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Boohoo builds on sustainable initiatives with CottonConnect partnership

The Boohoo Group has revealed a partnership with the sustainable organisation, CottonConnect, which will see it implement REEL (responsible environment enhanced livelihoods) cotton into its supply chain. The Pakistan-based foundation educates farmers at specially developed demonstration plots on the benefits of sustainable production methods,...

Fashion

Lindex to support 350 female cotton farmers through new project

Swedish fashion chain Lindex has collaborated with CottonConnect on a project which aims to train and educate 350 female cotton farmers to work in a more circular way. The two-year 'Women in Cotton' project, which Lindex is funding, will help women from tribal areas in India transition from conventional farming to organic farming. They will also...

Fashion Featured

Volcom introduces traceable organic cotton initiative

Volcom has confirmed that it is partnering with CottonConnect as part of its ‘Farm to Yarn’, a traceable organic cotton initiative with social and environmental benefits as it looks to add more transparency in its supply chain. The multi-year partnership with CottonConnect, an enterprise that believes in a sustainable and transparent cotton...

Fashion

Primark extends sustainable cotton programme

London - Budget fashion retailer Primark has extended its sustainable cotton programme in India for a further six years. The initiative, which launched in 2013 in partnership with CottonConnect and the Self-Employed Women’s Association, is looking to recruit a further 10,000 female smallholder farmers onto the programme. The aim of the scheme is...