Textile Exchange

Land Use Intensity, is arguably at odds with other elements of sustainability, yet is undeniably a necessary consideration for the textile industry due to the massive need the industry currently has for raw materials. [Read more]

Welcome back! In this blog we will explore the advantage of organic through the biodiversity lens. For most environmental impact areas – or lenses - we want to be able to drill right down to quantifiable data based on a common measurement (KPI) - for biodiversity it is the same. However, first steps are sometimes to review any conservation or biodiversity management practices... [continue reading]

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]

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

For most of us, reading a standard or a regulation, or the small print of a transaction certificate, is nowhere near as exciting as browsing the raves and rants on tripadvisor. Why not? [read more]

My colleague Silvere Tovignan and I attended the 2^nd African Organic Conference in Lusaka, Zambia. The theme for the conference was: “Mainstreaming organic agriculture in the African development agenda”, with the overall objective being to promote the integration of organic agriculture into African policies and development agendas.

MOVING UP TO THE GOLD STANDARD OF ORGANIC

Perhaps more than you think!

The International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) defines organic agriculture as: