It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

Aditya Birla

Manmade Cellulosic Fibres / Hot Button

22 November 2023

2 minutes

Producers representing 78% of global MMCF production signed onto a letter to all member states of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity, urging that they fully implement last year’s framework to protect at least 30% of the world’s land area by 2030.

2023 Hot Button Rankings: Aditya Birla Edges out Lenzing by a Whisker; NextGen Commercial Lines Show 29% Uptick

The 2023 Hot Button report cites a 29% uptick in low-carbon, circular NextGen commercial lines with India's Aditya Birla leading the rankings with about 71% of the world’s manmade cellulosic fibre (MMCF) producers having achieved the ‘green shirt’ rating.

Staff Writer

Cotton Crisis / 2023 Rankings

13 June 2023

4 minutes

This is not the first time that Solidaridad and PAN UK have released cotton rankings. Brands and retailers, by virtue of these Rankings, knew where they stood as far as cotton was concerned, and so did the world. They had all the time to make course corrections. What is astounding, therefore, is that in spite of all the resources at their disposal—financial, material and logistical—and all that chest-thumping and deafening rhetoric, brands still cut a sorry figure.

Almost 90% of Top Retailers and Brands Still Unsustainable, Not Transparent on Cotton

Jargon-laden and flowery sustainability reports by a majority of top brands and retailers would come across as a heap of gobbledygook if their actual performance is taken into account. Well, certainly for the cotton sector. As many as 89% are still non-transparent, unsustainable and show little progress towards improving labour conditions, says the 2023 Cotton Ranking just published by Solidaridad Europe and the Pesticide Action Network UK (PAN UK).

Subir Ghosh

Report

Manmade Cellulosic Fibres / NextGen Targets

25 November 2022

2 minutes

The Lenzing Group achieved first place in the Hot Button ranking of the Canadian non-profit Canopy. Canopy evaluates the world’s 34 largest producers of cellulosic fibres in terms of their sustainable wood and pulp sourcing, their efforts with regard to the use of alternative raw materials and their achievements in the protection of ancient and endangered forests.

MMCF Manufacturers Lagging on NextGen Production as Percentage of Total Production

Brands, retailers and producers of manmade cellulosic fibres (MMCF) are yet to pull up their socks on NextGen materials. Goals for NextGen production, expressed as a percentage of their total production, remain very low, says CanopyStyle's Hot Button Report.