Wazir Advisorshas partnered with ITA to offer sustainability, digitalization, and contract research services. ITA is based in Germany and is a part of RWTH Aachen University. Wazir Advisors is a global consulting firm based out of India offering services in sectors of textile and apparel, consumer products and retail, and food, agri and dairy. Its scope of services covers strategy, implementation, alliances and skill development. With this partnership, Wazir aims to provide new-age services to textile, apparel, and technical textile stakeholders in the Indian subcontinent who are looking to align with changing times and adopt best global practices.

Sustainability and digitalization have moved from just being buzzwords to being immediate action for the textile industry. Push from global buyers as well as anticipated legislation in developed countries will cause the industry to embrace sustainable manufacturing processes sooner than later. Similarly, with the increasing cost of manufacturing, manpower shortage and need for faster decision-making digitalization is taking a centre seat in the industry. The entire industry is at the cusp of a major transformation. New products and processes that are compliant with ESG norms will be the only way to success for the industry in the near future. Asian countries have so far leveraged the cost aspect. Now is the time for them to think about completely different parameters to evolve further.