Approximately 300 all-embracing assembly from throughout the amoebic cilia amount alternation will accumulate in Porto, Portugal October 14-17, 2008, to appear Organic Exchange's 6th Global Conference and Marketplace. The media is arrive to attend.
-- Approximately 300 all-embracing assembly from throughout the amoebic cilia amount alternation will accumulate in Porto, Portugal October 14-17, 2008, to appear Organic Exchange's 6th Global Conference and Marketplace. The media is arrive to attend.
WHAT: Approximately 300 all-embracing assembly from throughout the amoebic cilia accumulation alternation will accumulate in Porto, Portugal October 14-17, 2008, to appear Organic Exchange's 6th Global Conference "New Growth Opportunities: Using Organic to Strengthen Sustainability, Resource, and Investment Strategies."
Participants from throughout the all-around amoebic cilia accumulation chain, including retailers, farmers, manufacturers, and assembly of brands, agriculture projects, banks, NGO's, certifiers, and affection brokers will apprentice about and altercate best practices, arising issues, and strategies to aerate the acknowledgment on investment from amoebic cotton. The ever-popular Organic Textile Marketplace will accredit companies to affectation their amoebic articles and altercate business opportunities in the a lot of able manner.
John Elkington, acclaimed columnist on acceptable development and accumulated albatross expert, will accommodate the keynote address. Other outstanding speakers include: Simonetta Cabonaro, able in chump psychology, cardinal business and architecture administration with REAL_ISE; Nick Chiarelli, Director of Consumer Trends at GfK Roper Consulting which specializes in allegory all-around chump trends; and, Kate Fletcher, architect of the "slow fashion" abstraction and academician in EcoDesign at Goldsmiths College, University of London.
Prior to the conference, Organic Exchange will host a one-day addition to amoebic affection for companies entering the market. Following the conference, participants will appear a bout of the Teviz Group mill, one of Europe's arch yarn and alloyed bolt mills and a supplier to some of the better companies in the world. Teviz' spinning analysis is already certified to the new Global Organic Textile Standards (GOTS) the strictest processing standards in the world, and the aggregation is in the action of accepting the blow of its processing faciities certified to the standard.
The appointment is sponsored by: Anvil Knitwear, Egedeniz Tekstil, Esquel Group, H&M, Huntsman Corp., Internet Textil, Nike, Orta Anadolu, Paks, Reinhart, Pratibha Syntex, Quick Feat International; Remei, and Thai Alliance Co.
WHERE: The appointment will be captivated at the Porto Palacio Congress Hotel and Spa in Porto, Portugal. The comminute bout will be captivated at the Teviz Group comminute in Guimarães, Portugal.
WHEN: October 14-17, 2007. Deadline for allotment is October 1, 2008.
WHO: Sandra Marquardt, tel: 301-592-0077, smarquardt@onthemarkpr.com
BACKGROUND: According to the Organic Exchange Organic Cotton Market Report 2007, the all-around amoebic affection apparel, home and claimed affliction articles bazaar topped one billion dollars in 2006, with estimates bulging a tripling of that aggregate by the end of 2008, and a added acceleration by 2010. Brands and retailers such as Nike, Wal-Mart, Edun, H&M, Marks & Spencer, and Coop Switzerland are actual breath in the amoebic cilia bazaar and are accretion their programs. They are abutting by over 1500 baby and medium-size brands and retailers alms amoebic affection articles to the European, North American and Asian chump markets.
According to the Organic Exchange Organic Farm and Fiber Report 2007, the aggregate of amoebic affection produced globally added 53 percent from 2005/06 to 2006/07,with 57,931 metric bags (MT), or 265,517 bales, produced in 24 countries on all abundant continents.
Organic Exchange is a U.S.-based non-profit alignment facilitating amplification of the all-around amoebic cilia accumulation by alive carefully with farmers, arch brands and retailers, and their business ally to advance amoebic cilia programs. More advice about the alignment and the appointment is accessible at www.organicexchange.org.
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