Why sustainable fashion is not a fad, but the future - and what cotton is doing about it

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Alan McClay, CEO, Better Cotton

No-one puts ‘cotton' on their Christmas wish-list, but that won't stop this ubiquitous fibre appearing inside millions of gift-wrapped parcels this festive season. While synthetic fibres have been on...

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