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Sourcery

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

21 November 2024

2 minutes

Armedangels and Sourcery Pave the Way for Transparent Trade

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS: The textile industry is notoriously complex, involving multiple players, making transparency and traceability a significant challenge. This applies specifically to cotton. Armedangels, in collaboration with Sourcery, is reshaping the process of sourcing organic cotton by implementing a fairer, efficient, and transparent...

Supply Chains / Suppliers Guide

1 August 2024

2 minutes

Workers sew fabric at a DTRT apparel factory in Ghana.

Updated Version of Guide Launched to Enable Suppliers Understand Implications of New Laws on Operations

Recognising the urgent need for suppliers in the Global South and other manufacturing regions to understand the implications of new laws on their operations, a group of leading apparel suppliers have updated the apparel supplier’s guide.

Staff Writer

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

26 June 2024

4 minutes

Sourcery introduces a unique fundraising model as a supply-chain-owned and for-profit corporation that serves the sector in much the same way as traditional multi-stakeholder initiatives but doesn’t have to compete for the same limited philanthropic capital pools or operate under an overly complex governance structure that can impede innovation, speed to market and scale potential.

Sourcery Invites All Its Member Partners to Become Equity Stock Owners to Transform Trade for Good

Amsterdam, Netherlands: Sourcery on Tuesday announced its Partner Stock Option Subscription Programme that will be available to all its Sourcery Partners—allowing the sector itself to take ownership in and lead the future of trade as a global alliance committed to transforming trade for good. From now on, all Partners, including Grower...

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

5 June 2024

4 minutes

The Impact and Assurance Programme and a three-year development period that led to its commercial deployment exposed the limitations of the sector, especially concerning knowing who these growers are and where they are located.

Sourcery Published Report on Initial Learnings of its Primary Farm-Level Data Collection Programme in India and Pakistan

Amsterdam, Netherlands: Sourcery on Tuesday published a report detailing the initial insights and learnings from its Impact and Assurance Programme in India and Pakistan. This is a first-of-its-kind initiative that collects deep and robust primary data on a commercial scale on a grower-by-grower basis, including growers from the Indian states of...

Cotton Farming / Sourcery View

7 May 2024

9 minutes

Sourcery’s collaborative engagement and facilitation with all value chain actors, helps its identify and mitigate shared material and performance risks and uncover opportunities that accelerate commercial and environmental excellence and benefit everyone from grower to consumer.

There is a Mismatch Between the Calendar Cycles of Cotton Production and Fashion Industry

A consulting firm in 2020 that transitioned into a membership-based supplier-driven and brand support organisation, Sourcery has since shifted its goal post, evolving into a digital trading platform that empowers supply chain stakeholders to secure cotton fibre with access to assurance and impact data. texfash.com talks to Co-Founder Imran Asghar to learn how their innovative sourcing solution is aiding deeper collaboration between growers and fashion brands.

Richa Bansal

Interview

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

19 April 2024

4 minutes

The Provisional Partnership Programme was initiated to drive stronger demand in the market with Direct-to-Grower Partners downstream into the entire cotton value chain.

Sourcery Invites 10 Denim Mills to Join as Provisional Partners with Potential Stock Options

Amsterdam, Netherlands: Sourcery on Thursday announced the expansion of its Provisional Partnership Programme, which has proven successful in India and Pakistan, inviting up to ten front-runner and visionary denim mills, manufacturers and verticals from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Türkiye, and Italy as a Provisional Direct-to-Grower Manufacturer...

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

26 March 2024

3 minutes

Sourcery Partners with Social Enterprise Rizq to Pilot Impact and Assurance Programme in Pakistan

Amsterdam, Netherlands: Sourcery announced today its partnership with Rizq, a social enterprise in Pakistan that is focused on food security and sustainable futures for small-holder farmers. Together, they will onboard approximately 500 cotton farmers into Sourcery's Direct-to-Grower Programme. This partnership will allow Sourcery to pilot its...

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

12 March 2024

4 minutes

The Programme brings unmatched transparency, traceability, and trust to the cotton value chain by delivering harmonised regional-specific and third-party verified primary data.

Sourcery Launches Solution for Primary Data Collection, Bringing Transparency and Trust to Value Chain

Amsterdam, Netherlands: Sourcery announced the launch of its Impact and Assurance Programme, which offers a groundbreaking solution for primary data collection. The Programme brings unmatched transparency, traceability, and trust to the cotton value chain by delivering harmonised regional-specific and third-party verified primary data. In launching...

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

25 July 2023

3 minutes

Sapphire Textile Mills Joins Sourcery’s Direct-to-Grower Programme as Strategic Partner

Amsterdam, Netherlands: Sapphire Textile Mills, a leading textile manufacturer in Pakistan renowned for its premium quality products and global exports, has taken a momentous step towards fostering sustainability and traceability in the global textile sector. Embracing the vision of advancing commercial and environmental excellence, Sapphire has...