Organic Cotton Flashcards
How much more sustainable is organic cotton vs. conventional?
Kering’s Environmental Profiting and Loss accounting analysis revealed that organic cotton’s impact on the environment is 80% less than conventional cotton.
Organic Cotton decreases water pollution by what percentage?
98%
Organic Cotton decreases greenhouse gas emissions by what percentage?
94%
Organic Cotton decreases primary energy demand by what percentage?
62% (TSA)
How many more kgs of atmospheric carbon per hectare does Organic Cotton sequester than conventional cotton?
Organic cotton sequesters 450 kg more atmospheric carbon per hectare than conventional cotton (The Soil Association)
1 hectare equals how many acres?
~2.5 acres
What % of pesticides does conventional cotton contribute to?
Conventional cotton contributes to 6% of the world’s use of pesticides (Pesticide Action Network UK).
This is more than any single crop.
What % does organic cotton contribute to in total global fibre production?
24.7% roughly a quarter (TSA)
What consists of natural biological pests?
? corn?
How many SDGs does organic cotton contribute to?
According to Textile Exchange, organic cotton has the capacity of touching all 17 SDGs
What does OCS stand for? And what is the scope of the certification?
What is the minimum use of organic content that can quality for OCS?
OCS stands for Organic Content Standard and the scope is to provide transparency and consistency for organic content claims. To ensure volume reconciliation and that organic raw material is stored and processed separately from conventional materials.
Minimum quantity is 5%
What is the difference between OCS and OCS 100?
OCS blended covers the processing, manufacturing, packaging, labelling, trading and distribution of a product that contains at least 5% certified ‘organic’ materials, OCS 100 takes covers same processing steps in goods containing 95% to 100% organic material.
https: //certifications.controlunion.com/en/certification-programs/certification-programs/ocs-100-organic-content-standard
https: //certifications.controlunion.com/en/textile-faq
What is the difference between OCS and GOTS?
While GOTS is a comprehensive standard for a ‘full product claim’ that is setting detailed environmental and social criteria throughout the entire textile supply chain for textiles using a minimum of 70% organic fibres, OCS (Organic Content Standard; previously OE 100 and Blended Standards - issued by Textile Exchange) traces the organic fibre flow throughout the entire textile supply chain to allow a corresponding organic ‘fibre claim’ in the final textile product without adding environmental or social criteria in processing.
Brands and retailers may use OCS as a stepping stone to GOTS (e.g. a certification to cover tracking and handling while supply chains organize themselves to comply with GOTS).
Many companies in the supply chain even choose to be certified to both standards - GOTS and OCS - so that they can better meet the needs of their customers. There may be cases where a specific product cannot meet all demanding processing requirements of GOTS (eg: because not all dyestuffs and auxiliaries used can comply with GOTS processing criteria or the minimum percentage of 70% organic fibres is not met). In that case the product could still be certified to OCS, which still allows verification and a labelling possibility for the organic fibre content. GOTS and OCS may therefore be seen as complementary rather than competing certification systems.
1 ton is equivalent to how many kgs?
1 ton = 907 kg
What is the difference between the calculation of sequestering CO2 and carbon?
reference point
How much co2 does an acre of grass absorb?
Our average organic matter in 2002 was 4.1 percent, in 2004 it was 7.0 percent, and in 2007 it was 8.3 percent. According to Rayburn’s calculations based on a 2-inch deep sample, over five years (2002-2007) we had sequestered 15 tons of CO2 per acre or four tons of carbon per acre.
