Pakistani mill sets up cotton standard
08/10/2020
Milliner Cotton will be a system through which cotton farmers have access to digital tools to help them better understand the weather and soils, offering tools to maximise the harvest.
It also includes a training programme for the workers, to boost skills at work and at home, such as financial literacy, and will help to improve standards at the ginning level, where there are currently no certifications, according to Faiza Jamil, general manager of corporate and social responsibility.
She said: “We think ownership has to be taken by someone who is buying the fibre, so Milliner Cotton is our journey to explore everything that happens with the cotton pickers, farmers, transporters, ginners, brokers and how the cotton finally gets to us.”
The programme is being piloted in Rahim Yar Khan, a district that is home to 150 ginning mills. The aim is to get Fairtrade certification in the third year of the programme.
Artistic Milliners has also joined the Textile Exchange. It said: “Artistic Milliners is proud to join Textile Exchange in its commitment to reduce the textile industry’s impact on the environment through accelerating sustainable practices across its value chain.”
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