Equitem Holding LTD is a Cyprus investment company focused on acquiring rapidly expanding small medium enterprises capturing long-term trends.
Equitem Holding LTD is the european branch of Intertextiles Group FZE which is an international company based in the United Arab Emirates investing in textile enterprises with high potential growth.
Equitem Holding LTD invests in early-stage and mid-size apparel producers & brand owners to be more resilient and improve environmental and/or social sustainability.
We are a majority-oriented investor and we empower our management teams, who invest alongside us to ensure full alignment of interests.
Strategic fit within Equitem's thesis to improve sustainability in the apparel industry:
Over the past decade, clothing prices have hit record lows while production continues to soar, resulting in an exponential increase in environmental and social costs. The challenges of managing opaque supply chains have allowed for forced labor, unsafe working conditions and toxic dumping to be outcomes of the clothes we wear.
Equitem looking for companies who are actively developing and integrating new solutions to make the lifecycle of apparel safer, cleaner, more efficient and more sustainable.
All development stategies which are implemented inside the companies contained in the Equitem Holding LTD portfolio are inspired by the SDG (sustainable development goals) of United Nation General Assambley. Especially Equitem aims to significantly improve the positive impact of apparel industry along the goals below.
“There is no beauty in the finest cloth
if it makes hunger and unhappiness.”
— Mahatma Gandhi