Annotations - animal welfare

This is the only cashmere brand that is Cradle to Cradle certified for their high standards focused on protecting the earth and basic human rights. As if all this weren’t incredible enough, Naadam also makes sure the goats get veterinary care on a yearly basis to prevent harmful diseases, and constantly looks for ways of offsetting their CO2 emissions.

Naadam is the first ethical and cruelty-free cashmere brand in the market! How are they doing it right? Beautifully and mindfully! All animals are hand-combed (not sheared!) and are cared for and treated humanely as a WAY OF LIFE, not merely a practice.

The "way of life" relates to #pastoralism-livestock-wellbeing but the agency here is attributed to Naadam, as opposed to the herders themselves. The implied claim is that these practices are new (humane treatment, mindfulness, combing), though they are positioned against something that is not explicitly spelled out (except for shearing, which does not actually apply to cashmere goats).

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he Group is also supporting the development of a certification system that will verify environmental, social and animal welfare outcomes

cf. the standard adopted in China

One of the first actions Kering took was to help improving goat-combing, in order to make the process cleaner and more efficient. Local herders have learned how to sort cashmere by quality, packing the different grades into cotton, rather than plastic bags. Cashmere fiber quality is also now being augmented through improving goat husbandry and breeding. The project also supports veterinary services to improve the health and condition of goats.

(as livestock health)

We want to highlight and draw attention to the nomadic people behind the raw materials, generating cruelty-free cashmere and yak fibers, while adding the Swiss sensibility for quality in the creation of lasting, exceptional products. The Swiss design component will ensure that our garment specifications, used for manufacture in Mongolia, yield high quality, functional and sustainable luxury for you.

Burberry is working to restore farmlands and promote animal welfare in the country. Almost 4,000 farming families have signed up to improve animal welfare standards and 48 range land managers have been employed to help engage farming families on how to change for the better. School children are also taught about cashmere farming to help encourage the next generation into the industry.

The spokesperson said: 'Challenges connected to the environment, animal welfare and traceability are all reasons why we've decided to phase out conventional cashmere.'

These are framed as "challenges", not specifically matters of urgent concern.

In an industry often criticized for waste and unsustainable practices, Loro Piana strives to maintain a virtuous circle for its excellent fabrics, based on animal welfare that produces pure, natural cashmere fibers.

note the connection between animal welfare and quality

The active involvement of animal-protection and environmental organisations is another key point in favour of the standard.

(animal-protection organizations) #eco-friendly (environmental organizations) #partnerships -- These partnering organizations lend authority to the standard.

PETER HAHN has been running a fully transparent cashmere supply chain for many years. Transparency is a good and important step — but only the first. And none of the existing standards comprehensively guaranteed animal protection.

the inclusion of animal welfare criteria is specific to this standard and perhaps a response to PETA activism?

Quality is our priority. Enforcing the strictest standards throughout the entire manufacturing process, from raw material to final product, enables us to offer our clients premium cashmere We are campaigning for the protection of animals and the environment and have always mad a point of complying with social standards.

#quality #standards (applied by the manufacturer)

using blockchain to trace cashmere would help to uplift the poor and marginalized, help

(corruption) #animal-welfare #ethical-sourcing -- These are strong claims that are asserted with reference to the Convergence report.

The mill works with purchases their raw cashmere wool from herders in Mongolia and Northern China, which is the natural habitat of cashmere goats. The yarn they produce meets the Detox Greenpeace standard, which means its free from harsh chemicals typically used in dyeing and finishing. “There is tremendous amount of greenwashing and false claims in the industry at the moment,” adds Monica. “We want to make sure our partners address both environmental and ethical aspects, from the provenance of the yarn and the way the animals are treated, to the dyeing and finishing practices, to energy and water consumption, industrial waste disposal and worker conditions.”

As with a lot of natural materials, sourcing those cashmere fibres can have a negative impact on the animals it comes from, and the planet, too. If the goats are sheared too soon in the year, they won’t have a thick enough coat to protect them from the elements. A higher demand for cheaper cashmere means more goats, and the land they live on is suffering because of that. More hungry goats means less grass, which can turn that once-green land into a desert. There’s a human impact, as well, with questionable conditions for the goat herders, and less pay as cashmere gets cheaper.

Erdos has been following a path of sustainability for decades, long before it became a fashion buzzword; commercial reality dictates that the company ensure that the horned animals have quality pastures to graze on. “It is natural for us to do, as we own the whole supply chain,” she says. “If the grassland is wrong, we are the victims. If the goats are good, we benefit from it, so it is in our interests to keep the grasslands well and to preserve the breed of the goats and to treat them well.”

Tina Stridde, managing director of AbTF, says, “The Good Cashmere Standard provides a standard for the important resource cashmere. It meets increased consumer demand consumers want to be certain that the textiles they purchase were produced in accordance with social and environmental standards and that no animals were harmed in the process.” The new standard now offers businesses their first opportunity to sell products made from certified, sustainable cashmere wool from Inner Mongolia. “The demand for The Good Cashmere Standard is correspondingly great. This sends an important signal t

Imagine a world where everything you buy will inevitably have a positive impact on the developing world, such as: ● helping to uplift the poor and marginalized ● aid in fighting corruption ● insurance of animal welfare ● guarantees of ethical sourcing

From the opening sentence of the report. This is a variation of #transformative-values , and potentially #consumer-self-awareness , but the appeal is directed to a consumer who has not already thought of these issues: the reader is invited to "imagine" a world, which assumes they have not already done so -- in the sense that they are not already committed to ethical consumerism. The projected future in which "everything you buy will inevitably have a positive impact on the developing world" implies a frictionless altruism, whereby the consumer can be comfortable with the knowledge that their product choices are "inevitably" good, without the need for deliberate engagement. #frictionless-ethical-consumerism The specific claims relate to #poverty-reduction , #governance , #animal-welfare , #ethical-sourcing

Kering says it’s also pressuring its networks of suppliers and sub-suppliers to open up about where exactly their raw materials come from, and imposing higher standards on ener

I wanted to share all the brands with you guys in a post, because they’re all cruelty-free, natural or sustainable! I’m always on a hunt for great natural beauty products or inspirational sustainable fashion/jewelry brands and if you’re in the same boat as me, def check out these tagged brands!

Different approaches to ethical trade.