Marco Marchese - (OECD)

Marco Marchese is a policy analyst and project coordinator at the  Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)  in the Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities, where he has worked  since 2007.  At the OECD, he has been  covering  comprehensive  assessments  of  national  SME and entrepreneurship policies  (e.g., Brazil, Canada, Czechia, Indonesia and Vietnam, among others), as well as more  thematic studies on innovation, access to finance and the green transition of SMEs.  Besides the OECD, he has worked for the International Labour Office and for  Italy's Prime Minister's Office.   

The green transition of SMEs: A tale from Portugal’s textile and clothing industry

Reading Time: 4 minutesPortugal shows that the green transition in textiles is both a climate imperative and a business opportunity to reshape production, secure jobs, and meet global demand for sustainable fashion. With SMEs at the core, progress must come from the bottom up, backed by coherent top-down policies. As the fashion cycle accelerates, so too does its environmental footprint – and the need to change our approach. 

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