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Textile Exchange encourages collaboration with first raw materials benchmark

24/09/2015

More than 80% of companies surveyed by the Textile Exchange (TE) for a benchmarking report are addressing raw materials use at the strategy level and 74% are setting individual targets for specific materials. Around 70% of these companies use a voluntary sustainability standard to help them ensure the integrity of their organic products and 64%...

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