Beyond The Label: A Guide To Product Compliance In Fashion & Textiles

This guide was published on 10th September, 2025. Further regulatory developments may have occurred after publication. To keep up-to-date with the latest compliance news, sign up to our newsletter.

Apparel companies today are facing an increasingly fast-changing regulatory environment. Those who adapt early can leverage compliance as part of their brand story, enhancing consumer trust and transparency.

Product Compliance In Fashion & Textiles: Guide Overview

This guide delivers vital insights into the evolving compliance landscape impacting the fashion and textile industry. Discover how emerging regulations influence labeling, green claims, product safety, and ecodesign – and what your business should do next.

Building on our highly attended webinar held in August 2025, ‘Product Compliance in Fashion & Textiles: Navigating New Rules on Labelling, Ecodesign & Environmental Claims‘, this guide provides actionable steps to align with ongoing and upcoming regulations, helping ensure your fashion brand is prepared for the next wave of compliance challenges.

Discover how proactive compliance can safeguard brand reputation while appealing to increasingly sustainability-conscious consumers.

This Guide Covers

• The Regulatory Landscape
• Labeling Requirements
• Addressing Greenwashing & Environmental Claims
• Ecodesign & The Digital Product Passport
• The General Product Safety Regulation (GSPR)
• UK & US Regulatory Developments
• Webinar Q&A: Real-world Questions on Textiles Compliance Answered

Author

Emilia Assenza, Senior Regulatory Compliance Specialist & Team Leader, Compliance & Risks

Emilia is a Senior Regulatory Compliance Specialist with over 7 years of experience in the legal compliance sector.

She joined Compliance & Risks in 2017 and is now a Senior Team Leader. As a senior regulatory compliance specialist, she is keen to keep clients up to date on global regulatory developments, with a particular focus on her areas of expertise which include consumer protection, textiles, data protection as well as industrial machinery. 

Emilia graduated cum laude with a Master’s Degree in Law at the University of Catania, Italy, and holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Professions. She has worked for several legal offices in Italy where she has gained extensive experience in private practice.

Joyce Costello, Senior Regulatory Compliance Specialist, Compliance & Risks

Joyce is a regulatory professional with extensive experience in researching and assessing global environmental and product safety regulations, particularly in the electronics sector. Joyce is currently a Senior Regulatory and Compliance Specialist in the Global Regulatory Compliance Team at Compliance and Risks, which she joined in 2013.

With over ten years expertise in global RoHS legislative and product safety conformity assessment requirements, Joyce works closely with customers to assist them in understanding the implications of evolving regulation on their products.

Joyce has a BCL and LLM from University College Cork, and also holds a Higher Diploma in French.