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

Self-Employed Women's Association

Cotton Farming / Insurance

14 October 2024

2 minutes

Cotton is a crop that holds significant importance for the Indian economy and the livelihoods of many of its farmers. But India’s position as a critical player in the global textile supply chain is being increasingly threatened by climate change.

Low Crop Insurance Awareness Making Smallholder Cotton Famers Extremely Vulnerable

Smallholder cotton farmers are particularly vulnerable to climate change, and the lack of proper knowledge and understanding how crop insurance works during a climate crisis is putting them in peril, a new study conducted in two Indian states has found.

Staff Writer

Sustainable Cotton / Primark

6 May 2022

3 minutes

Primark is working to make more sustainable fashion affordable for everyone and is focused on giving clothing a longer life, protecting life on the planet and improving the lives of people who make Primark products. As part of this it has unveiled a series of commitments it is working to achieve by 2030. These include making all its clothes from recycled or more sustainably sourced materials, ensuring clothing is recyclable by design, halving carbon emissions across the value chain, removing single-use plas

Primark Announces Major Expansion: To Train 27500 Cotton Farmers by 2030

Primark's Sustainable Cotton Programme trains farmers on using fewer chemical pesticides and fertilisers and less water, thus lowering input costs and improving profits for farmers. The retailer has now announced that it will train an additional 125,000 smallholder cotton farmers in more sustainable farming methods in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh by the end of 2023.