Annotations - livestock health

  1. Jiang, Yaling. “Good Company_ Naadam’s Cashmere Knitwear Makes Sustainable Fashion Accessible - Barron’s.Pdf,” February 20, 2020. file:///media/fuse/drivefs-5270445a9ca678cd76ff68098e3ee951/root/odea-collections/cashmere-discourse-analysis/data/web/Barrons_Good-Company-Naadams-Cashmere-Knitwear-Makes-Sustainable-Fashion-Accessible.SRC.50751256-2483-4f0e-9fdd-5d199d6975b9.html.

    Through the Gobi Revival Fund, the company has invested in veterinary care for more than 1 million animals and provides sustainable breeding programs. It also fenced off 500 square miles of Gobi Desert as a protected food source for 100,000 goats and fresh pasture for over 1,000 herders every year, according to the company’s website.

  2. Munkhzul, A. “Global Brands and Manufacturers Show Interest in Mongolian Cashmere.” MONTSAME News Agency, June 13, 2019. https://montsame.mn/en/read/192712.

    Representative of H&M Asia Sherry Gu said, “Some large scale international brands have recently begun to stop production that is not environmentally friendly and violates animal rights. However, this does not mean that cashmere products will come to a complete halt. We are ready to purchase cashmere at a high price from Mongolia if it is prepared in a sustainable way, such as being environmentally friendly, and taken from healthy livestock without child labor.

    (high price)