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Welcome back to our series on organic cotton through the lenses of the Eco-Index. So far we have examined the organic advantage by considering impact through the Eco-Index lenses of: Water, Energy/GHG, and Waste. So what does the Eco-Index say about Toxics/ Chemistry to date - and how does organic cotton rate? [Read more]

TE Member, Marks & Spencer, has become the first major UK retailer to go fully 'carbon neutral' five years after launching its sustainability project, 'Plan A.'  Since the launch of Plan A, M&S has

If we zoom in on the potential waste sources in cotton production, and the waste reduction measures that exist within organic cotton growing, once again we can acknowledge the organic advantage. [Read more]

In my previous blog I spoke of the opportunity for organic cotton to shine through the lenses of the Eco-index. Over the next few weeks we will begin to explore the organic advantage a little further - starting today with a closer look at water and greenhouse gas emissions. Read on

Advocates of organic cotton have spent a lot of time dancing to a different tune. This year we reflects on our ten years of advocating organic cotton – of staging shin-digs at which we have invited growers and brands to find ways to dance together. As we reflect and project, we rejoice in the arrival of the Eco-Index. Continue reading

Written by:  Paul Swan

Today’s textile consumers, brands, and retailers are exposed to a wide array of ‘environmental’ labels, and fibre rating and certification schemes.  Examples include organic certifications, environmental rating tools such as MADE-BY’s, and more specialist tools such as Intertek’s recently launched Instant LCA Textile Web Portal. [Read More]

Being strategic about your material choices and why the perfect sustainable material does not exist.

By Sandra Castañeda-Elena

As part of Textile Exchange’s ongoing collaboration with textile educational institutions, Lee Tyler and I attended North Carolina State’s Textile Fundamentals course last week.  The course is a comprehensive study of the entire textile process from fiber formation through finishing. [Read more]

Written by: Sophie Mather

Written by:  Heather Mak, Manager at SustainAbility

A sea change is under way in the standards, certifications and labels universe.