Better Cotton is the world’s leading sustainability initiative for cotton. Our mission is to help cotton communities survive and thrive, while protecting and restoring the environment.
In just over 10 years we have become the world’s largest cotton sustainability programme. Our mission: to help cotton communities survive and thrive, while protecting and restoring the environment.
Today Better Cotton is grown in 25 countries around the world and accounts for 23% of global cotton production. In the 2019-20 cotton season, 2.4 million licensed farmers grew 6.2 million metric tonnes of Better Cotton.
Today Better Cotton has nearly 2,100 members, reflecting the breadth and diversity of the industry. Members of a global community that understands the mutual benefits of sustainable cotton farming. The moment you join, you become part of this too.
The founding premise of Better Cotton is that a healthy sustainable future for cotton and the people that farm it is in the interests of everyone connected with it.
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Our mission is to help cotton communities survive and thrive, while protecting and restoring the environment. Because we know the world doesn’t just need cotton, it needs Better Cotton.
Our mission is to help cotton communities survive and thrive, while protecting and restoring the environment. Because we know the world doesn’t just need cotton, it needs Better Cotton.
What is Better Cotton?
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Better for
Smallholders
...using the knowledge, support and resources we provide to grow cotton - and other crops - more sustainably
Better for
Farm Workers
...who benefit from improved working conditions and a higher standard of living
Better for
Farming Communities
...where inequalities are confronted and women become more empowered.
Slide 2
Better for
large farms
...whose investment in sustainability is recognised, ensuring they can meet buyers’ demands and safeguard their markets.
Better for
suppliers and manufacturers
...that understand when they meet customer demand for sustainably-sourced products, they grow their businesses.
Better for
retailers and brands
...who can combine stable, long-term sources of sustainable cotton with doing the right thing (for both people and planet).
Slide 3
Better for
consumers
...who, from a glance at a logo,
know their clothes are also made with moral fibre.
Better for
civil society organisations
...that can use our platform to continue the drive for more ethical and more transparent behaviour across the sector.
Better for
donors
...because all their funding goes straight to the farms and communities where it can have a real impact.
Slide 4
Better for
governments
...that can draw on our expertise and resources to plot a nationwide path to sustainability
Better for
the world
...that we all live in and must all take better care of.
Better for
The journey
...to a truly sustainable future continues. There will be no let-up. It’s the only way we can all be part of something better.
From the group of visionary organisations that realised cotton needed a sustainable future to one of the world’s leading sustainability initiatives, the Better Cotton story continues. Last year 2.4 million Better Cotton farmers produced 6.2 million tonnes of Better Cotton, or 23% of the world’s cotton production.
Read the 2020 Annual Report and discover how we’re taking the next strides on our mission to a truly sustainable future.
Impact is what we all want to see in sustainability. For us at Better Cotton, it’s why we exist.
Read this report to see the latest field-level data and evaluate how licensed Better Cotton Farmers in five countries performed on environmental, social, and economic criteria. Hear from Retailer and Brand Members about their sustainability sourcing, along with other updates on important initiatives.
Do you want to know what the largest cotton sustainability programme in the world is up to? Keep up to date with the latest developments and hear from BCI Farmers, Partners and Members in the new BCI Quarterly Newsletter. BCI Members also receive a Monthly Member Update.
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This year’s theme is Climate Action and we will explore a range of topics, including regenerative agriculture, traceability, gender equality, climate change capacity building and more. Register today!
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