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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.
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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.
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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 …
Supplier Training Programme: Get Ready for Traceability – Using the Better Cotton Platform (Session 1)
This interactive training session is directed to all existing and new Better Cotton Suppliers and Manufacturers who are interested in learning more about the new functionality within the Better Cotton Platform (BCP) that will enable Physical (also known as Traceable) Better Cotton. …
Supplier Training Programme: Get Ready for Traceability – Using the Better Cotton Platform (Session 2)
This interactive training session is directed to all existing and new Better Cotton Suppliers and Manufacturers who are interested in learning more about the new functionality within the Better Cotton Platform (BCP) that will enable Physical (also known as Traceable) Better Cotton. …
Supplier Training Programme: Get Ready for Traceability – Chain of Custody Standard (Session 2)
This interactive training session is for all existing and new Better Cotton Suppliers and Manufacturers who are interested in learning more about Traceability, the Chain of Custody (CoC) Standard v1.0, and its accompanying onboarding and assessment process. This session is …
Supplier Training Programme: Get Ready for Traceability – Chain of Custody Standard (Session 1)
This interactive training session is for all existing and new Better Cotton Suppliers and Manufacturers who are interested in learning more about Traceability, the Chain of Custody (CoC) Standard v1.0, and its accompanying onboarding and assessment process. This session is …
Introducing Better Cotton Traceability
By Alan McClay, CEO of Better Cotton Today is a significant day for Better Cotton, as we officially launch our traceability solution. Our solution enables our Members to source Better Cotton from a specific country with confidence by tracing it …
Better Cotton Revolutionises Cotton Sector with Traceability Solution
Better Cotton has today officially launched a first-of-its-kind traceability solution for the fashion and textile sectors. The solution has been developed over three years and will provide visibility of cotton’s journey through the supply chain by logging stakeholder input on …
Supply Chain Monitoring
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 …
Mass Balance Chain of Custody Model
Mass Balance is the chain of custody model that laid the foundation of the entire Better Cotton initiative, making our programme easy to scale and bringing immense value to the farmers. It was first introduced in the Better Cotton Chain …
Better Cotton Convenes Stakeholders in Pakistan To Put an End to Child Labour in Agriculture
As we strive to promote decent work for cotton farming communities, Better Cotton is committed to creating safe and healthy working environments, free of child labour and forced labour. In Lahore, Pakistan, we recently organised a multi-stakeholder workshop in collaboration …
Large Farm Symposium: Three Key Takeaways
By Alvaro Moreira, Senior Manager, Large Farm Programmes and Partnerships at Better Cotton On 11 October, we hosted the Better Cotton Large Farm Symposium, bringing together growers and partners from six continents to hear success stories from the field and …