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COTTON CLUSTER

DELEGATES ATTEND

TextileExchange19

IN VANCOUVER

Anton Peters (Woolworths), Paulina Urben (Mr Price Sport), Allison Lloyd (Woolworths), Tanya Aucamp (Cotton SA),
Sadah Moodley (Edcon), Shaun Gannon (Mr Price Group), and Ian Taverner (SACC).

by Tanya Aucamp, Communication Specialist for Cotton SA

The 2019 Textile Exchange Sustainability members to drive industry transformation in
Conference, held in Vancouver, Canada during preferred fibres, integrity and standards, and to
October 2019, had the greatest turnout to date form responsible supply networks. It identifies
with over 900 registered attendees, including more and shares best practices regarding farming,
than 200 speakers from 46 countries representing materials, processing, traceability, and product
over 450 companies. TextileExchange19 was end-of-life cycle, to reduce the textile industry’s
the largest conference on the topic of sustainable impact on groundwater, soil, air, as well as on
textiles ever to be held in North America, and for the human population. It is committed to identify
the first time in its history it was recognised as barriers to growth and drives collective action to
being climate-neutral through a partnership with overcome these challenges.
South Pole 1 . Conference attendees were welcomed by two
Textile Exchange (TE) is a global non- members of the First Nations Musqueam Tribe 2
profit organisation that works closely with its with a blessing from Elder Rose Guerin and an

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