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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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”As long as you are here, I don’t face any challenges.” These are the words of Reheman Yibulayin, a BCI Farmer working with BCI Implementing Partner CottonConnect in China. His story about reducing input costs and improved yields is the …
Better Cotton 2013 Harvest Report released
We are very pleased to announce the publication of the BCI 2013 Harvest Report. This report details our harvest data at global and field level, and completes the second of two reporting stages for 2013 – the first being our …
Better Cotton Elects New Chairperson
BCI has announced that Susi Proudman, Vice President of Global Apparel and Equipment Materials at Nike, has been elected Chairperson of the Better Cotton Initiative Council. Proudman will replace Guido Verijke from IKEA whose term as Council Chairperson since 2012 …
Better Cotton Initiative Selected as a LAUNCH Nordic Innovator for 2014
We are proud to announce that BCI has been selected as one of LAUNCH Nordic’s top nine Innovators for 2014, receiving support from IKEA, Novezymes, Kvadrat, leading Scientists, Investors and Nordic Gov. The 2014 LAUNCH Nordic Innovation Challengesaw applications from …
Better Cotton Achieves ISEAL Membership
We are delighted to announce that BCI’s application to join the ISEAL Alliance has been approved and BCI has now become an associate member of ISEAL. ISEAL is the global membership association for sustainability standards, and includes as members some …
Better Cotton Fast Track Program Release Annual Report
”Better Cotton Fast Track Program” (BCFTP) was founded in 2009-10 by a group of leading private and public organizations, convened by IDH the Sustainable Trade Initiative. Through a demand-driven strategy based upon the financial commitment of leading retailers and brands …
“The solution was Better Cotton,” says Levi Strauss & Co.’s President and CEO
In a follow-up article to his recent public talk about Levi Strauss & Co.’s commitment to sustainability, President and CEO of Levi Strauss & Co. Chip Bergh says in the Huffington Post that BCI is the solution to Levi’s “Watergrowing” …
WWF and IKEA Release Better Cotton Project Report
BCI are pleased to share the results of an inspiring collaboration between two of our most active members. WWF and IKEA are both founding members of BCI, and have always been fundamental in supporting our efforts to transform cotton production …
Mozambique Becomes the First Government to Adopt the Better Cotton Production Standard
The Mozambican government institute of Cotton (IAM), the leading governmental body for the development of cotton sector in Mozambique, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with BCI which embeds the Better Cotton Production Standards into the national program for cotton …
Australian Cotton Industry Signs Historic Agreement with Better Cotton
Cotton Australia, the leading representative body for Australia’s cotton growing industry, has signed a landmark partnership agreement with BCI allowing cotton produced under the Australian myBMP certification to be sold into the global market as Better Cotton. The agreement marks …
Better Cotton in Turkey Reaches New Level of Recognition
Better Cotton in Turkey has taken a significant step forwards in the signing of a strategic partnership agreement between the Good Cotton Practices Association (IPUD) and BCI. Founded in September 2013 as part of an ongoing effort to establish Turkey …