Better Cotton news and archive

Zara owner Inditex demands transparency from Better Cotton

Better Cotton, the world's largest cotton sustainability programme, is being asked to answer to growing concerns raised by fashion giant Inditex. In a letter to Better Cotton CEO Alan McClay, Inditex demanded a plan to clarify transparency on cotton traceability following allegations of "illegal practices" by the NGO Earthsight, according to...

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Better Cotton introduces Traceable Better Cotton

The non-profit organisation Better Cotton has launched a new traceability solution for the fashion and textile industry called Traceable Better Cotton, which has been developed over the course of three years. It will provide visibility of the journey of cotton through the supply chain by logging stakeholder input on the Better Cotton platform....

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Better Cotton and Cotton Egypt Association enter strategic partnership

The world’s largest cotton certifier Better Cotton and the Cotton Egypt Association (CEA), responsible for promoting and protecting Egyptian cotton worldwide, have announced a new strategic partnership to expand the Better Cotton programme in Egypt and enhance the sustainability and quality of Egyptian cotton production while ensuring fair...

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Better Cotton signs UN’s Sustainability Pledge

Better Cotton, the world's largest cotton certifier, has signed the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Sustainability Pledge ahead of the launch of its own Traceability Solution at the end of 2023, joining a list of 90 others including Inditex, Vivienne Westwood, Retraced and WWF. The Sustainability Pledge is an open-source...

Fashion

Better Cotton trials traceability solutions across Indian supply chains

The non-profit organisation Better Cotton is trialling a pilot program, implementing different innovative traceability technologies in order to determine the best way to ensure transparency across cotton supply chains. To develop better digital traceability and conclude the potential of each solution, the initiative partnered up withRetraced,...

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Better Cotton outlines new impact targets for 2030

Cotton sustainability organisation Better Cotton has outlined four new impact targets as part of its ongoing 2030 Strategy and plans to drive change in key areas of the industry. The four targets focus on soil health, women’s empowerment, pesticides and sustainable livelihoods, with each sitting alongside the initiative’s initial commitment...

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Alia Malik, senior director at Better Cotton joins ICA as board member

Alia Malik, senior director, data and traceability at Better Cotton has joined the International Cotton Association (ICA) as a new board member. The ICA is an international cotton trade association and arbitral body and was set up 180 years ago in 1841 in Liverpool, UK. “I am delighted to join the board of one of the oldest organisations in the...

Fashion

Better Cotton expands efforts to southern Chad through new partnerships

Better Cotton, a non-profit that promotes and teaches better standards in cotton farming, is expanding its efforts to southern Chad. The organisation has inked partnerships with IDH, a sustainable trade initiative organisation, and Cotontchad, an agribusiness company working with smallholder farmers in the southern region of Chad. Better Cotton...

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Better Cotton calls on COP27 leaders to support frontline farmers

Better Cotton has urged leaders attending COP27 to prioritise climate justice for the world’s farmers and agricultural workforce. The organisation, a sustainability initiative for the cotton industry, issued a “stark warning” to participants of the event, asking for them to strengthen their commitment and turn talk into action. In its statement,...

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Better Cotton and partners launch new sustainability reporting framework

Non-profit group Better Cotton and several other partners have announced the launch of Delta Framework, a new standard for “consolidated and consistent” sustainability reporting. The framework was developed through a cross-sector collaboration over the past three years and provides a common set of environmental, social, and economic indicators...

Fashion

Better Cotton joins Clinton Global Initiative to support sustainable farming

Non-profit group Better Cotton has joined the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in its efforts to support more sustainable agricultural practices. As part of the initiative, Better Cotton will work with smallholder farmers “to pioneer an insetting mechanism to promote and incentivize sustainable agricultural practices”. The organisation said it is...

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Better Cotton to host conference addressing climate and industry issues

Better Cotton has announced it will be hosting a global conference addressing climate and industry issues, set to take place in Malmö, Sweden, from June 22 to 23. The theme of this year’s in-person event is Cotton and Climate Action, with a cohort of speakers already revealed to be taking part, including the likes of Ikea, Cotton 2040, Walmart,...