Sustainability
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
British Retail Consortium policy
The British Retail Consortium have indicated that they were misrepresented in the article written by Brian Clancy of the Weekly Times dated 11/8/2011. Below is their stated policy. British Retail Consortium (BRC) members are committed to sourcing wool and woollen … Continue reading
UK heat off mulesing
Weekly Times | Brian Clancy August 10, 2011 BRITISH retailers are no longer telling Australian wool growers to stop mulesing. But they want to be informed of what practices are being used on farms, in an effort to appease animal … Continue reading
More livestock is climate change key
Rural Press The Land MATTHEW CAWOOD | 10 Jul, 2011 04:00 AM Livestock are the best tool available to arrest the impact of environmental degradation on climate change, grazing management pioneer Allan Savory told Australians this week. Mr Savory, who … Continue reading
Carbon storage to rival wool: Garnaut
Rural Press Stock Journal BEN CUBBY, SMH 15 Apr, 2011 10:19 AM STORING carbon dioxide in the landscape has the potential to be as important to the rural economy in 2020 as the entire Australia wool industry, the federal government’s … Continue reading