Rush is on for eco-friendly fair trade fabrics

0 Comments | AFP, February, 2007

PARIS (AFP) — As consumers wake up to global warming and globalisation, ethical issues are gaining ground and spinning more and more hard cash in the competitive world of international textiles.

Organic cottons along with fabrics spun from bamboo, soybean protein fibre, seaweed and ramie -- an ages old fibre crop used in mummy cloths in ancient Egypt -- took centre-stage at a major textile trade fair held in Paris this week, Texworld.

And textile ground-breaker Tencel one of the world's leading companies highlighting health and environmental concerns said business was on the up and up.

"Demand for organic cotton is gaining momentum," Ram Srinivasan, general manager marketing for Indian firm KG Denim Limited told AFP.

One of 830 exhibitors at the...