In 2018, BCI launched a project to revise the Better Cotton Assurance Programme – a key component of the Better Cotton Standard System that involves regular farm assessments to ensure that the Better Cotton Principles and Criteria are adhered …
The Better Cotton Assurance Programme is a key component of the Better Cotton Standard System. It involves farmers participating in a continuous cycle of learning and improvement, and it forms the central mechanism for assessing whether farmers can grow and …
The Better Cotton Assurance Programme is a key component of the Better Cotton Standard System. It involves farmers participating in a continuous cycle of learning and improvement, and it forms the central mechanism for assessing whether farmers can grow …
As the 2024 cotton season begins in Pakistan, Better Cotton is kicking off a new project to digitalise field data collection in the country.
By Leyla Shamchiyeva, Senior Decent Work Manager at Better Cotton At Better Cotton, one of the core elements of our standard is our Assurance Programme, which ensures that only farms that meet all the core requirements of our Principles and …
How does Better Cotton monitor labour and human rights conditions in countries where our cotton is grown? In order to assess labour and human rights conditions across Better Cotton producing countries, we have developed a risk analysis tool. The tool …
In May 2023, Better Cotton published the Chain of Custody (CoC) Standard v1.0, which sets auditable requirements for organisations in the supply chain that are buying or selling Physical (also known as Traceable) Better Cotton, or cotton-containing products as Better …
Better Cotton will today inaugurate the launch of a strategic partnership in Spain by hosting a multistakeholder event in Seville. The meeting will convene the Interprofessional Cotton Association (Espalgodon) and the Regional Government of Andalucia – two stakeholders that have …
By Alessandra Barbarewicz, Senior Standards & Assurance Officer, Better Cotton Gender equality is critical to advancing progress across all sustainability outcomes. This is especially true in the cotton sector, where women play a significant role in production. Increasing gender equality …
By Lena Staafgard, COO, Better Cotton This article was first published by WWD on 21 June The past decade has seen a growing demand from consumers to know that the food in their fridges and the clothes in their wardrobes …
As part of our 2030 Strategy, we launched Better Cotton Traceability at the end of 2023. Better Cotton Traceability makes it possible to trace Better Cotton back to its country of origin using the Better Cotton Platform (BCP). With the …
By Natalie Ernst, Farm Sustainability Standards Manager at Better Cotton At Better Cotton, we recently announced that we have completed the latest revision of our Principles and Criteria (P&C). The P&C is our farm-level standard, setting the licencing requirements that …
