Cotton International Association Of The United States

 

"To meet the growing demand for environmental certification by brands and retailers, the US cotton trust code sets new standards for sustainable cotton cultivation." Ms. Mao Kailin, director of China and Northeast Asia of cotton International Association of America, said. "The adoption of the code of trust cotton will provide protection for brands and retailers to ensure that cotton fibers used in the product supply chain are grown in a sustainable manner with lower environmental and social risks."

 

Mills, textile companies and brands and retailers can now register to join the US cotton trust code, a new system for responsible cotton cultivation that will provide annual data on six sustainable development areas in accordance with the United Nations sustainable development goals. With these unprecedented year-on-year data, brands and retailers will be able to better measure progress in meeting sustainability commitments.

 

In April this year, the U.S. cotton trust code was listed on the textile exchange's preferred fiber and material list, becoming one of 36 fibers and materials available to more than 170 brands and retailers participating in textile exchange's material change index project. In May, cotton international also joined the sustainable apparel Coalition (SAC) and will use its sustainability assessment tool, higg index, to promote environmental and social responsibility throughout the supply chain.

 

"According to a recent global survey conducted by the cotton trust code of the United States, 54% of the sustainability leaders of clothing and textile brands said that since the outbreak of new crown pneumonia, their customers' demand for environmentally sustainable business practices and products has increased, ”"The whole supply chain has been hit by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, but the survey shows that companies and their customers are still concerned about sustainable development," Ms. Mao said. Systems like the code of trust will be more important than ever before to give brands the data they need to prove that they are achieving science based sustainability. "

 

In cotton USA? At the same time, U.S. cotton certification enterprises and brands were displayed at the exhibition booth, including Jiangsu Chunlan textiles, cone denim, Jiangmen Daxing knitters, H.W. textiles, lucky textile, Qingdao jerid textile, Shanghai Schiesser, Zhejiang sunrise textiles's high-quality products rich in American cotton, while keeping visitors informed of current market and consumer research results, as well as ongoing purchasing plans that match U.S. cotton buyers and suppliers throughout the supply chain.