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H&M is the biggest user of sustainable cotton

The H&M Group has taken first place as the world’s largest user of sustainable cotton and man-made cellulosic materials, according to the 2018 Textile Exchange’s Preferred Fiber Materials Market Report. According to a statement published on H&M’s website, 59 percent of all cotton used by the Swedish fast fashion giant last year was organic,...

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13 brands sign sustainable cotton pledge - but is organic cotton really better?

London - Sustainability has been hailed as the new norm in the fashion industry as more and more brands pledge to source more sustainable raw materials. Thirteen fashion and textile brands, including the likes of Marks & Spencer, Asos and H&M recently signed the Prince of Wales International Sustainability Unit, and vowed to source 100 percent...

Business

Otto Group increases sustainable cotton share, reaches 49 percent

As part of its sustainability strategy, the Otto Group has almost doubled its order quantity for sustainable cotton for its own and licensed brands by 22 percentage points to 49 percent of the total cotton volume. Using certified cotton with the "Cotton Made in Africa" (CmiA) label has also saved more than 33 billion liters of water, announced...

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(Re)defining sustainability: Rethinking the industry ‘workhorse’ resources

Once seen as a niche part of the fashion industry, being eco-conscious has rapidly become one of the hottest 'topics' of our time. From luxury fashion houses to fast-fashion retailers, and everything in between - more and more fashion companies are responding to mounting consumer interest and 'going green.' However, in spite of all the efforts...

Culture

C&A and National Geographic team up ‘For the Love of Fashion’

London - The fashion industry’s use of cotton has long been the subject of debate of sustainability advocates and retailers a like. As one of the most water-intensive and damaging resources used by the industry, is there another way to produce cotton? For the documentary ‘For the Love of Fashion’, Dutch fashion retailer C&A has teamed up with...

Business

US organic cotton acreage highest despite obstacles

In its latest report, the Organic Trade Association (OTA) confirmed that the organic cotton acreage in the US has been on a "slow but steady growth trend" over the last few years, reaching its highest in almost 20 years. According to the "2013 and Preliminary 2014 U.S. Organic Cotton Production & Marketing Trends", organic cotton acreage has...

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Aid by Trade Foundation launches CmiA-Organic Cotton

The Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF), Africa's largest cotton initiative, now offers organic cotton according to the CmiA Organic Standard for the first time as part of its Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) initiative. "The new CmiA Organic Standard will benefit both the more than 9,000 successfully verified cotton farmers in Tanzania as well as...

Fashion

H&M: world's biggest user of certified organic cotton once more

Swedish fashion retailer H&M has been named once more the world's biggest user of certified organic cotton, making it the third time the fashion retailer tops the list, according to the Textile Exchange's Organic Cotton Market Report 2013. “We are very proud of this achievement and we have set a clear goal to further increase our usage of...