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This Collaborative Effort webinar illustrates why the surest way to make strides toward greater sustainability is by working together. The discussion highlights how the entire industry, from fiber forward, is developing ways to provide a consensus for what needs to be done and a means to do so. Because ultimately, progress is in everyone’s best interest.
Speakers include Jesse Daystar, chief sustainability officer, Cotton Incorporated; Ken Burton, executive director of U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol at National Cotton Council of America; and Jamie Barsimantov, COO and co-founder, SupplyShift.
Do you know what’s in the food you eat?
Chances are you have a much better idea about the origins of the items in your grocery bag than those in your closet.
Sourcing Journal’s 2019 Transparency Report, features insights from a proprietary survey that reveals that costs, culture and a lack of consensus on who’s ultimately responsible are among the challenges the industry faces on the road to transparency. Though another “c,” the consumer, was shown to be the reason change is inevitable.
Cotton’s Blue Jeans Go Green™ denim recycling program has collected more than 2 million pieces of denim, which translates into more than 1,000 tons of textile waste diverted from landfills. To date, that denim has been used to create 3.9 million square feet of insulation, including insulation provided to more than 40 Habitat for Humanity affiliates. See how it works in the video.
Cotton facts are plentiful but so too are “alternative facts” about the fiber, its growing methods and impact on the planet. Click here to learn if what you know about cotton is actually wrong.