RegioGreenTex
Designing and building a matchmaking tool for textile surplus
As part of the European RegioGreenTex initiative, Quest took part in The Waste Wizard project.
Supply chains in Flanders are largely linear, fragmented, and vulnerable, with limited collaboration across sectors. Many companies want to transition to sustainable and circular practices but face barriers such as lack of data, unclear incentives, regulatory complexity, and difficulty in scaling pilots into systemic change. The Green Deal by the Flemish Government (Vlaamse Overheid) seeks to address these challenges by bringing diverse actors together, identifying shared needs, and creating a framework that accelerates sustainable supply chain practices across the region.
In this live ongoing project, our role is to act as a strategic facilitator and connector between government, businesses, and institutions by mapping the landscape, engaging stakeholders, synthesizing insights, and co-designing a shared Green Deal framework that turns ambition into concrete commitments and inspiring use cases. Along the way, we continue to align diverse perspectives and balance ambition with feasibility in order to turn a shared vision into concrete action.
Vlaamse Overheid is the regional government of Flanders, responsible for shaping policies on economy, environment, education, mobility, and welfare. It is also the public authority commissioning and facilitating the Green Deal on sustainable supply chains.
We mapped existing practices, policies, and challenges across Flemish supply chains and beyond. We identified barriers (e.g. data gaps, incentives, regulation, scaling issues) and opportunities that are currently left unexplored.
We involved SMEs and bigger corporates, institutions, and NGOs / nonprofits. We facilitated dialogue through one-on-one interviews to align on needs and opportunities.
We ran a targeted survey across different types of organizations to gather crucial data on collaboration interest, current understanding of supply chains, barriers, and support needs.
Through interactive workshops, we bring diverse perspectives and insights from businesses, institutions, and public authorities to the table. This step is crucial to build a shared understanding of challenges and opportunities, identify common priorities, and create the foundation for collective action within the Green Deal framework.
We’re defining the value proposition for the Green Deal and for implementing sustainable supply chains,
We are now in the process of drafting and co-creating commitments, guidelines, and pathways for stakeholders to take within the Green Deal.
We provided a structured, multi-stakeholder framework that enables businesses, institutions, and public authorities in Flanders to collaborate on building sustainable and circular supply chains.
Through research, stakeholder engagement, and co-creation, we identified key challenges, aligned priorities, and translated them into concrete commitments. The Green Deal is here to accelerate systemic change, align with EU ambitions, and strengthen Flanders’ position as a leader in sustainable value chains.
Let us know how we can help! Whether it is helping you kickstart your due diligence, or mapping and engaging your stakeholder, we are happy to guide you.
RegioGreenTex
As part of the European RegioGreenTex initiative, Quest took part in The Waste Wizard project.