As per US Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service of March 2021, Thailand’s garment and textile industries were decimated in 2020, with 3,000 factories forced to resort to sewing face masks and PPE suits to survive. However, renewed demand from other apparel-producing countries helped
Coimbatore-based Precot Limited recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with SIMA Cotton Development & Research Association (SIMA CD & RA) for extra-long staple (ELS) organic cotton cultivation by supplying all inputs free to farmers and guaranteeing to procure cotton at market price. Th
Lindex, one of Europe's leading fashion companies, increased the share of organic cotton to 80 per cent of its total cotton use, and share of recycled or more sustainably sourced materials to 68 per cent in the year 2020. This is detailed in the Lindex’s sustainability report for 2020, in which it s
Something more than a feelgood story is needed to entice cotton farmers into organic production as the pay-off from organic cotton in terms of healthier soils, communities and wildlife are worth the effort from an environmental point of view, according to Anita Chester, head-Sustainable Raw Material