SFA – Sustainable Fibre Alliance (Sustainable Cashmere Standard)
The SFA’s Sustainable Cashmere Standard was established to tackle sustainability challenges in the production of cashmere, in particular: the welfare of the goats, the environmental impact of farming them and the social welfare of the herders who care for them.
SFA’S Sustainable Cashmere Standard
About the standard
The SFA certification follows a chain of custody model to provide traceability of cashmere from the herders in Mongolia and China all the way to the final product. The SFA standard is based on the Content Claim Standard by Textile Exchange, a standard supporting many other sustainability certifications and so adopted already by the industry.
Certify your cashmere with us!
Those companies seeking to gain certification against this standard can apply and start the process with Control Union.
The SFA Cashmere standard holds similarities to Control Union’s own Sustainable Fibre Programme (SFP), with the key differences being that the SFA Cashmere standard is focused specifically on Cashmere, whereas the SFP covers all animal based fibres, it is independently owned and it’s Code of Practice covers the fibre cleaning process.
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Would you like more specific information about our certification programs? If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us; we’d be delighted to hear from you.