February 2022

Executive Committee meeting of ISC

The Executive Committee (EC) meeting of International Sericultural Commission (ISC) for the year 2022 was held at Pattaya, Thailand on 21 May 2023 . The EC has approved the budget for the 2022 and also the plan of activities. Apart from the procedural approvals, the EC appreciated the effort of ISC for bringing out the book "The Chronicles of Silk". The EC has decided to constitute a Technical Committee to review the ISA method for testing and grading of raw silk (1995). The collaboration with ISU for LCA study of Silk was discussed.

26th ISC Conference

The Conference is the chief governing council of the ISC held once in three years wherein important and critical issues concerning the organization and the silk industry are reviewed and appropriate actions are initiated. Accordingly, the 26th Conference of ISC was held on 14 December 2021 on a virtual mode. The Conference witnessed the participation of delegates from ten member countries.

Natural Fibre Coalition - Campaign on Make the Label Count

ISC is a founder member of the global imitative namely “Natural Fibre Coalition”, initiated by International Wool Textile Organization (IWTO) and partnered by organizations of natural fibre industry. The main purpose of the coalition is to campaign with the European Union for including special qualities of natural fibres in the Product Environment Footprint (PEF) methodologies of EU. As part of this, a campaign “Make The Label Count (MTLC)” was launched on 13th October 2021.

Working Group Meeting on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study on Silk

ISC and International Silk Union, China have constituted a Working Group for developing global sustainability standards for silk. As part of this, the LCA study on silk would be undertaken in the important silk producing and consuming countries which would be later aggregated appropriately to derive the global silk standard. As part of the stated objectives, the first web meeting of the LCA Working Group was held on 18 January 2022.

Meeting with Ms. Clara Hardy, Sericyne, France

Ms. Clara hardy, France visited the sericulture areas and facilities in Mysore and Bangalore during 11-14 August 2023. A meeting was conducted with the officers of CSB and ISC to discuss about possible collaborations.

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