST) was initiated by the German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development as a multi‐stakeholder platform uniting companies, NGOs, trade unions, and the government. The initiative aims to improve the global textile supply chain by adhering to international standards such as the OECD Due Diligence Guidelines, ILO Standards, and UN Principles on Business and Human Rights, with a focus on environmental management, living wages, and ethical supply chain practices.