Workshop on cotton supply chain held

APTMA collaborates with WWF-Pakistan, Elevate to introduce YESS standard for technical managers of spinning mills

LAHORE:

The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) and the WWF-Pakistan in collaboration with Elevate organisation arranged a daylong workshop on traceability in Pakistan’s cotton supply chain with the introduction of Yarn Ethically & Sustainably Sourced (YESS) Standard for technical managers of spinning mills.

The objective of the workshop was to educate textile players on the YESS and assessment of supply chain actor’s due diligence efforts to identify and address risks of forced labour in cotton production.

APTMA Vice Chairman Asad Shafi briefed the WWF and Elevate teams about the APTMA as a premier organisation of the textile industry in Pakistan.

He said multiple local brands had established retail chains, asserting that global and indigenous demand for clothing had also increased many times, which required compliances.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 14^th, 2023.