Better Cotton Initiative news and archive

Better Cotton to reinforce partnership with Tajikistan

The world’s largest cotton certifier Better Cotton wants to strengthen its ties with the Central Asian nation of Tajikistan. To this effect, the cotton sustainability initiative has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Tajikistan’s ministry of agriculture to reinforce the partnership and support the production of more sustainable...

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Diesel becomes member of the Better Cotton Initiative

Diesel has become the latest fashion company to join the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), a global not-for-profit organisation behind the largest cotton sustainability programme in the world. The BCI helps by training farmers to grow cotton more sustainably, focusing on how they can use water efficiently, care for the health of the soil, reduce...

Fashion

Better Cotton Initiative joins UN Charter for Climate Action

Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), the non-profit organization promoting better standards in cotton farming, is the latest signatory of the Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action, a series of targets with the aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent by 2030 and achieve zero emissions by 2050. Launched in December during a UN...

Fashion

H&M Group, Gap Inc. top Better Cotton Initiative 2018 Leaderboard

Better Cotton Initiative published its 2018 leaderboard for retailers and brands committed to incorporated Better Cotton into their sourcing strategies and processes. The non-profit organization defines a more sustainable practice in sourcing cotton, helping its industry partners to do so. By 2020, Better Cotton Initiative hopes for Better...

Fashion

Coats launches Better Cotton Initiative certified thread

Coats, the world’s leading manufacturer of sewing thread and needlecraft brands, has launched two new 100 percent cotton products, Tre Cerchi Vero and Tre Cerchi Vero+. The cottons, which can be used for garments from leather jackets to jeans, have been certified by Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) as being made from sustainable raw materials, and...

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Sustainability certifications are often misleading, says Changing Markets Foundation

Sustainability certifications often fail to acknowledge all stages of the product life cycle and thereby mislead consumers into thinking brands are “greener” than they are, according to claims made in a report by the Changing Markets Foundation (CMF) released this week. Entitled “The False Promise of Certification”, the report examines different...

Business

Guess partners with BCI to source ‘Better Cotton’

Guess has partnered with The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), an organization that works with cotton farmers, helping them to use water efficiently and care for the environment, as well as promote higher standards of work, during cotton production. In its FY16-17 Sustainability Report, Guess focussed on the company’s first-ever sustainability...

Fashion

Prosperity Textile shifts to Better Cotton

One of China's largest denim mills, Prosperity Textile, is set to begin weaving all its lightweight cotton denim fabrics entirely from Better Cotton, starting with Spring/Summer 2017. "We believe sustainable cotton is what every denim mill should use and we value the importance Better Cotton has for both farmers and the industry in general,"...