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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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The founding premise of Better Cotton is that a healthy sustainable future for cotton and the people that farm it is in the interests of everyone connected with it.
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Supporting documentation from the webinar
Upgrading BCI’s Monitoring & Evaluation System
BCI hosted this monthly member-only webinar to hear the latest updates from the Monitoring & Evaluation Team, where the audience learned more about the increased use of technology and how the M&E programme is aligning with the sector’s priorities and SDGs, including more about a new project to link sourcing to the science-based targets.
Task Force on Forced Labour and Decent Work Finalises Key Findings and Recommendations
Cotton is grown in areas of the world with formidable challenges, both environmental and social. Better Cotton’s mission dictates that we operate in many of these regions, and therefore, we must manage complex, socio-political and economic conditions in order to …
Better Cotton Celebrates World Cotton Day 2020
JOIN BCI AS WECELEBRATEWORLD COTTON DAY 2020 Cotton is used by nearly everyone across the world on a daily basis. Today, on World Cotton Day 2020, we are taking the opportunity to celebrate the cotton farming communitiesat the heart …
Measuring Cotton Consumption: Better Cotton Five-Year Sourcing Scale Up Tool
A tool to help Retailer & Brand Members budget for membership and volume-based fees in relation to their Better Cotton sourcing targets.
Measuring Cotton Consumption: Better Cotton Cotton Calculation Tool
An optional tool for Retailer & Brand Members to use in order to calculate their total annual cotton fibre consumption.
Innovation Challenge Finalists Pilot Sustainable Farming Solutions
In November 2019, the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) and IDH The Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH), with the support of Dalberg Advisors, launched the Better Cotton Innovation Challenge – a global project seeking creative ideas and solutions to improve sustainable …
Sustainable Cotton Standards and Programmes Make Progress Towards Aligned Impact Measurement and Reporting
At the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) we know how important it is to measure the impacts of our own work on cotton producing communities and our shared environmental challenges. Looking at the sector more widely, it is clear that consistent, …
Adopting Sustainable Water Practices in India: How Better Cotton Farmers’ Children Encouraged Their Parents to Save Water
How BCI Farmers’ Children Encouraged Their Parents to Save Water