As the largest cotton sustainability programme in the world, BCI works with members across the cotton supply chain – from farm to retail – to ensure there is continuous demand for and supply of Better Cotton, the cotton produced by …
Our mission is to help cotton communities survive and thrive, while protecting and restoring the environment.
This is an old news post – to read the latest about Better Cotton traceability, please click here. The Better Cotton Initiative was founded with a clear vision of making sustainable practices in cotton production the norm around the world. To …
The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) is delighted to announce that the Greek AGRO-2 Integrated Management Standards have been successfully benchmarked as equivalent to the Better Cotton Standard System. The recognition will promote more sustainable Greek cotton farming. Greece is …
It is time for BCI to explore going beyond the mass balance CoC model to offer full traceability and even more value to Better Cotton farmers and companies.
Each year, BCI hosts an event for its field-level Implementing Partners who provide training on more sustainable practices to millions of cotton farmers worldwide. The annual Implementing Partner Meeting enables BCI’s partners to come together to share best practices …
As one of the world’s largest producers, and consumers, of cotton fibre, Brazil is a key country for BCI to continue to improve the uptake and flow of Better Cotton across the supply chain. We have published this series of …
The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) and IDH, The Sustainable Trade Initiative are delighted to announce that Agritask Ltd., an Israel-based agricultural-tech start-up, has won the Better Cotton Innovation Challenge. CropIn Technology Solutions, an India-based agricultural-tech company, was awarded with …
BCI will explore how its current systems and the Better Cotton Standardcould be adapted to alandscapeor jurisdictionalapproach and the benefits of doing so.
In the 2018-19 cotton season*, the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) and our on-the-ground partners provided training on more sustainable farming practices to more than 2.3 million cotton farmers in 23 countries. With BCI training, supportand capacity building, BCI Farmers …
