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SUSTAINABILITY
June 16-30
GOTS India Seminar 2018
How sustainability can be key to your business efficiency…
December 1–15
CRB’s 5th Annual Conference:
Sustainability in the Apparel & Textiles
Sector takes centre stage
“The toolkit helps companies and especially international
buyers to proactively work with their supply chain partners
in their production networks to identify the source of this
problem, and do the needful.” – Dr. Bimal Arora, Honorary
Chairperson, CRB and Assistant Professor, Aston Business
School, UK
Concerned brands (L–R): Gagan Kapoor, Global Cotton Supply Chain Responsible, H&M; Claudia Kersten,
MD, GOTS; Bruno Van, PR, Sustainability and Internal Communication Manager; Stanley/Stella and Madhav
Lohia, Brand Head, SoulSpace
Gagan Kapoor, Global Cotton Supply Chain Responsible,
H&M shared that there is 89 to 90 per cent visibility across
H&M suppliers, while in cotton there is 100 per cent visibility.
Now the brand is going deeper into the supply chain by
getting involved at the farmer level. Stanley/Stella of
Belgium only works in organic cotton-based garments for the
B2B segment. Bruno Van, PR, Sustainability and Internal
Communication Manager of the company shared how being
sustainable has added more value to their business. “Though
B2B segment is majorly price-driven, more and more of our
clients are asking for social and environmental reference...
Saskia Loer Hansen, Pro Vice-Chancellor International, Aston University, UK speaking at the launch of the
PROGRESS project. With her are seen (from L–R): Arun Asthana, ED, CRB; Bouba Housseini, Programme
Officer, IDRC, Canada; Dr. Bimal Arora, Honorary Chairperson, CRB & Assistant Professor, Aston Business
School; and Prof. Pawan Budhwar, Associate Pro Vice Chancellor International (India), Aston University
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