Authored By Garry Bell, VP, Corporate Communications and Marketing at Gildan
Left to Right: Dr. Jesse Daystar (Duke Center for Sustainability and Commerce), Dr. Keerti Rathore (Texas A&M University), Bryan Dill (Archroma, Inc.), Garry Bell (Gildan Activewear), Edward Hertzman (Hertzman Media, Moderator).
Recently, Cotton Inc. organized a workshop in New York City entitled “Everything You’ve Heard About Cotton is Wrong,” co-hosted by Sourcing Journal and moderated by Hertzman Media Group founder Edward Hertzman. Garry Bell, VP, Corporate Communications and Marketing at Gildan participated in a panel discussion during which many of the popular myths around the use of cotton where debunked. During the discussion, he shared with the audience Gildan’s experience as a vertically-integrated manufacturer that understands how to best ‘connect all the dots’ to achieve levels of sustainable performance that are not possible when operating in silos.
