Do you felt, spin, weave, or knit? Do you dye or finish textiles? Integrating verified sustainable cotton from the Cotton made in Africa initiative into the production process is simple at these stages as well.
If your company has received an order for the production of fabrics with a CmiA label or you wish to be listed as a CmiA fabric supplier for your own reasons, without having received a specific order, the following simple steps need to be taken into account.
Register your company with ATAKORA Fördergesellschaft GmbH, the Aid by Trade Foundation’s marketing association. At this stage, you will be asked to provide additional information about your products and to appoint a contact person to administer their integration with CmiA.
After paying the registration fee, you as a fabric producer will receive a CmiA certificate valid for one year and be added to all relevant lists and databases as a CmiA supplier. Potential clients now know that they can purchase CmiA fabric from you.
Order the required amount of yarn, ensuring that the spinning mill you engage is registered with CmiA. Explicitly order CmiA yarn and regularly request that the spinning mill show you a valid CmiA certificate.
To ensure that Cotton made in Africa is traceable throughout the textile value chain, it is important that the association with Cotton made in Africa is recorded on all documents, including orders, contracts, and invoices.
As a fabric producer, you are required to report your CmiA yarn purchases and CmiA fabric sales to ATAKORA Fördergesellschaft GmbH every month.
Incomplete or incorrect monthly reports will result in the revocation of a previously valid certificate. This involves deletion from the corresponding databases and lists as well as a notice being sent to all CmiA partners. Re-registration is possible.
More detailed data and materials are available for download here, including registration forms and guidelines, the current list of CmiA spinning mills, Chain of Custody Guidelines, and links to the CmiA supply chain app for Android and iOS.
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Mohammod Yeasin Mahmud
Senior General Manager,Cotton made in Africa smooths the way for using sustainable raw materials in the mass market by providing you with advice and support for integration into existing procurement structures. Feel free to contact us by email at
Your contact persons
supplychain@abt-foundation.org.
