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Cotton cultivation takes place in a rural context and the agricultural sector is quite remote from the realities of the fashion industry and on which brands often feel that they have limited influence. The cotton value chain is a long and complex one. How can one ensure that due diligence regulations will not inadvertently exclude smallholder cotton farmers from global value chains? The first in a series.

The only true way to guarantee traceability and transparency is by connecting the physical traced fibre with the digital (blockchain). And, it is being done!

Impetus Portugal - Texteis SA is one of the leading manufacturers, suppliers and producers of a wide range of apparel in Portugal. Ricardo Figueiredo, Administrator at Impetus Group, talks about the ways in which the Group has been trying to emerge out of the COVID-19 pandemic.