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Exclusive Podcasts that tackle the crucial environmental issues impacting today’s global textile and clothing supply chains. Put together by the team that launched the pioneering Ecotextile News magazine back in 2007, we take listeners behind the scenes to reveal how we break the news and also provide deep dive Newscasts on sustainability, ethics, policy, retail, pollution and the carbon crisis engulfing our planet.

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Exclusive Podcasts that tackle the crucial environmental issues impacting today’s global textile and clothing supply chains. Put together by the team that launched the pioneering Ecotextile News magazine back in 2007, we take listeners behind the scenes to reveal how we break the news and also provide deep dive Newscasts on sustainability, ethics, policy, retail, pollution and the carbon crisis engulfing our planet.

    Measuring for impact, with Cascale

    Measuring for impact, with Cascale

    Welcome to a new four part podcast series in partnership with Cascale, formerly known as the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, about the big challenges facing the industry, and Cascale's role in co-creating solutions at scale. 
    The first episode is about Measuring for Impact with host Philip Berman in conversation with: 
    Quentin Thorel, the Group Head of Sustainability of CIEL Textile with its HQ in Mauritius. 
    Ciel Textiles supplies fabrics and garments to some of the most iconic fashion brands in the world such as Polo Ralph Lauren, Armani, Hackett, Barbour, Levis, Tommy Calvin Klein, Lacoste and the list goes on and on…
    It employs 23,000 people in four countries, Madagascar, Mauritius, India and Bangladesh and since 2019 has used both the Higg Facility Environmental, and Higg Facility Social & Labor Modules across all of its sites.
    And Jeremy Lardeau, Senior VP of the Higg Index at Cascale who oversees the strategic direction and development of the Higg Index suite of tools. 
    Sustainability data and measurement are critical to drive meaningful action, so we ask whether Higg Facility tools (Higg FEM and Higg FSLM) can help users to improve the way they make sustainable decisions, and whether the Higg FEM 4.0 update has brought necessary changes to the tool? We also discuss why the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) has changed its name to Cascale.
     
     

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    Ep 2: Cash for Climate Solutions - figuring out fashion’s CO2 emissions

    Ep 2: Cash for Climate Solutions - figuring out fashion’s CO2 emissions

    In the second episode of this podcast series, produced in partnership with the Apparel Impact Institute about its Climate Solutions Portfolio (CSP), we take a look at the tool it's built to help decide who should get the funding, and what a winning application looks like. 
    As a quick re-cap, the CSP aims to find, feature and fund any initiative, project or piece of tech with the potential to reduce energy use and/or greenhouse gas emissions at scale in the industry.
    And it has up to 250,000 dollars per year to award to projects that have the data to show they have the potential to make an impact.
    In this episode, Ecotextile News correspondent Phil Patterson and environmental scientist Linda Greer explain how they developed a tool they call the 'Ready Reckoner' – to objectively compare the overall CO2 savings of different innovations and solutions across all parts of the textile manufacturing process.
    Phil Patterson told host Phil Berman that he's come up with a punchier, and more colloquial nickname for the tool.
    “Apologies for my language, but it's a bit of an ‘eco bullsh*t detector’ because there's lots of innovation out there but there are lots of people overclaiming the benefits that their solutions can deliver."
    “What we’ve created is what we call a gas map of the entire supply chain, which is essentially looking at where greenhouse gases emissions occur, allocating a percentage of those emissions to individual processes within the supply chain.
    Patterson and Greer talk in detail about how the tool can be used, and how it can be improved in the future as better data becomes available.
    And most importantly they both drop some big hints on what they are looking for in applications, with lots of do's and don'ts.
    Applications are open from 1 to 31 March, 2024.
    To find out more about the Portolio, do check out its dedicated site where you can also contact their team if you need help with your application.
     
     
     

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    Ep 1: Cash for climate solutions, with the Apparel Impact Institute

    Ep 1: Cash for climate solutions, with the Apparel Impact Institute

    In partnership with the Apparel Impact Institute, Philip Berman takes an in-depth look at its new The Climate Solutions Portfolio which aims to find, feature and fund any initiative with the potential to reduce energy use and/or greenhouse gas emissions at scale in the industry. 
    And it has up to 250,000 dollars per year to award to projects that have the data to show they have the potential to make a big impact.  
    In this first episode, Philip Berman was joined by Kurt Kipka, the Apparel Impact Institute's Chief Impact Officer, and Linda Greer, who sits on the Institute's advisory panel and is one of the experts assessing the grant applications. 
    They talked about, why the Institute believe their new approach is needed, why there is no online registry of proven solutions, and what the Institute is doing about it, how the grants are being funded, and previous winners.
    In episode 2, which is released on 29 February, there will be lots of tips on how to apply and what their team is looking for. 
    Applications open from 1 to 31 March, 2024.
    If you want to find out more about the Portolio check out its dedicated site where you can also contact their team if you need help with your application.
     

