Sustainability
Carbon Water Food – Sustainability
Stock Journal | Rural Press Matthew Cawood | March 7, 2013 THE big themes of agriculture – water, food and carbon – will for the first time be tackled as a set of interconnected issues in a new University … Continue reading
Apparel retailers risk more brand damage
Ecotextile News |Wednesday, 02 January 2013 LONDON – The growing power of social media could have dire consequences for clothing brands that continue to flout environmental laws, creating a major headache for shareholders and investors according to Ecotextile News contributor … Continue reading
Wool’s carbon Audit
Rural Press | Stock Journal | January 3, 2012 ON-FARM data collection of carbon stocks on woolgrowing properties will unlock productivity gains and help inform ways that growers can be recognised for storing carbon. Research by Australian Wool Innovation is … Continue reading
Proving the environmental credentials of wool
Stock Journal |Deanna Lush | January 3, 2013 ‘Green’ wool a priority PROVING the environmental credentials of wool will be one of Australian Wool Innovation’s top priorities in 2013. AWI group manager of market intelligence and reporting Paul Swan said … Continue reading
Values key to agriculture’s social licence
Stock Journal | BY DEANNA LUSH | 16 Jul, 2012 LIVESTOCK farmers are being urged to reclaim the moral high ground in the animal welfare debate by understanding that values – not science – drive the public’s perception of agricultural … Continue reading
Building trust to benefit agriculture
The Land | BY COLIN BETTLES | 20 Jul, 2012 Australian agriculture could soon benefit from having a local branch of the highly successful US Center for Food Integrity (CFI). CFI chief Charlie Arnot outlined plans to establish a similar … Continue reading
GLOBAL: Apparel brands reveal zero discharge roadmap
Just Style Author: Leonie Barrie | 24 November 2011 Some of the world’s leading brands and retailers have teamed up to release a joint ‘roadmap’ outlining the steps they intend to take to achieve the goal of zero discharge of … Continue reading
Patagonia bucks the trend
Weekly Times | Brian Clancy September 5 2011 Patagonia environmental materials developer Todd Copeland. WOOL is helping a leading American outdoor apparel retailer defy the downturn in the US economy. “The downturn has affected all apparel retailers, although outdoor sales … Continue reading
From paddock to Patagonia garment
Rural Press Stock Journal | Terry Sim | 31 August 2011 FOR 40 years, Streatham woolgrower Bill and Trina Weatherly wanted to see what their wool could do. The NewMerino® base layer T-shirt launched by Patagonia recently was the first … Continue reading
Patagonia pushes traceability
Rural Press TERRY SIM 27 Aug, 2011 OUTDOOR clothing company Patagonia gave its full support for wool traceability and unmulesed wool production at the Merino2020 conference in Wagga Wagga last week. While outlining the development of the company’s NewMerino® … Continue reading