Sustainable Living 2023

76 Sustainable Living - 2023 catalogue Why organic cotton? Organic cotton is obtained from a type of cultivation that does not involve the use of artificial fertilizers and chemical pesticides. Organic farming systems have the potential to sustain and promote the health of soils, ecosystems, and people by relying on ecological processes, biodiversity, and cycles that are adapted to local conditions, rather than using external inputs that could have adverse effects on the environment and on people10. The fabric, therefore, has the same quality as conventional cotton but the impact on the environment is much lower11. 10https://textileexchange.org/app/uploads/2022/10/Textile-Exchange_OCMR_2022.pdf 11Scores of the potential impact on global warming, eutrophication, water scarcity, resource depletion and chemistry based on Higg MSI 3.3 data on Higg.org. These are general and average data, which have no direct link with the production process of Utopic articles. Utopic organic

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