The Wool Road: Supply Chain Sustainability
Sep 2, 2018 · 2 min read
The way it currently stands, the textile industry is not sustainable. The supply chains are too long, with fabric, yarn, and garments traveling thousands of miles before reaching you.
Let’s take a common merino wool supply chain as an example. Wool grown on a farm in Australia. Wool transferred from farm to wool broker. Wool broker to wool storage (or exporter). Exported to China. Scoured and combed in China. Superwash treatment in China. Exported to Italy. Dyed in Italy. Exported to Czech Republic. Spun in Czech Republic. Exported to Lithuania. Knit and…

