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BCI is pleased to announce the publication of our 2014 Harvest Report. The report details Better Cotton harvest data at global and field levels in 2014, and completes the second of two reporting phases for the year — the first …
H&M ‘making sustainability fashionable’
BCI Pioneer Member, H&M, have released their latest sustainability report for 2014. Highlights of the report include: Almosttripling their procurement of more sustainable cotton in three years. 2% of the cotton they use being certified Better Cotton, Organic or Recycled. …
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Please ensure you are familiar with the BCI logo guidelines before accessing the logo files below. You can find the guidelines here. Only BCI Members and Partners (this does not include Better Cotton Platform Users) are authorised to use the BCI logo …
Tajikistan Partnership Established
“We are very pleased to announce that having successfully become BCI’s Implementing Partner for Tajikistan, Consumer Cooperative “Sarob’ will take over the responsibility for Better Cotton in the country. This follows a handover from our existing Partner FFPSD/GIZ, after an …
H&M release 2013 Sustainability Report
Following the successful launch of the Conscious Collection, H&M released it’s 2013 Conscious Actions Sustainability Report today. Highlights of the report include: – Doubling their procurement of more sustainable cotton in the last two years. – 15.8% of the cotton …
General Assembly and Annual Membership Workshop 2014
We are delighted to announce that the BCI Annual Membership Workshop and General Assembly will be held on 23-25 June 2014 in Amsterdam. Please hold the date in your calendars, and BCI will be contacting all members in due course …
Annual Membership Workshop 2013
BCI held its Annual Membership workshop in Singapore from 23rd– 24thSeptember 2013. This event is a unique opportunity for BCI members from all over the world to come together and learn, network, and be part of the decision making processes …
M&S makes progress on ‘Plan A’
Publication fromsupplymanagement.com June 2013 Marks and Spencer has forged ahead with plans to educate 500,000 of its supply chain workers in areas such as employee rights, as well as boosting the amount of sustainable cotton used in its products, according …
H&M keen on working with Asian suppliers
Publication from rappler.com March 2013 Through the Better Cotton Initiative, a partnership between the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and major brands like H&M and Ikea, H&M Global Sustainability Manager Fredrik Rosenholm says they were able to reach cotton …