Cotton

Nonprofit Global Standard has launched a landmark resource—the GOTS Due Diligence Handbook for Auditors—a critical step in promoting sustainable practices, human rights and ethical business conduct across the textile sector and in line with evolving regulatory requirements around the world.

The Cotton 2040 project of the charity Forum for the Future was a platform which aimed to accelerate progress and maximise the impact of existing sustainable cotton initiatives. A year after the platform published its Impact Report, texfash speaks to Neil Walker, Senior Sustainability Strategist, about the project's legacy.

In a call to action, a new report warns about the risks posed to humans and the environment from conventional cotton production, and why the time is now to make the change and transition to organic production methods.

There’s a new cotton LCA methodology for the Higg Materials Sustainability Index (Higg MSI) promising “unprecedented accuracy and consistency” in assessing the environmental impacts of cotton fibre.

The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) has banned five Indian companies into the business of cotton for using fake documents to defraud the GOTS system.

A study by Fairtrade India in six of the top cotton-producing states claims that its certified organic cotton is associated with better environmental outcomes than non-Fairtrade cotton.

Seeking to address key challenges in the cotton sector, the Organic Cotton Accelerator (OCA) has launched its Decent Work Strategy, a pivotal initiative aimed at improving working conditions and protection for organic cotton farmers, farm workers, and their communities.

Some 5,250 acres—an equivalent of approximately 3,000 football fields—will see training of 1,500 farmers, 900 of which will be women, as also sequestering of approximately 31,000 tonnes of CO2 under the aegis of a grant to an Indian nonprofit by the Hugo Boss Foundation.

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.

The cotton misinformation problem needs to be seen in the light of today’s society where fake news thrives and wreaks havoc. It’s not difficult to find out how the cotton myths came into being. It’s also not difficult to find out who have been flinging and slinging these falsehoods. Cotton needs to be more assertive, and possibly a bit aggressive too. texfash tries to join some dots.