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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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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.
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Developing a Traceability Solution for Better Cotton
Better Cotton intend to deliver new, viable, traceability solutions meeting the industry's needs.
Farmer Centricity: Ensuring Farmers are at the Heart of Everything We Do
Better Cotton will strive to improve the lives and livelihoods of cotton farmers, farm workers and their communities.
Mandatory Training for Retailers and Brands: Cotton Consumption and Independent Assessment
Better Cotton will be holding two training webinars for only Retailers and Brands to help you prepare for this year’s annual cotton consumption submission deadline of 15 January 2023. Retailer and Brand Members must recalculate their total fibre consumption measurement each year as part of their Better Cotton Membership.
Mandatory Training for Retailers and Brands: Cotton Consumption and Independent Assessment
Better Cotton will be holding two training webinars for only Retailers and Brands to help you prepare for this year’s annual cotton consumption submission deadline of 15 January 2023. Retailer and Brand Members must recalculate their total fibre consumption measurement each year as part of their Better Cotton Membership.
Taking Climate Action: A New Climate Approach and Climate Target
Better Cotton supports cotton farming communities to reduce the emissions from cotton farming, while also building their resilience to the changing climate.
Better Cotton Signs WTO Call for Action
Better Cotton signed an industry call to action to continue seeking solutions that will enable cotton-producing countries to improve competitiveness, achieve higher yields and greener production.
Have Your Say on the Revised Better Cotton Principles & Criteria: Public Consultation
Take part in the public consultation on the revision of the Better Cotton Principles & Criteria.
Supplier Training Programme: English
Better Cotton’s 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. These webinars have a more technical focus on the business of Better Cotton.
Better Cotton Expands Civil Society Membership and Welcomes New Members in First Half of 2022
In the first half of 2022, Better Cotton welcomed 192 new members from 31 countries.
Better Cotton and Soil Health: What Next?
Soil health is one of five impact areas identified in Better Cotton's 2030 Strategy, and we have been working hard to develop the associated soil health targets and indicators.
Better Cotton Welcomes New Council Members
Following the Better Cotton 2022 Council Election, we are delighted to welcome four new members to the Better Cotton Council: Auscott, Ikea, Olam Agri and Walmart.