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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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Earlier this year, Cotton 2040, with partners Acclimatise and support from Laudes Foundation, authored the first-ever global analysis of physical climate risks across global cotton growing regions for the 2040s, as well as a Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment of …
The Importance of Collaboration: COP26 and the Better Cotton Climate Approach
By Alan McClay, Better Cotton, CEO The UN Climate Change Conference, otherwise known as COP26, is finally here. The world is watching as global leaders, scientists, climate change experts, companies and civil society convene to tackle the most pressing issue …
2030 Strategy
Better Cotton’s 2030 Strategy is Better Cotton’s agenda for change for the better. It consists of strategic aims and five impact target areas to measure and report on. You can learn all about the Strategy and read the publication by …
Better Cotton Releases First Study on GHG Emissions
A new report published on 15 October 2021 has revealed the first-ever quantification of global greenhouse gas emissions of Better Cotton and comparable production. The report, conducted by Anthesis Group and commissioned by Better Cotton in 2021, found significantly lower …
Better Cotton Introduction for Suppliers and Manufacturers
This series of public webinars aim to provide you an introduction to Better Cotton, Better Cotton, Better Cotton Membership offer and Better Cotton Platform supplier registration while simultaneously addressing your related queries. Audience: Spinners, Cotton traders, fabric mills, garment manufacturers and other …
Better Cotton Thanks Joost Oorthuizen for His Decade-Long Tenure on the Council
After a tenure spanning almost a decade, Joost Oorthuizen, founding CEO of Invest International and former CEO of IDH, The Sustainable Trade Initiative, is stepping down from the BCI Council. Joost Oorthuizen joined the BCI Council in 2012 and has …
Call for Proposals: Better Cotton Innovation & Learning Project
Location: Khujand, Tajikistan. 2019. Description: Better Cotton Farmer Sharipov Habibullo delivers training to neighbouring farmers. Together with longstanding partner IDH, The Sustainable Trade Initiative, Better Cotton has launched a new Innovation & Learning Project to seek solutions that will help …
Transformers Foundation Report Looks at Cotton Myths and Misinformation
A new report published by Transformers Foundation investigates the use – and misuse – of data on the sustainability of the cotton sector, and aims to equip brands, journalists, NGOs, consumers, suppliers and others with the skills and understanding to …
Better Cotton’s 2030 Strategy: Climate Change
Climate Change
World Cotton Day – A Message from Better Cotton’s CEO
Today, on World Cotton Day, we are happy to be celebrating the farming communities around the world that provide us with this essential natural fibre. The social and environmental challenges we came together to address in 2005, when Better Cotton …
Better Cotton Launches Revision of the Better Cotton Standard
Better Cotton has launched an ambitious revision of the Better Cotton Principles & Criteria – one of the key instruments of the Better Cotton Standard System, which work together to drive the cotton sector towards a more sustainable, more equitable …
Better Cotton Appears in Ecotextile News Addressing Climate Change
On 4 October 2021, Ecotextile News published “Can cotton cool climate change?”, exploring the role cotton growing plays in climate change. The article looks closely at Better Cotton’s climate strategy and draws from an interview with Lena Staafgard, COO, and …