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[ MARKETS ] ADVANCED TEXTILES
 Speaking of sustainability
at Expo's Advanced Textile
Confernce last fall are, (from left
to right) Ben Mead, managing
director of Hohenstein Institute
America; Meredith Boyd, senior
VP of Technology, Innovation
& Sustainability at Unifi
Manufacturing; Lauren Choi,
founder and CEO of The New Norm
Fabric; and Stephanie Rodgers,
director of Advanced Product
Development at Apex Mills.
Photo: Devin Steele.
Environmentally
speaking
Industry leaders discuss
key sustainability issues
at IFAI Expo 2021.
by Marie O'Mahony
W
E ARE STANDING AT AN INFLECTION POINT IN
world history. We can create an environment that raises
the standard of living around the world, " President
Joseph Biden said in his speech at COP26, the 2021 United Nations
Climate Change Conference. " This is a moral imperative, and it is
also an economic imperative. "
As world leaders came together in Glasgow to grapple with
climate change, the textile industry gathered at IFAI Expo 2021
to consider how it is stepping up on the issue.
At Expo's Advanced Textile Conference, a sustainability panel
moderated by Apex Mills' Stephanie Rodgers, included industry
specialists and sustainability advocates Meredith Boyd, senior
vice president of Technology, Innovation & Sustainability at Unifi
Manufacturing; Lauren Choi, founder and CEO of The New Norm
Fabric; and Ben Mead, managing director of Hohenstein Institute
America. They represented a cross section of the speciality fabrics
industry, contributing a brief overview of their own experiences
before embarking on a wider discussion of the progress made by
the industry, as well as the challenges ahead.
Action not words
While almost every advanced textile manufacturer now has
established an environmental policy, it is the follow-through actions
that matter in the end. Even the British monarch, Queen Elizabeth,
was overheard expressing her frustration at those who " talk " but
" don't do " regarding climate change issues.
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