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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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Better Cotton Impact Targets: Q&A with Anneke Keuning, Senior Environmental Specialist at BESTSELLER
The flash floods, severe heatwaves and wildfires of recent months have demonstrated the imminent threat climate change poses to our planet. In this defining decade, lowering greenhouse gas emissions is amongst the most effective methods of reversing the effects of …
Better Cotton in India: Addressing Water Woes
This week, to celebrate World Water Week 2023, we have been placing the spotlight on Better Cotton’s work to promote water stewardship, speaking to the Alliance for Water Stewardship about their work on the revision of Better Cotton’s Principles and …
Re-defining ‘Better’: The Principles and Criteria v3.0 (Session 2)
This webinar will provide an overview of the changes in Better Cotton’s farm-level standard, the Principles and Criteria (P&C).
Re-defining ‘Better’: The Principles and Criteria v3.0 (Session 1)
This webinar will provide an overview of the changes in Better Cotton’s farm-level standard, the Principles and Criteria (P&C).
World Water Week: Q&A with Mark Dent, Senior Advisor at Alliance for Water Stewardship
At the inaugural Better Cotton Member Awards, presented during the Better Cotton Conference in June 2023, we presented the Outstanding Contribution Award to Mark Dent, Senior Advisor at Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS), in recognition of his work on the …
Better Cotton Stakeholder Event and Field Trip in Cairo, Egypt
This field trip is targeted towards Retailers and Brands and their key suppliers wishing to source Egyptian Better Cotton. Join a dynamic discussion forum in Cairo where you can meet with other Retailer & Brand Members, Supplier & Manufacturer Members and key stakeholders including producers, government officials and donors.
Decent Work: How Better Cotton Partners in India Employed Our New ‘Assess & Address’ Approach to Remediate Child Labour
By Leyla Shamchiyeva, Senior Decent Work Manager at Better Cotton Earlier this year, we unveiled the latest iteration of the Better Cotton Principles and Criteria (P&C), the foundational document that defines our farm-level standard, outlining the global framework for Better …
2023 Better Cotton Large Farm Symposium
Please join the Better Cotton Large Farm community to share best practices and exchange ways to overcome shared challenges. We’re looking forward to bringing together cotton growers and partners from six continents to hear success stories from the field and …
Why We Made Gender Equality a Cross-cutting Priority in Our Latest Principles and Criteria Revision
By Alessandra Barbarewicz, Senior Decent Work Officer, Better Cotton Gender equality is critical to advancing progress across all sustainability outcomes. This is especially true in the cotton sector, where women play a significant role in production. Increasing gender equality is …
Better Cotton Partners With Search For Justice on Child Labour Prevention in Pakistan
Better Cotton has recently developed a partnership with Search For Justice, a member of the Children’s Advocacy Network and leading not-for-profit organisation working on child protection issues in Pakistan. The partnership is supported by the Better Cotton Growth & Innovation …