Photo Credit: Apparel Insider 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.”…… Continue reading We need data not more cotton ‘initiatives’
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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…… Continue reading Xinjiang, XPCC and the sham of ‘sustainable cotton’
Challenging Higg: the options for natural fibres industries
Photo Credit Apparel Insider 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…… Continue reading Challenging Higg: the options for natural fibres industries
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