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Freudenberg shoe components certified to GRS
Company’s materials are widely used by leading global sports brands.
20th May 2021
Freudenberg Performance Materials has completed the Global Recycled Standard (GRS) certification process for its nonwoven shoe components manufactured in Asia.
All Freudenberg Far Eastern Spunweb sites were certified by Control Union Certifications and the company is therefore a confirmed supplier of sustainable shoe components. These include strobel insoles made of 100% recycled polyester which are lightweight, binder-free and generate low waste during cutting.
The GRS certification recognises the share of recycled materials in Freudenberg Far Eastern Spunweb’s eyelet reinforcements and lightweight strobels. This enables the supplier to support customers in calculating the total amount of recycled material in shoes. The company’s GRS-certified materials are widely used by leading global sport brands, especially in running and lifestyle shoes, to
Popular menswear brand, Crocodile, was awarded at the SLIM Digi Awards 2.0, earning for itself a seat among the country’s most successful brands, all recognised for the effective implementation of their digital campaigns. The highly-anticipated annual awards ceremony, held on 21 January 2021, highlighted digital excellence in the marketing arena.
Among many contenders for the title in the Retail category, Crocodile’s #Upgrade campaign was awarded for the coveted ‘Best Integrated Digital Marketing Campaign’. The campaign was created with the premise of exploring the menswear specialist’s success in the Sri Lankan market, with a key focus on the impact and outcomes of the digital marketing strategy of the brand.
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D’las International, first Lankan company to obtain COSMOS organic certification Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
D’las International (Pvt) Ltd, one of the leading manufacturers of fine fragrances and natural body care products in Sri Lanka, made history by obtaining internationally recognized COSMOS organic certification for its high-end products range and became the first company in the Island to own such certification awarded by Control Union, a globally recognized certification body based in the Netherlands.
COSMOS (Cosmetic Organic Standard) is a worldwide private standard that adheres to principles such as promoting the use of ingredients from organic farming, using environmentally sound and healthy production and manufacturing processes and expanding the concept of ‘green chemicals’.
The search for fashion supply chain transparency
How can brands and retailers overcome traceability challenges to map exactly where their raw materials are coming from?
The fashion industry s notoriously long, fragmented and opaque supply chains can conceal human rights and environmental abuses. The Modern Slavery Act 2015 was introduced to try to make companies responsible for ensuring their supply chains were free from exploitation, but it was not until last month that the government announced financial penalties for those that fail to comply (box below).
The government s action follows a December BBC exposé of the forced labour of Uyghur Muslim people in the cotton industry in the Xinjiang region of western China. Several UK retailers, including Marks & Spencer, Next, and Tesco, banned the use of raw cotton from Xinjiang as a result.