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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We are pleased to announce that the public stakeholder consultation on the revision of the Better Cotton Principles and Criteria (P&Cs) is officially open! From today until 30 September, you can share your inputs on the draft of the proposed P&Cs through our online survey.
The public stakeholder consultation is a key step in ensuring that the P&Cs continue to strike the right balance between sustainability ambitions and feasibility of implementation at field level.
Everyone involved, concerned, or interested in Better Cotton activities is warmly encouraged to take part in our global survey. Your contribution helps us ensure that the needs and aspirations of all stakeholders are adequately represented and that the next version of our farm-level standard remains relevant and effective to drive field-level impact.
We are excited to be opening the revised P&C for public consultation, after many months of collaboration with our technical working groups and other stakeholders. The revised standard supports our 2030 Strategy and focuses on impact, with strengthened expectations around climate change, regenerative agriculture, smallholder livelihoods and decent work. It puts more emphasis on the needs of local farmers and workers and aims to reduce duplicative data and planning requirements.
Chelsea Reinhardt, Director of Standards & Assurance, Better Cotton
Visit the portal to find out more about the survey. This is a unique opportunity to help us shape our future standard and drive field-level change! You can also register for one of our upcoming webinars to learn more about the revision process.
Register for upcoming revision webinars
Date: Tuesday 2 August Time: 3:00 PM BST Duration: 1 hour Audience: Public
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