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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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Recently, Cotton Australia, a partner of Better Cotton, launched a new data dashboard, allowing Australian cotton farmers to transparently report data in order to measure progress and drive farm-level change. The dashboard will also give retailers, brands and other members …
Better Cotton Tours Farms & Facilities on Australia Visit
Better Cotton’s Senior Manager for Large Farm Programmes and Partnerships, Álvaro Moreira, recently visited strategic partners in Australia to reinforce industry relations and delve into field-level activities. Álvaro met with Better Cotton affiliates from Cotton Australia and the Cotton Research …
Sustainable Apparel Coalition: Planet Textiles 2023
Planet Textiles is the ideal event for professionals in the industry to connect, learn, and collaborate with like-minded individuals and organizations taking place at ITMA 2023. Some of the Better Cotton team will be attending as well.
Overview of the Third-Party Verification Approval Process for the Better Cotton Chain of Custody Standard v1.0 (PM)
This session is for Certification Bodies and organisations providing Independent Verification Services, that are interested in becoming approved to conduct Chain of Custody (CoC) site assessments against our new CoC Standard. We will cover an overview of the revised Better …
Overview of the Third-Party Verification Approval Process for the Better Cotton Chain of Custody Standard v1.0 (AM)
This session is for Certification Bodies and organisations providing Independent Verification Services, that are interested in becoming approved to conduct Chain of Custody (CoC) site assessments against our new CoC Standard. We will cover an overview of the revised Better …
Better Cotton Impact Targets: Q&A With Narjis Ashfaq, Head of Programs at Sangtani Women Rural Development Organization
Soil underpins everything – its rich biodiversity and vital function in crop production and carbon storage make it fundamental to life on earth. However, a third of the world’s soils have deteriorated at the hands of erosion and contamination. To …
Better Cotton Conference To Spotlight Livelihoods and Traceability
Better Cotton will host its annual conference in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, next month, from 21 to 22 June. Taking place at the Felix Meritis, the event will bring together more than 300 industry stakeholders – both in-person and online – …
Principles and Criteria Revision: How Our ISEAL Membership Helps Us Create More Effective Sustainability Requirements
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 …
Better Cotton Impact Targets: Q&A with Nisha Onta, Regional Coordinator for Asia at WOCAN
Millions of women around the world dedicate their lives to cotton production, and yet their representation and contributions aren’t fairly reflected within the sector’s hierarchies. It’s with this in mind that Better Cotton recently launched its 2030 Impact Target for …
Physical Chain of Custody Models
The Better Cotton Chain of Custody (CoC) Standard v1.0 introduces new physical CoC Models in addition to Mass Balance to enable the tracing of Physical (also known as Traceable) Better Cotton as it flows through the supply chain. To be …
Supplier Training Programme: English
This Supplier Training Programme (STP) is designed to help suppliers understand Better Cotton's mission, learn about the Better Cotton Chain of Custody Guidelines which is based on mass-balance administration, and familiarise themselves with the Better Cotton Platform. A more technical focus on the business of Better Cotton.