Parliamentary reception, London, 11.09.18
House of Commons, Westminster, London Tuesday, September 11, 2018, 18.00 -21.00 Sustainable Fibre Alliance and Mongolian British Chamber of Commerce in association with the All Party Parliamentary...
View ArticleSustainability in the Cashmere Sector Conference, 23.05.19
Thu, May 23, 2019 10:00 – Sun, May 26, 2019 17:00, Blue Sky Hotel, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. A multi-stakeholder conference bringing together representatives of the cashmere supply chain and wider...
View ArticleExhibition, London Design Biennale, 04.09.18
Tue, Sep 4, 2018 – Mon, Sep 24, 2018 18:00, London Design Biennale. For more information, visit http://www.londondesignbiennale.com Sustainable Fibre Alliance is representing Mongolia and Cashmere...
View ArticleAnimal Welfare Working Group, 04.06.20
Thursday 4th June 2020: 10:30 – 12:10. BST, Webinar. As part of the webinar, Zara Morris-Trainor gave a presentation explaining the differences between the pastoral and farm-based systems in the...
View ArticleCovid-19 Action Plan
The economic impacts of Covid-19 on herding families are considerable and concerning. The fall in demand for cashmere caused a fall of up to 60% (compared to last year’s average price of raw cashmere)....
View ArticleSustainable Cashmere Working Group Meeting, 28.04.20
Tuesday, 28th April 2020, Webinar, Time: 10.30 – 13:00 pm BST With a total of 40 attendants, we heard from a wide range of perspectives about the impacts of Covid-19 on the sector and how the SFA can...
View ArticleSFA X ICCAW Inner Mongolia Collaboration
SFA is proud to announce that we have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the International Cooperation Committee on Animal Welfare (ICCAW) to cooperate in jointly developing and implementing a...
View ArticleThe Chain of Custody has started!
SFA Chain of Custody Standard Update November 2023 The SFA (Sustainable Fibre Alliance) has now opened public consultation on our draft SFA Chain of Custody Standard. We are seeking feedback on the new...
View ArticleGood Herding Podcasts
May 2020 This month the SFA Mongolia team has released the first podcast in a series on good herding practices, during cashmere season. This is just one in a series of new ways that the SFA in Mongolia...
View ArticlePublic Consultation on SFA x ICCAW Goat Welfare Code of Practice now open…
The first round of public consultation is now open until the 16th October please follow the link for the public summary.
View ArticlePublic Consultation on Clean Fibre Processing (review) is now open…
The public consultation on the review of The Clean Fibre Processing Code of Practice is open until September 30th. Click here to access the public summary and relevant documents.
View ArticleProposal for an ‘International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists’
Grasslands are fundamental to the cashmere supply chain and the Mongolian government is proposing an International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists. Here’s a short film about pastoralists around the...
View ArticleHerders Receive Business Development Training
As part of the SFA’s Covid-19 Action Plan, a two-day Business Development Training for Herding Organisations has been held this week in Ulaanbaatar. The aim was to develop business management capacity...
View ArticleHerder training in Inner Mongolia begins!
In September, an on-going series of herder training began in the joint SFA x ICCAW Code of Practice in Cashmere Goat Welfare. The training began in Erdos City and the Yingen Sumu area of Inner Mongolia...
View ArticleNomadic Herders meet with luxury cashmere brands
SFA herders met online with representatives of leading luxury brands to discuss the major issues affecting the cashmere sector this year, including the impact of Covid-19, this summer’s drought, fibre...
View ArticleRound Two of Public Consultation on Clean Fibre Processing (review) is now open…
Round two of the Clean Fibre Processing Code of Practice review is now open until 31st January 2021 for your feedback. More information can be found here.
View ArticleRound Two of Public Consultation on SFA-ICCAW Cashmere Goat Welfare Code of...
Round two of the Public Consultation for the joint SFA-ICCAW Code of Practice development is now open for feedback until 12pm on 15th February 2021. More information can be found here.
View ArticleSave the Date – Sustainability in the Cashmere Sector Conference 2021
This September the SFA will be hosting a two part conference to explore Sustainability in the Cashmere Sector. Join us from 8-11th of September for our Ulaanbaatar Conference and from 14-16th for our...
View ArticleRegister your interest in our Mongolia Chain of Custody
Interested in purchasing SFA Certified Cashmere from Mongolia this year? Register your interest HERE by April 12 and we will get back to you with more information and the official participant forms....
View ArticleDon’t Miss Wool Connect, September 7-9
Wool Connect Online Grower Conference taking place on 07-09 September 2021 On 07-09 September 2021, The Schneider Group is organising its second edition of the Wool Connect Online Grower Conference....
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