The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) team includes more than 200 individuals from diverse cultures, countries and backgrounds. We’re passionate about what we do and dedicated to achieving our mission: to help cotton communities survive and thrive, while protecting and restoring …
Collaboration is essential to delivering the Better Cotton programme across the world. That’s why we’ve developed an extended network of on-the-ground Programme Partners, to help cotton farming communities to adopt more sustainable practices. These partners are critical to our success. …
Do you want to know what the largest cotton sustainability programme in the world is up to? Keep up to date with the latest developments and hear from Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) Farmers, Partners and Members in the new BCI …
Latest news from Better Cotton including announcements, press releases, stories from the field, thought pieces and research
Gender inequality is a huge roadblock to sustainable development globally. Find out how the Better Cotton Initiative is mainstreaming gender equality at the farm level, in the sustainable cotton community and within our organisation.
Soil is the foundation of a healthy farm and world. The Better Cotton Initiative teaches farmers sustainable farming practices like cover cropping and Integrated Pest Management to improve soil health, increase yields and safeguard this vital resource.
Water is a major sustainability issue in cotton production. Discover its impact on freshwater resources and how the Better Cotton Initiative's water stewardship approach helps farmers conserve water while improving yields.
Reaching millions of farmers, workers and their communities to improve the way they grow cotton can only happen with direct, field-level support. This requires partnership, collaboration and local knowledge. It’s why over the last decade we’ve built a network of …
Strategic direction Better Cotton’s future is shaped by the organisation’s Council. The Council is the elected board that drives cotton towards its truly sustainable future. It sits at the organisation’s centre from where it is responsible for Better Cotton’s strategic …
We explore BCI’s first decade, celebrating the milestones that enabled BCI to evolve into the largest cotton sustainability programme in the world.
Today almost a quarter of the world’s cotton is produced under the Better Cotton Standard, and 2.4 million cotton farmers have been trained in sustainable farming practices and are licensed to grow Better Cotton. Our vision of a sustainable world, where …
