During this webinar we will explain BCI’s Better Cotton Chain of Custody Guidelines and how the Better Cotton Platform works. This webinar is for BCI Retailer and Brand Members that are new to our system.

Please select your preferred webinar date and time below.

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Wednesday, 14 November 2018

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CET

Register here.

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Friday, 30 November 2018

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CET

Register here.

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Join BCI in Colombo, Sri Lanka, for an introduction to BCI and Better Cotton.

Date: 15 – 16 November, 2018

This public event is open to the entire cotton sector.

For more details and to register click here.

Save the date!

Mark your calendars for BCI’s 2019 Global Cotton Sustainability Conference, which will take place in the textile sourcing hub of Shanghai, China.

Date: 11- 13 June, 2019

Online registration, agenda and more details are available here.

If you want to know what to expect at the conference, take a look at our 2018 highlights in our new video. You can also find a detailed recap of the 2018 conference here.

BCI is an official Supporting Organisation for ITMA 2019, the world’s largest international textile and garment technology exhibition. The exhibition will take place from 20 – 26 June 2019 in Barcelona, Spain.

Through this partnership, BCI will host a ‘BCI Seminar: Scaling More Sustainable Cotton through Collaboration’ at ITMA 2019, on 25 June 2019. A detailed agenda and more information will be available in mid-2018.

BCI Members have access to discounted registration for ITMA 2019 as part of the seminar. If you are interested in attending please email us at membership@bettercotton.org.

More information about ITMA 2019 is online.

BCI 2018 Global Cotton Conference

The 2018 Global Cotton Conference was BCI’s largest event to date, with more than 340 attendees from 35 countries. BCI is grateful for the enthusiastic participation and support of all attendees, speakers, panelists, leaders of breakout sessions, exhibitors and sponsors.

Access a summary and further details here.

2018 Regional Members’ Meetings

The BCI Regional Members’ Meetings are the perfect opportunity for networking with fellow BCI Members across the cotton supply chain. Members include ginners; cotton traders; spinners; fabric and garment mills; and retailers and brands.

• New Delhi, India: Tuesday 14 August 2018
• Dhaka, Bangladesh: Tuesday 25 September

25 September 2018: BCI Regional Members Meeting, Dhaka, Bangladesh

 

 

2018 Retailer and Brand Member Workshops

• Karachi, Pakistan: Tuesday 9 October 2018

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BCI 2017 Global Cotton Conference

Thank you to the 294 attendees from 37 countries who joined us in Berlin for the first BCI Global Cotton Conference. This conference successfully brought the entire sector together to shape a more sustainable future for the cotton industry. Review the agenda for a snapshot of the content.

2017 Retailer and Brand Member Workshops

Our goal at BCI is to support our Retailer and Brand Members to reach 1,000,000 MT of Better Cotton uptake in 2017. One mechanism to support this uptake is our facilitating peer-to-peer workshops, where active BCI Brand Members learn from each other and discuss how to unlock barriers for sourcing Better Cotton.

2017 workshops:

• Dhaka, Bangladesh: Tuesday, 28 March 2017
• Bengaluru, India: Friday, 31 March 2017
• Hong Kong, China: Friday, 07 April 2017
• New York, United States: Friday, 17 November 2017

2017 Regional Member Meetings

The BCI Regional Member Meetings are the perfect opportunity for networking with fellow BCI Members across the cotton supply chain. Members include ginners; cotton traders; spinners; fabric and garment mills; and retailers and brands.

2017 meetings:

• New Delhi, India: Monday, 18 September 2017
• Lahore, Pakistan: Wednesday, 25 October 2017
• Dhaka, Bangladesh: Wednesday, 8 November 2017
• Shanghai, China: Thursday, 9 November 2017