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Sustainable Fibre Alliance

Cashmere Standards / SFA Animal Fibre Standard

16 December 2024

2 minutes

Focused at the herder level, the standard covers the most pressing sustainability issues associated with raw fibre production and outlines the intended outcomes achieved through the standard’s adoption.

Sustainable Fibre Alliance Launches SFA Animal Fibre Standard v1.0; Effective from April 2025

The Sustainable Fibre Alliance has published its new SFA Animal Fibre Standard v1.0 with an effective date for all producers trading ‘SFA-Certified’ cashmere fibre from 1 April 2025. It safeguards the health and well-being of people, animals and the environment through five global principles for responsible fibre production.

Staff Writer

Natural Fibres / Wool City

1 November 2023

5 minutes

Given the significant portion of the Earth’s surface dedicated to producing food and fibre and the livelihoods, culture, traditions, and communities bound up in farming, herding and land stewardship, there is so much value that gets overlooked, beyond the product, in living on and off the land.

Towards Nature Positive: How Italy's 'Wool City' can Inspire a Natural Fibre Revolution

Biella, located in the northern Italian region of Piedmont, is home to Italy’s wool textile industry. This traditional and iconic city now hosts the annual Natural Fibres Connect conference, from where texfash.com gets this report.

Liesl Truscott

Analysis

Cashmere Standards / New Benchmarks

18 November 2022

2 minutes

The Sustainable Fibre Alliance (SFA) is seeking feedback on the proposed new structure and indicators for the SFA Cashmere Standard from all stakeholders and members of the public.

Sustainable Fibre Alliance to Consolidate 3 Codes of Practice into Single Global Standard

In a step to check the proliferation of slightly differing codes of practice in different regions for cashmere production and herder livelihoods, the Sustainable Fibre Alliance (SFA) is trying to consolidate all into one global standard: the SFA Cashmere Standard.