2nd Meeting São João da Madeira Porto (Portugal)
The second face-to-face meeting of the project was held on the 5th and 6th of June 2024 at the CTCP facilities in São João da Madeira and the APICCAPS facilities in Porto. The purpose of the meeting was to review the progress of the project and to discuss the next activities to be carried out. The information received and the documents prepared so far were discussed and the most important aspects of the training platform were defined.
3nd Meeting Padua Véneto (Italy)
VETting Green: Training Coaches to Empower Sustainable Choices in Footwear and Apparel. From the 21st to the 23rd of January, the Erasmus+ VETting Green project consortium gathered in Padua, Italy. Partners comprising footwear producers, vocational training providers, and consumer representatives from Belgium, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain are currently finalising a set of materials and tools to empower consumers and companies in the footwear and apparel sectors to identify and avoid misleading greenwashing claims.
1st Meeting- Arnedo Logroño (Spain)
The first face-to-face meeting of the project was held on the 6th and 7th of February 2024 at the CTCR (coordinator) facilities in Arnedo and the FER facilities in Logroño. Participants present: CTCP (Portugal), CEC (Belgium), Politecnico Calzaturiero (Italy), EKPIZO (Greece) and Neo Sapiens (Spain). The purpose of the meeting was to review the progress of the project and to discuss the next activities to be carried out. Due to the few months that this innovative action has been running and its educational nature, it served to define the administrative aspects, the contents and the target groups with which the training activities will be carried out during the project.
NEWSLETTER 1: VETTING GREEN: SUSTAINABILITY POLICIES IMPACTING THE FOOTWEAR AND APPAREL INDUSTRIES
The first issue of the VETting Green newsletter focuses on the sustainability policies affecting the footwear and apparel industries, results from our survey investigating companies’ preparedness for the new legislation, the digital products passport, and sustainability as a human rights issue.
NEWSLETTER 2: DISCOVER THE VETTING GREEN
TRAINING COURSE: ELEVATE YOUR SUSTAINABILITY KNOWLEDGE!
The second issue of the VETting Green newsletter focuses on the VETting Green training course, soon freely available on the project website. We also highlight sustainable approaches in the footwear and textile sectors and the origins and impact of greenwashing.