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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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The founding premise of Better Cotton is that a healthy sustainable future for cotton and the people that farm it is in the interests of everyone connected with it.
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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.
Climate Change Capacity Building
By Lena Staafgard, COO, Better Cotton, in collaboration with Charlene Collison, Associate Director – Sustainable Value Chains and Livelihoods, Forum for the Future That’s why building the capacity of cotton farmers to halve the greenhouse gas emissions of Better Cotton …
Traceable Better Cotton: Chain of Custody Revision Consultation
This webinar is intended for Better Cotton Members, partners and wider stakeholders to learn about the consultation on the revised Better Cotton Chain of Custody standard for traceable Better Cotton. Better Cotton stakeholders will have the opportunity to provide input …
Traceable Better Cotton: Chain of Custody Revision Consultation
This webinar is intended for Better Cotton Members, partners and wider stakeholders to learn about the consultation on the revised Better Cotton Chain of Custody standard for traceable Better Cotton. Better Cotton stakeholders will have the opportunity to provide input …
Sustainability Claims: Why Getting It Right Matters
Better Cotton’s Member Communications Manager, Ellie Gaffney, shares why when it comes to communicating to customers about sustainability, getting it right matters.
Better Cotton’s Data Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to personal and other information that may be collected when you interact with Better Cotton. Protecting the privacy and security of your personal information is a priority at Better Cotton, and we believe that a single, …
Better Cotton Cookie Policy
Our websites use Cookies. Cookies are small, often encrypted text files, located in browser directories. We use Cookies to help you navigate our website efficiently and perform certain functions. Cookies collect information and technical details on your use of our …
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.