Press release
4 September 2025
Welcome to a global community of farmers, brands and people like you united by a need for cotton that supports livelihoods and nature.
Our mission is to help cotton communities survive and thrive, while protecting and restoring the environment.
This standard is a rigorous, accountable and transparent approach to more sustainable cotton farming.
For a sustainable future, women should be autonomous and have a continuous source of income.
Amina's full story
The soil itself indicates what it needs. We must meet the soil's needs.
Yogeshbhai's full story
We want to cultivate and take good care of the land so we can pass it on to our children.
We can reduce the use of fertilisers and cut down on spraying the crops, so that the environment benefits.
Abdur’s full story
From farmers to fashion brands, our global network is working together to improve cotton farming for communities and nature.
Our movement has transformed the lives of cotton farming communities, empowering them to become trusted stewards of their environment. It has enabled global fashion brands to contribute in impactful ways.
of global cotton production is BCI cotton
million MT of BCI Cotton produced in 2023–24 season
countries where BCI Cotton is grown
supplier sites able to source physical BCI Cotton
organisations sourcing through the BCI Platform
We continue to train an ever-growing network in more sustainable farming practices. Not only farmers, but farm workers and all those connected with the growing of cotton.
We have a network of over 50 partners working with farmers on the ground. As a multistakeholder initiative, we work with donors, civil society organisations, governments and other sustainability initiatives too.
With the assistance of these partners, we continue to refine our understanding of the diverse needs of farming communities in order to maximise the impact of our programmes at field level and promote better farming.
Growth is key to our aim of making BCI Cotton a global, mainstream, sustainable commodity. This relies on it being produced at scale, so by 2030 we want to have doubled BCI Cotton production.
We have a 10-year strategy mapped out to transform cotton farming. Five years in, we’re seeing real progress against our impact targets – improving farmer livelihoods, advancing climate resilience and promoting sustainable practices.
The BCI Cotton label is the assurance consumers need that your product contains cotton produced by farmers certified to the BCI Standard.
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