Organic Cotton
Let’s talk about organic cotton again for just a minute… As many of you who are committed to organic cotton know, the price has gone through the roof on yarn, fabric and finished goods—spinners, fabric mills, assembly and brands are already feeling the pressure. As some of you may know, the price of organic cotton…
Navigating Transparency and Compliance Through Collaboration and Trust Building.
As most brands, retailers and importers know (or should know), the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an all encompassing WRO regarding imports from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in China that includes cotton and tomatoes. Although we believe this policy is shortsighted and misdirected (more about political posturing than an effective or…
We need data not more cotton ‘initiatives’
Posted byBrett Mathews25th September 2020Spre LONDON – Confused about ‘sustainable cotton?’ Join the club. And if anything, things are getting worse not better. This week we saw the launch of yet another industry initiative which, we are told, is intended to “align sustainability impact indicators and metrics for cotton farming systems.” As part of this,…
Xinjiang, XPCC and the sham of ‘sustainable cotton’
Posted by Veronica Bates Kassatly 3rd August 2020 LONDON – The operations of XPCC – the main producer of cotton in Xinjiang – have for years been tainted by the use of forced and child labour, the deliberate Sinicization of the region, the appropriation of Xinjing’s natural resources, and their transfer to Han control. All…
Challenging Higg: the options for natural fibres industries
Posted by Brett Mathews21st October 2020 NEW YORK – In recent weeks we have seen three natural fibres sectors – silk, alpaca wool and leather – request that the ‘score’ for their respective fibres is removed from the Higg Sustainability Index (MSI) of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition. Among other things, the three sectors claim Higg…
Organic Fraud
Fraud and Corruption is always exist no mater how strengthen measure are taken the best example is recent Publish report from Global Organic Textile Standard, Further to GOTS normal procedure about conducting shadow audit / assessment they found that a bunch of Indian Organic cotton found as fake and involve supply chain did in way…
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Hi, I’m Imran Asghar. textile professional with 20 years’ experience worked in production, buying and sourcing organizations. Started career in merchandising, specialized in fabric sourcing/processing.
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