Jayakumar Gopalakrishnan, ASTM International's trainer and technical and services consultant for textiles in South Asia, was the chief guest and presenter at a technical forum on sustainability conducted by Natimeo (one of the component brands of Oxylane Group), a sporting goods company in Tiupur, India, on Jan. 8. Topics addressed by speakers at the event included sustainable products, processes and certification procedures.

In his address, Gopalakrishnan outlined ASTM's consensus-based process of standardization and invited Decathlon staff and other audience members to join Subcommittee D13.40 on Sustainability of Textiles, part of ASTM International Committee D13 on Textiles.