VETting green: Vocational Education and Training for the Footwear and Textile Industry through Noticing and Guidance against Greenwashing

In a global context in which it is urgent to move towards a green economy and where the pressure of consumers for sustainable products increases, it is essential that we all have the same and true...

In a global context in which it is urgent to move towards a green economy and where the pressure of consumers for sustainable products increases, it is essential that we all have the same and true understanding of sustainable production and fight misinformation. With this project, partners will facilitate transparency and a common and true understanding of sustainable practices and concepts to avoid intended an unintended greenwashing from companies in the footwear sector and beyond.

In this project there are different activities that will be developed, among the main ones are: - To generate a policy brief to fight against greenwashing. - To design and develop an online learning training for footwear and textile workers, companies representatives or VET students and teachers about Greenwashing. - To develop innovative products for the VET sector that could be extensive to other target groups out of it to raise awareness about topics affecting all of them.

- To generate knowledge at EU level within the footwear sector to correctly define, identify and combat greenwashing and misinformation. - Raise awareness among workers and consumers to make better choices. - To prepare VET students, teachers, entrepreneurs and current professionals in lifelong learning processes on environmental issues. - Create digital VET tools attractive to the footwear sector, whose content can be easily replicated.