At BCI, we think a lot about cotton sustainability data. Together with our Implementing Partners, we collect and analyse millions of data points each year from countries across the world about fertiliser and pesticide use, irrigation water, yields and smallholder profitability.
In the first half of 2021, Better Cotton welcomed more than 180 new members across its membership categories. Better Cotton works with members across the cotton supply chain and beyond to ensure there is continuous demand for and supply of …
Engaging people working in agriculture to get a clear, comprehensive understanding of the challenges they face in their work, especially on labour issues, is key to being able to provide effective solutions.
As we are all coping with the impacts of the global Covid-19 pandemic, Better Cotton remains committed to supporting cotton farming communities and ensuring that the safety of staff, partners and farmers remains a priority. Better Cotton exists to improve …
This is a situation echoed across rural Gujarat, a coastal state in India, where climate change and extreme weather are leading to water scarcity and increasing salt levels in the soil, making it harder to cultivate crops.
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 …
Better Cotton Quarterly: June 2021Read the Latest BCI News, Updates and Stories | SPECIAL FEATURE BCI PUBLISHES 2020 ANNUAL REPORT We are delighted to publish our 2020 Annual Report today! The report reveals that the BCI programme now reaches more than 2.7 million farmers across 23 countries and Better Cotton accounts for 23% of global cotton production. Learn more about BCI''s results, achievements and challenges through 2020. Read the report. BCI NEWS BCI COLLABORATES WITH FAO GLOBAL SOIL PARTNERSHIP Through a new and exciting collaboration with the FAO Global Soil Partnership, BCI will implement two innovative soil management pilot projects in Mali and Mozambique this year. The pilots are designed to allow farmers to make immediate and responsible decisions on soil management. Find out more. BCI INSIGHTS HOW FARMERS+ IS HELPING US BETTER DEFINE OUR REACH How do we measure the people reached through the BCI programme? In our latest blog, Eliane Augareils and Kendra Park Pasztor, both Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Managers at BCI, discuss how our Farmers+ approach is helping us to gain a better understanding of who BCI is reaching in the wider farming community. Learn more. BCI NEWS ISRAEL COTTON PRODUCTION AND MARKETING BOARD BECOMES BCI STRATEGIC PARTNER We are pleased to announce that our longstanding partner in Israel, the Israel Cotton Production and Marketing Board (ICB), is now a BCI Strategic Partner. The Israeli cotton sector may be small, but its cotton farmers use some of the world’s most efficient farming methods. Read more. FROM THE FIELD: VIDEO WHAT DOES BETTER COTTON MEAN TO BCI FARMERS? In this short video created by BCI's Implementing Partner IPUD, BCI Farmer Cafer Yenigun shares his journey to becoming a BCI Farmer and growing Better Cotton in Turkey. He explores the value of beneficial insects, minimising the use of pesticides, improving working practices and more. Watch the video. BCI EVENTS MEMBER WEBINAR: BCI'S 2020 RESULTS AND WHAT'S NEXT On Thursday, 1 July, BCI will host its next members-only webinar. During the webinar, CEO Alan McClay and COO Lena Staafgard will reflect on BCI's performance in 2020, present the latest programme reach data, and share updates on BCI's strategy through to 2030. Find out more and register here. APPLY READ EXPLORE BEYOND BCI NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD Forbes: Carbon Labels, Digital Passports and Traceability Tags: Clothing Labels’ New NormalEco-Business: Explainer: Biodiversity Offsets and Putting a Price-Tag on NatureGreenBiz: The Textile Companies Creating Material ChangeEcotextile: German Parliament Passes Supply Chain Law Member-Only Resources | Find Suppliers | Monthly Webinars The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) is a not-for-profit organisation that exists to make global cotton production better for the people who produce it, better for the environment it grows in and better for the sector’s future. Through BCI and its Partners, farmers receive training on how to use water efficiently, care for the health of the soil and natural habitats, reduce use of the most harmful chemicals and apply decent work principles. BCI Farmers implementing this system are licensed to sell Better Cotton. Copyright © 2021 Better Cotton Initiative, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.
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 …
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 …
Our mission at the Better Cotton Initiative is to make global cotton production better for the people who produce it, better for the environment it grows in and better for the sector’s future. We include people in our mission because Better Cotton training doesn’t just impact BCI Farmers alone.
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. The Better Cotton Initiative …
