Monitoring the twin transition of industrial ecosystems : textiles : analytical report

This report is a contribution to the 'European Monitor of Industrial Ecosystems' (EMI) project, initiated by the European Commission's Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship, and SMEs, in partnership with the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA). Its primary objective is to contribute to the discussion about the current state and the advancements achieved over time in terms of the green and digital transition of the European textiles industrial ecosystem. In this project, the green and digital transition of 14 industrial ecosystems have been analysed based on a harmonised monitoring framework and dataset. The own data collection included a business survey, environmental impact data from Exiobase, text mining of company websites, startup data, patent applications, trade and production, venture capital investment and public procurement data, Horizon Europe funding data, online job advertisements and job profiles among others. The methodology of the data calculations is included in the EMI methodological report about the conceptual and methodological framework.