    • 29 min
    TRAIL: How to win cash for climate solutions

    TRAIL: How to win cash for climate solutions

    In partnership with the Apparel Impact Institute, host Philip Berman takes an in-depth look at its new The Climate Solutions Portfolio which aims to find, feature and fund any initiative with the potential to reduce energy use and/or greenhouse gas emissions at scale in the industry. 
    And it has up to 250,000 dollars per year to award to projects that have the data to show they have the potential to make a big impact.  
    Launching Thursday 22nd February 6am GMT!
    Subscribe for free now!!
     

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    Threaded Together: How the US Climate Smart Cotton program is helping to reduce the carbon footprint of textiles

    Threaded Together: How the US Climate Smart Cotton program is helping to reduce the carbon footprint of textiles

    To coincide with the week of World Soil Day 2023, our third and final episode of our Threaded Together: cotton and sustainability podcast series, sponsored by Cotton Incorporated, looks at the US Climate Smart Cotton Program- a bold, new and exciting initiative in the US, which aims to measure and improve the country’s cottons’ carbon footprint.
    We look at what it is, how it works, who can take part, why it's needed, who benefits from it and why it's of interest to the whole value chain in the textile industry.
    To answer these questions, host Philip Berman is joined by:
    Daren Abney, the Executive Director of the US Cotton Trust Protocol, which leads on the programme.
    Dr Cristine Morgan, Chief Scientific Officer at the Soil Health Institute, which is partner on the programme.
    Dr Jesse Daystar, Chief Sustainability Officer at Cotton Incorporated, which is partner on the programme.
    Daren Abney tells listeners: "I think this opportunity really came about because the US government is seeing agriculture at scale as an opportunity to address climate challenges."
    Soil health expert Dr Morgan explains later in the podcast: "The main thing that we want to do is improve the soil. We want to get carbon out of the atmosphere and we also want to release fewer greenhouse gases into the atmosphere."
    Here are the factsheets recently released by Dr Morgan that she says demonstrate how soil health management systems are making cotton growers more profitable.
    -Factsheet: Economics of Soil Health Management Systems on Eight Cotton Farms in Georgia Factsheet: Economics of Soil Health Systems on Eight Cotton Farms in the Texas Southern Great Plains   Webinar: Economics of Soil Health Systems on Eight Cotton Farms in the Texas Southern Great Plains  
    Other partners in the programme include, Cotton Council International, Agricenter International, North Carolina A&T State University, Alabama A&M University and Texas A&M AgriLife Research.
    Cotton Incorporated is a US-based, not-for-profit company, that provides resources and research to help companies develop and market innovative and profitable cotton products.
    Cick here for Episode One of Threaded Together: Cotton and Sustainability
    and
    Click here for Episode Two of Threaded Together: How best to measure cotton's environmental impact. 
    For a look at our complete podcast archive, click HERE.Subscribe to our podcasts and radio shows by following us on  Apple, Google, Spotify and Amazon Music, to automatically get alerts when we launch a new Ecotextile Talks Behind the News podcast. 
     

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    Threaded Together: How best to measure cotton’s environmental impact

    Threaded Together: How best to measure cotton’s environmental impact

    In the second of this three-part podcast series: 'Threaded Together' about cotton sustainability, host Philip Berman talks to Dr Jesse Daystar, from Cotton Incorporated and Joel Mertens from the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, about the best way(s) to measure sustainability in the cotton industry and how it can drive change.
    Jesse and Joel discuss the purpose of a life cycle assessment (LCA), the different types and, in light of  the recent KMPG review of the SAC's Higg Product Module, how they should be used, how they can get misused and their limitations.  
    Cotton Incorporated is a US-based, not-for-profit company, that provides resources and research to help companies develop and market innovative, and profitable cotton products. 
    It’s probably best known for its Seal of Cotton trademark which was created 50 years ago, in 1973, and has become an iconic symbol to consumers and is globally recognized by the textile industry. 
     Subscribe to our podcasts and radio shows by following us on Apple, Google, Spotify and Amazon Music, to automatically get alerts when we launch a new Ecotextile Talks Behind the News podcast. 
     

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