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.
Better Cotton is grown in 22 countries around the world and accounts for 22% of global cotton production. In the 2022-23 cotton season, 2.13 million licensed Better Cotton Farmers grew 5.47 million tonnes of Better Cotton.
Today Better Cotton has more than 2,700 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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Do you want to be involved in pioneering discussions about the future of sustainable cotton? Do you want to network with Better Cotton Members and hear directly from cotton farmers from across the globe?
This year, the annual Better Cotton Conference will be held online and in Istanbul, Türkiye – not just a cultural hub, but the largest city of a country with a rich history of cotton production and textile manufacturing.
The event will take place 26-27 June 2024, in-person at the Hilton Istanbul Bomonti Hotel & Conference Center. Our packed agenda will explore themes ranging from people to data – living incomes for farmers, gender equality, impacts of legislation on supply chains, opportunities created by traceability – just to name a few. The schedule will blend plenary meetings with breakout sessions, panels and interactive workshops. All plenary sessions will be streamed live for the online conference audience.
Our Better Cotton team based in Türkiye and our Strategic Partner, İyi Pamuk Uygulamaları Derneği (IPUD), are excited to convene so many stakeholders in their home country.
Türkiye, being a leading producer and consumer of cotton, is an attractive destination for the 2024 Better Cotton Conference. With centuries of cotton farming history, Türkiye is more than ready to welcome conference participants from all over the world.
Şükran Bayçura, General Manager at IPUD (İyi Pamuk Uygulamaları Derneği)
These two days will reflect how Better Cotton always approaches its work and mission – Meeting challenges head-on, and seeking to drive tangible impact.
The Better Cotton Conference is a unique opportunity to collaborate with key stakeholders, especially cotton farmers, to shape a sustainable future for the cotton industry. Let’s join forces to drive real impact at field level and across the entire supply chain.
Lisa Ventura, Public Affairs Manager at Better Cotton
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