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 cotton growing regions in India.

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Today, the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) shared in our 2020 Annual Report that Better Cotton – cotton produced in line with the initiative’s Better Cotton Principles and Criteria by licensed BCI Farmers – now accounts for 23% of global cotton production, with BCI’s nearly 70...

 
The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) is delighted to be partnering with the FAO Global Soil Partnership to promote sustainable soil management.

Soil health is one of the seven Better Cotton Principles and Criteria, which lay out the global definition of Better Cotton. Soil is one of the...

 
The Israeli cotton sector may be small, but its cotton farmers use some of the world’s most efficient irrigation methods, collaborating effectively to address key sustainability challenges, and growing very high quality, extra-long staple cotton.

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Between August 2019 and October 2020, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) funded a BCI programme in Maharashtra, India, to engage approximately 140,000 farmers in the Nandurbar, Chandrapur and Nagpur districts.

The programme aimed to promote sustainable...

 
A step further than sustainability – why communicating purpose is key to success.

On Tuesday 11 May, BCI will be joined by Brand Purpose experts, GOOD Agency, as they explore the primary drivers of purpose and unpick the ways in which brands can mobilise stakeholders, colleagues, and...

 
Approximately half a billion people around the world currently face severe water scarcity, and nearly half of the global population lives in regions where freshwater is polluted. Caring for our water resources — both locally and globally — is one of the biggest sustainability challenges of...

Today is International Women’s Day 2021, a global event to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. At the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), we are celebrating women’s achievements by sharing inspiring stories from the field, reflecting on and reinforcing our...

 
Circular business models are on the rise in the apparel and textile industry, but how will this impact the cotton sector and cotton farmers in particular?

Historically, businesses have followed a ‘take-make-waste’ linear model. Beyond consumer use, there have been few systems in...

 
The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) is delighted to announce that representatives from Adidas, Anandi, Pesticide Action Network and Supima have been elected to the BCI Council.

The BCI Council is the organisation’s highest decision-making body and has a direct influence on making global...