This is a non-official (or “shadow”) proposal for an ambitious and integrated EU strategy in support of fair and sustainable textile, garments, leather and footwear (TGLF) value chains... We urge the European Commission, members of the European Parliament, governments of EU Member States in the Council and other stakeholders to work towards such a strategy...

The TGLF Strategy focuses on ... due diligence regulation, policy measures related to EU market access for sustainable TGLF, product policies, approaches for development cooperation, and EU-level multistakeholder initiatives. It proposes a set of measures at the EU level that address different stages of the value chain...

There is a need to further harmonise policies at EU level, [and] to level the playing field across Europe... This requires due diligence legislation that goes beyond reporting...

[W]hen planning and exercising human rights due diligence, the companies will be required to consider how their own purchasing practices, including pricing, may obstruct suppliers’ capacity to respect human rights...

The TGLF Strategy will later be accompanied by an EU-level multi-stakeholder partnership (MSP) ... 

Such MSP shall serve as a forum through which the partnership actors may share knowledge and tools on due diligence but should not further encourage the use of corporate social auditing as a way to do so...