Raising Awareness of Child Labour and Gender Equality
How BCI Decent Work Training Influenced a Farmer in Pakistan to Send His Son Back to School
Better Cotton Drives Measurable Improvements in Cotton Production
In order to produce and sellBetter Cotton, licensed BCI Farmers adhere to the Better Cotton Principles and Criteria(P&C), addressing topics from water use to pest management to decent work. Implementing the Better Cotton P&C enables farmers to produce cotton …
Female Farmer Becomes a Role Model in Pakistani Cotton Community
In Pakistan, approximately 1.5 million smallholder farmers rely on cotton for a living.
Better Cotton Members Lead on More Sustainable Cotton Sourcing
Committed BCI Retailer and Brand Members have significantly contributed to the dramatic growth of Better Cotton over the past eight years, helping to drive BCI towards its 2020 target of having Better Cotton account for 30% of global cotton …
Contributing to a More Sustainable Way of Doing Fashion: Q&A with Monki
This year Monki (a brand of BCI Member Hennes & Mauritz Group) achieved its goal to sustainably source 100% of its cotton. The retailer’s longer-term goalis to source only recycled or other more sustainable materials by 2030.We caught up …
How a Better Cotton Farmer in India Defied the Odds to Embrace Natural Farming Methods
Amid the arid heat of Gujarat, India, Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) Farmer Vinodbhai Patel surveys his densely planted rows of cotton.
Learning First-Hand from Better Cotton Farmers in Pakistan: Q&A with Better Cotton’s Communications Coordinator
When BCI staff member Morgan Ferrar from the global communications team visited Pakistan, she saw how families’ lives are improving since cotton farmers have joined the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) programme, and how it can be the start of a …
Learning First-Hand from Better Cotton Farmers in Pakistan: Q&A with Better Cotton’s Communications Coordinator
When BCI staff member Morgan Ferrar from the global communications team visited Pakistan, she saw how families’ lives are improving since cotton farmers have joined the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) programme, and how it can be the start of …
Five Brands and One Civil Society Organisation Have Joined Better Cotton, Showing Their Support to Cotton Farmers Around the Globe
During Q3 2018, the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) welcomed Action Service & Distributie B.V.(the Netherlands), Deckers Outdoor Corporation (United States), El Corte Ingl√©s (Spain), J P Boden Ltd.(United Kingdom), and Nederlandse dassenfabriek Micro Verkoop B.V. (the Netherlands) asthe newest Retailer …
Better Cotton Growth and Innovation Fund Reaches 1 Million Farmers
The Better Cotton Growth and Innovation Fund (Better Cotton GIF),managed in partnership with the Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH), makes strategic investments into Better Cotton projects to support the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) in reaching its 2020 targets. In the …
Driving Change Is a Joint Effort: Call for 2019 Conference Speakers
BCI is taking a new approach to our 2019 annual conference. Transformative change can only happen though collaboration, so we are inviting other cotton sustainability standards and initiatives to participate in shaping the agenda to make the event an …
Better Cotton Field Trips Connect the Cotton Sector
BCI hosts annual field trips to India, Pakistan, Turkey and the USA – creating an open and transparent space where members can meet directly with licensed BCI Farmers and Implementing Partners. BCI Farmers and Implementing Partners have a platform to …