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Next edition of the London Textile Fair on 16-17 July

Related Keywords: Boden, Jaeger, John Lewis, Karen Millen, Mr Porter and Gieves & Hawkes, Oasis, River Island, sustainable cotton, sustainable fabrics, Ted Baker

Paul Sharp, head of sales at waxed cotton specialist British Millerain, said that the show had hit its stride this season and that sustainable cotton was a key talking point. Also, “It feels like the show has got bigger and better this season. Sometimes you have to wait a while before footfall really gets going, but this season we had people on the stand from 9am on the first day. People are definitely asking about sustainability and, for us, they have been particularly interested in BCI [Better Cotton Initiative] cotton.”

H&M pushes the demand for organic cotton

Related Keywords: conventional fiber, fiber, fiber production, global value chains, Lyocell, manmade cellulosic materials, organic cotton, Recycled polyester, sustainable cotton, sustainable materials

Nike tops the list of recycled polyester users. C&A is the world’s biggest user of organic cotton. Inditex is the second largest user of lyocell and the fourth largest user of preferred manmade cellulosics. Target is the third largest user of recycled polyester and the fifth largest user of preferred down. The North Face is the second largest user of preferred down.

Wrangler pledging to partner with US cotton farmers to double its use of sustainably-farmed cotton by 2019

Related Keywords: conventional cotton cultivation, cotton farmer, fabric, fashion industry, fibre production, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Soil Health Institute, sustainable cotton, sustainable farming practices, US cotton farmers, Wrangler

Wayne Honeycutt, president and chief executive of the Soil Health Institute, said that, “I’m grateful Wrangler has taken up this cause, because the potential to transform agricultural lands with soil health practices is tremendous.” He added that,”If farmers adopt these practices globally, we’ll have much greater resiliency in our food and fibre production. We’ll also have cleaner water and air, and we can draw carbon out of the air to regenerate our soils for current and future generations.”

IKEA increases use of sustainable cotton in products

Related Keywords: IKEA, sustainable cotton

IKEA, a Swedish company registered in the Netherlands that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture (such as beds, chairs and desks), appliances and home accessories. In 2013, the Swedish furniture company in total used 110,000 tonnes of cotton in 2013, which uses around 0.6% of all cotton grown around the world, sourced 79,000 tonnes of cotton from more sustainable sources.

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