Apparel Online India Magazine January 1st Issue 2019 | Page 34

SUSTAINABILITY
June 1-15
C&A Foundation’s
Cotton Trailblazers
event brings the
stakeholders of
organic cotton
on to a common
platform
SAVING WATER RESOURCES
March 16-31
April 16-30
At Freudenberg,
every drop counts…
“Our interventions have
resulted in a 21 per cent income
increase for farmers in MP,
despite a decrease in yields.”
– Anita Chester, Head of
Sustainable Raw Materials,
C&A Foundation
“Rapid growth has been
a priority in India to date.
Overall, sustainability and
the protection of resources
are only slowly gaining in
importance. However, with a
view to future generations,
we have a duty to focus
much more strongly on
waste prevention and
energy saving. Within half a
year, we were able to save
5,00,000 litres of water. That
may not sound like much,
but it’s an important start.”
– Sivasailam Gunasekaran,
Managing Director,
Freudenberg Performance
Materials, India
July 1-15
Freelook Fashions:
Saving through
sustainability
“There were many small
but very important points
that were taken care of
by good housekeeping
and waste control, and
which ultimately helped
plugging leakages, stopping
unnecessary spillages from
continuous running taps,
avoiding the overflow of
overhead tanks, etc. Regular
energy and waste audits
also helped the company to
become more sustainable
and friendlier, thus
increasing savings.”
– D Subaash Kumaar, VP,
Anugraha Fashion Mill
DIRECTIONS
“We feel that fashion has the
ability to transform lives…, so
our mission is to make fashion
a force for good. We want to
make the industry ‘good’ not
less bad…; the vision is to
make the industry regenerative
and restorative. In this pursuit,
we as a Foundation have the
unique role and ability to think
big, in the long-term and take
risks by making big bets on
what is good for the future…
We strongly feel that organic
cotton is something we need
to support, so we are in the
middle of an exciting revolution
for change, betting big on
organic cotton.”
Leslie Johnston, Executive
Director, C&A Foundation
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February 1-15
60th IIGF Review: Quality
buyers, though less footfall
Heimtextil spotlights bright
colours and textures as the
future direction for home
segment
3rd edition of GMMSA Expo:
Ludhiana’s knitting and
garment industry bet on
growth
F&A Review: Differentiation
with value, the secret of
success for fabric companies
April 16-30
New York Home Fashion
Market Week: Buzz indicates
strong US market for Home
Segment
May 1-15
Review: Fibers & Yarns,
Mumbai – Collaborative
innovations: The mantra
for growth for fibre & yarn
companies
June 1-15
Review IIKF: Tirupur’s Knit
Fair not ‘knitted’ properly
August 1-15
61st IIGF Review: The same
story: Neither enough buyers
nor much thrust on PD
Review: F&A, Delhi Visitation
was high and responsiveness
to new products indicates
improving market
December 16-31
Is Sustainable Luxury the New Luxury?
Supporting the trend,
according to a new data
called ‘Eco Pulse’ by Shelton
Group, “90 per cent of
millennials will buy from
a brand whose social and
environmental practices they
trust, while 95 per cent of
them will recommend that
brand to a friend.” Another
report states that “Millennials
spend US $ 600 billion per
year – a figure that’s expected
to grow to US $ 1.4 trillion,
which is 30 per cent of the
market – those numbers
have a huge significance
for brands.”
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August 16-31
Review: Denims & Jeans, India
Indian retail brands mark
strong interest in denimwear
September 1-15
Gartex 2018 Review: Visitors
from small cities throng the
show… Technology and
denim excite
GTE Bangalore: Good
visitation as industry is
looking to invest in technology
October 16-31
Review: Tex-India, Yarnex
Tirupur Textile companies
growing well and expanding
too