Cotton Has Its Own Day Now
Since 2019 World Cotton Day is celebrated on the 7th of October for its importance economically and socially. The world uses more cotton than any other fiber and all parts …
It’s Cotton Harvest Time in Egypt
Egypt is specialized in certain breeds of cotton and they are some of the best in the world: Giza 45 and Giza 92. In cooperation with contracted farmers, SEKEM cultivates …
Beautiful Baby and Children Textiles Now Available at SEKEM Shop
From now on, the SEKEM Shop in Germany also offers a first selection of textiles: colorful baby and children’s clothing as well as dolls and stuffed animals made from the …
SEKEM Celebrates its Organic Cotton Harvest 2018
With its committed farmers in Damietta governorate, SEKEM celebrated the harvest of its Organic cotton for the second year in a row. This initiative started 2017 together with the cooperation with the UNIDO …
SEKEM Cooperates in UNIDO’s Egyptian Cotton Project
After a successful yield of Organic cotton that SEKEM celebrated last year, the pioneer of Egypt’s organic cotton collaborates again in 2018, with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) …
German Brand Award for NatureTex Partner “People Wear Organic”
The brands “People Wear Organic” (PWO) and “biobaby“, whose textiles are mainly produced by SEKEM‘s company NatureTex, were awarded three times by the “German Brand Award 2018“: The natural textile …
SEKEM Celebrates Harvesting its Organic Cotton in Damietta and New Cooperation
In a special event, SEKEM celebrates its organic cotton harvest with its new contracted farmers in Damietta Governorate, located 200 kilometers north from Cairo. In Kafr Saad, a small village …
Egypt’s Organic Cotton Pioneer Guarantees a Closed Value Chain
SEKEM had not only been pioneering Organic cotton in Egypt, the initiative also guarantees a closed value chain, which is quite unique worldwide. Hence, SEKEM can determine the conditions of …
Opening of New NatureTex-Outlet
Excitement is filling the air at SEKEM nowadays. The reason: a new Organic & More Outlet store has opened in Cairo. The shop offers various products of NatureTex, SEKEMs Company …
SEKEM at the “Organic Cotton Round Table” in Hamburg
One of the greatest achievements of the SEKEM Initiative was the change of a law in Egypt, which made it possible to abolish the established practice of spraying chemical pesticides …