Title

Talking Trade @ FIT: The Way to True Sustainable Cotton Passport

Contributor Names

Inui, Akiko (Speaker)

Chapman, Sonja (Moderator)

Rae, Trenton (Panelist)

Cantrell, Ann, 1971- (Panelist)

Quan, Vincent G. (Moderator)

Catherine Geib (Speaker)

Date

2024-11-21

Description

Join us in discussing U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol’s new program, The Climate Smart Cotton Program, and how the industry has evolved to surpass modern sustainability standards when it comes to supply chain traceability. Our distinguished speaker will cover how to properly certify, legislation that helps to achieve this, and the ability to “claim where the material is actually grown” and scale digital product passport. The session will also include fiber level tracing: types of materials, financially beneficial business negotiations, scalability, and “race to the bottom” to grow price transparency of the supply chain.

Keynote Speaker: Akiko Inui, Chair, Cotton Board

Moderator: Sonja Chapman, Associate Professor, International Trade and Marketing

Distinguished Speaker: Trenton Rae, Americas Membership Lead (consultant), U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol

This event would be meaningful for brands, retailers, and consumers who value fiber identification, Lenzing E branding platform for suppliers, who send fiber and use tech and blockchain technology as it applies to tracing fiber from origin to retail.

Type

Moving Image

Discussions (events)

Lectures

Subject

Sustainability

Climatic changes

Plant fiber industry

Textile fiber industry

Cotton

Cotton textile industry

Cotton textiles

Rights

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Identifier

FIT Repository ID: aod_001104