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Following the Fabric Lifestyle: Textiles come full circle

by Maria Thiry, Senior Editor

Following the Fabric Lifestyle: Textiles come full circle

Russ McCann, president of Actio, a chemical tracking software firm, believes that the Global Reporting Initiative's (GRI) mission to promote transparency is a vital "framework for sustainable products."  The GRI's vision for industry is that "disclosure on economic, environmental, and social performance become as commonplace and comparable as financial reporting, and as important to organizational success."

"The company that produced the product is responsible for what happens to it at EOL (end of life). Plan for EOL in the design," says McCann.

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