Can Pakistan Bridge the Gap in Organic Cotton s Supply and Demand? – Sourcing Journal sourcingjournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sourcingjournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
That reality serves as the motivation behind a new partnership between the blockchain-based platform and Pakistan-based denim mill Artistic Milliners, which teamed to launch a farm-to-garment cotton traceability solution. Through the partnership, all supply chain partners are digitally connected, allowing them to exchange data on one platform.
The project is part of the mill’s Milliner Cotton Initiative (MCI) and will digitize and track cotton shipments directly from farms in the Rahim Yar Khan of Pakistan, which in turn will compensate individual farmers for better cotton cultivation and picking practices. Artistic Milliners launched its MCI project in 2019 to promote visibility and women empowerment throughout the cotton supply chain. It also encompasses capacity building for ginners and promotes practices for mitigating extortion.
Artistic Milliners’ hydropower plants, Hydro I and Artistic Hydro II, will contribute a combined 521 GWh per year. According to Italian energy company ERG SpA, that’s enough energy to meet the demand of more than 133,000 homes. Both plants are located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, with Artistic I Hydro pulling from the Panjkora River and Artistic II Hydro pulling from the Ushu River.
The project will also include the development of wind and solar projects, as well as an operational wind farm.
Regulatory authorities are currently processing generation licenses and tariffs needed for the projects, and commercial operation is slated to begin by December 2027.