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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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This session is for Certification Bodies and organisations providing Independent Verification Services, that are interested in becoming approved to conduct Chain of Custody (CoC) site assessments against our new CoC Standard. We will cover an overview of the revised Better …
Overview of the Third-Party Verification Approval Process for the Better Cotton Chain of Custody Standard v1.0 (AM)
This session is for Certification Bodies and organisations providing Independent Verification Services, that are interested in becoming approved to conduct Chain of Custody (CoC) site assessments against our new CoC Standard. We will cover an overview of the revised Better …
Better Cotton Impact Targets: Q&A With Narjis Ashfaq, Head of Programs at Sangtani Women Rural Development Organization
Soil underpins everything – its rich biodiversity and vital function in crop production and carbon storage make it fundamental to life on earth. However, a third of the world’s soils have deteriorated at the hands of erosion and contamination. To …
Better Cotton Conference To Spotlight Livelihoods and Traceability
Better Cotton will host its annual conference in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, next month, from 21 to 22 June. Taking place at the Felix Meritis, the event will bring together more than 300 industry stakeholders – both in-person and online – …
Principles and Criteria Revision: How Our ISEAL Membership Helps Us Create More Effective Sustainability Requirements
By Natalie Ernst, Farm Sustainability Standards Manager at Better Cotton At Better Cotton, we recently announced that we have completed the latest revision of our Principles and Criteria (P&C). The P&C is our farm-level standard, setting the licencing requirements that …
Better Cotton Impact Targets: Q&A with Nisha Onta, Regional Coordinator for Asia at WOCAN
Millions of women around the world dedicate their lives to cotton production, and yet their representation and contributions aren’t fairly reflected within the sector’s hierarchies. It’s with this in mind that Better Cotton recently launched its 2030 Impact Target for …