A SYMBIOTIC FUTURE OF TEXTILE INDUSTRY THROUGH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND SDG

Textile account for 15% of the GDP and are transitioning to industry 4.O, the principles of Textile 4.o can accomplish objectives of SDG, social responsibility, economic expansion, and environmental preservation. It is imperative to look at how textile technologies could contribute to the achievement of SDG. Thus, paper investigates the textile technologies, how it helps the industry and SDG’s. This is a conceptual paper that represents the theoretical perspective through literature survey, which results that the industry has certain possibilities for sustainable practice like implementing environmentally conscious and resource-saving methods, secondly reduction of energy use and waste. The paper concludes that textile being one of the dominant factors with all-around performance in terms of export, 4.O, GDP, job, and so on, SDG is more suitable for this, including Goals 8, 9, 12, and 17. Finally, the industry's emphasis on job creation and skill development, which helps to achieve the SDG’s.