The US Cotton Trust Protocol has announced fashion retail group American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) has joined as a new member. Through support from the organisation, the conglomerate, which owns the likes of American Eagles, Aerie and Todd Snyder, said it would strive to provide better transparency, communication and standardised reporting of its...
27 Jan 2023
The US Cotton Trust Protocol has announced it has been approved as a standard for sustainable cotton by an initiative of the German Federal Government, Siegelklarheit. The approval means that members of the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles (PST) can use Trust Protocol as a standard to calculate their share of sustainable cotton....
17 Jun 2022
The US Cotton Trust Protocol has announced a new milestone for the 2021/22 crop, doubling the programme’s participation since its pilot last year. The initiative is focused on setting a new standard for sustainable cotton production which pushes for transparency and reducing environmental footprints. “During our second year we doubled the number...
20 May 2022
In this episode, Fashion is your Business interviews the director of product sustainability at Gap Inc Alice Hartley and the president of the US Cotton Trust Protocol Dr Gary Adams to discuss Gap Inc’s sustainability goal of having 100 percent sustainably sourced cotton across all its products by 2025. Listen to the podcast below. Source:...
18 Jan 2021
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, new research reveals sustainability is still ranked as the second most important strategic objective for businesses (60 percent) in the retail sector. The number one priority in the list was improving customers’ experience (64 percent), while one in six listed ‘rewarding shareholders’ as the top objective. That’s...
13 Oct 2020