Our annual report provides an important opportunity to reflect on the progress we have made towards our goals in the past year, exploring field and market successes and challenges, and sharing key financial information.

We warmly invite you to read the report and explore how the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) is making a difference to farming communities, the environment and the cotton sector.

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64.66 MB

Better Cotton Initiative 2024-25 Annual Report

Better Cotton Initiative 2024-25 Annual Report
2024–2025 was a transformative year for Better Cotton, and this annual report highlights our field, market and organisational successes, challenges and opportunities. Key achievements include becoming a certification scheme, announcing our plan to become a regenerative standard, and the launch of a new consumer facing label as part of our refreshed brand identity. The report also includes financial and governance information per Swiss GAAP.
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BCI Cotton is sown and harvested in different annual cycles all over the world. In some regions, sowing and harvesting take place in the same calendar year, and in others, these activities spread over two calendar years. This means that globally complete harvest data is only available later on in the following year, after all of the harvests have been completed.

You can find reports from previous years below.

2023 Annual Report
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66.80 MB

2023-24 Annual Report

2023-24 Annual Report
This Annual Report highlights field, market and organisational successes, challenges and opportunities. The report also contains key financial and governance information, aligned with Swiss GAAP reporting requirements.
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2022 Annual Report
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7.52 MB

2022-23 Annual Report

2022-23 Annual Report
Sharing key Better Cotton updates, successes and challenges from the past year and cotton season.
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2021 Annual Report
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11.84 MB

2021 Annual Report

Sharing key Better Cotton updates, successes and challenges from the past year and cotton season
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2020 Annual Report
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10.80 MB

2020 Annual Report

Our 2020 annual report provides an important opportunity to reflect on the progress we have made towards our goals in the past year, exploring field and market successes and challenges, and sharing key financial information.
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2017 Annual Report
2016 Annual Report
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2.58 MB

2016 Annual Report

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Earlier reports are available on request.

Other Reports

Growth and Innovation Fund Annual Reports

In addition to the Better Cotton Initiative Annual Report, we also produce an annual report for the Better Cotton Initiative Growth and Innovation Fund (GIF), our field-level funding programme. To find out more about the GIF and read the most recent report, head to this link.

Impact Reports

To explore the outcomes and impacts farmers are experiencing by participating in the Better Cotton Initiative programme in more depth, please read our latest Impact Report here.