Sourcery today announced the expansion of its Provisional Partnership Programme, which has proven successful in India and Pakistan, inviting up to ten front-runner and visionary denim mills, manufacturers and verticals from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Türkiye, and Italy as a Provisional Direct-to-Grower™ Manufacturer Partner. By adopting and taking the Direct-to-Grower approach, Provisional Partners will be able to “test-drive” Sourcery, buying cotton fibre directly from growers and selling denimr yarn and fabric to other Direct-to-Grower™ Partners, without any upfront membership fee.

Sourcery announced today its partnership with Rizq, a social enterprise in Pakistan that is focused on food security and sustainable futures for small-holder farmers. Together, they will onboard approximately 500 cotton farmers into Sourcery's Direct- to-Grower Programme. This partnership will allow Sourcery to pilot its Impact and Assurance Programme in Pakistan, which will empower Rizq farmers to earn additional income by collecting and selling primary data through the Sourcery Connect App.

Sourcery today announced the launch of its Impact and Assurance Programme, which offers a groundbreaking solution for primary data collection in the cotton value chain. The Programme brings unmatched transparency, traceability and trust to the cotton value chain by delivering harmonised regional-specific and third-party verified primary data. In launching this Programme, Sourcery aims to shift the impact paradigm of sustainable cotton by putting the power of data in the hands of growers, grower organisations and manufacturers. It offers a more robust, accurate, secure, equitable, and, therefore, scalable way of collecting verified primary data than anything available today–facilitated through the Sourcery Connect App developed in partnership with Bluenumber®.

Sourcery today welcomed ten (10) leading spinning mills and vertical manufacturers for apparel, denim and home textiles into its Direct-to-Grower™ Programme as Provisional Partners. These Partners, which include Markwell Spinning, Thiagarajar Mills, RSB Cottex, Leaspin Textiles, Sustainable Spinning & Commodities, L.S. Spinning Mills, S.A.AANANDAN MILL, Bio Spun, Bio Spinning and Pashupati Group have been selected out of over 100 applicants based on their commitment to quality, transparency, fairness and efficiency in trade. These new Partners, with a spinning capacity of over 400,000 spindles, have made minimum volume commitments on fibre to Sourcery’s Grower Partners, committing to transforming trade for good and driving demand in the market with Direct-to-Grower™ Partners throughout the entire cotton value chain.

The cotton industry in India continues to be in crisis due to significantly higher prices compared to international competitors, concerns about weak prospects for the new cotton crop, and reduced demand for yarn in global and local markets. According to the Cotton Association of India (CAI), cotton exports for the 2022-23 season have hit a record low of 1.5 million bales, reportedly the lowest in 18 years. This surge in prices has had a negative impact on the financial stability and competitiveness of local yarn producers in India.

OMAX COTSPIN Pvt. Ltd., one of the fastest growing textile companies renowned for its superior quality of Organic, BCI, Fairtrade and Recycled cotton yarn, has joined Sourcery’s Direct-to-Grower™ Programme that connects brands, manufacturers and growers who are committed to commercial and environmental excellence.

Embracing the vision of advancing commercial and environmental excellence, Sapphire has partnered with Sourcery, the full-service global sourcing solution, joining their transformative Direct-to-GrowerTM Programme.

Sourcery today announced that Rui Fontoura, leading fibre & raw material sourcing expert is joining the global sourcing platform as Global Brand Engagement Director. He is charged with engaging brands, retailers, and global importers to drive more transparency, shared responsibility, collaboration and traceability in their cotton value chains – transforming trade for good through Sourcery's Direct-to-Grower™ Programme.