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Jan 8, 2025 | 
bettercotton.org | Joe Morphet
Do you want to know what the largest cotton sustainability programme in the world is up to? Keep up to date with the latest developments and hear from BCI Farmers, Partners and Members in the new BCI Quarterly Newsletter. BCI Members also receive a Monthly Member Update. Leave a few details below and you’ll receive the next newsletter.
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Dec 20, 2024 | 
bettercotton.org | Joe Morphet
MembershipMonitoring Evaluation and LearningSustainabilityTraceabilityAs 2024 draws to a close, it’s the perfect time to look back on another year of progress in supporting the more equitable and sustainable production of cotton.From driving field-level impact for farming communities around the world, to promoting supply chain transparency through traceability, 2024 has brought a range of opportunities and challenges.
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Dec 20, 2024 | 
bettercotton.org | Joe Morphet
PartnersPolicySupply ChainSustainabilityIn this Q&A, Hélène Bohyn, Policy & Advocacy Manager at Better Cotton, discusses why Better Cotton has joined the Make the Label Count coalition and our role in advocating for a revision of the European Commission’s Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) methodology. Hélène shares her insights into the coalition’s goals, ongoing efforts to combat greenwashing, and how Better Cotton plans to support the cause in 2025.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
bettercotton.org | Joe Morphet
Better Cotton has announced a one-year extension of its standard recognition agreement with its Strategic Partner in Israel, the Israel Cotton Production and Marketing Board (ICB). The ICB is a farmer-owned producer organisation (cooperative) representing cotton farmers across the country.
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Dec 12, 2024 | 
bettercotton.org | Joe Morphet
Do you want to know what the largest cotton sustainability programme in the world is up to? Keep up to date with the latest developments and hear from BCI Farmers, Partners and Members in the new BCI Quarterly Newsletter. BCI Members also receive a Monthly Member Update. Leave a few details below and you’ll receive the next newsletter.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
bettercotton.org | Joe Morphet
Do you want to know what the largest cotton sustainability programme in the world is up to? Keep up to date with the latest developments and hear from BCI Farmers, Partners and Members in the new BCI Quarterly Newsletter. BCI Members also receive a Monthly Member Update. Leave a few details below and you’ll receive the next newsletter.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
bettercotton.org | Joe Morphet
Better Cotton CEO, Alan McClay, has announced his retirement and will leave the organisation in October 2025. McClay has led Better Cotton since 2015, in which time the organisation has grown to become a global force for sustainable change in cotton production. His vision, unwavering dedication, and personal commitment to the organisation’s mission has helped drive transformative change across the sector.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
bettercotton.org | Joe Morphet
PartnersPolicySupply ChainSustainabilityBetter Cotton is joining more than 50 natural fibre organisations and environmental groups in supporting calls for an urgent revision of the European Commission’s Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) methodology. Better Cotton has joined the Make the Label Count coalition to amplify calls for the European Commission to revise its method of calculating the environmental impact of textile fibres. Make the Label Count is an incredibly important movement.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
bettercotton.org | Joe Morphet
In November 2024, a delegation from Better Cotton travelled to Azerbaijan to take part in the first-ever Standards Pavilion at COP29. This pavilion, initiated by ISO, allowed us to showcase how sustainability standards promote accountability, drive climate action, and unify efforts across sectors. In Baku, we flew the flag for standards as essential climate solutions, and used our platform to urge global leaders to place farming communities at the centre of climate action.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
bettercotton.org | Joe Morphet
This year, Better Cotton is participating in COP29, the annual UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties. We are proud to be part of the first-ever COP Standards Pavilion, sharing a platform with leading sustainability standards organisations to showcase international standards as essential, systemic, scalable solutions for achieving large-scale impactful climate resilience.
