Better Cotton Initiative
Better Cotton Initiative Updates Standard with Stronger Regenerative Agriculture Focus
Last June, BCI announced that it would transition to becoming a regenerative standards system within a year.
Better Cotton Initiative to Launch Biochar Project in India
The group is partnering with climate technology startup Planboo to launch a project that will pilot the…
Cotton Coalition Drops LCA Guidelines to Avoid Carbon-Tunnel Vision
Cotton leaders implore the industry to prioritize farmer support and advocates for LCAs that integrate…
Better Cotton Initiative Launches New Product Label
The new label will allow brands and retailers to clearly display that their products contain physical BCI…
Better Cotton Asks FTC to Broaden Green Guides Criteria
It wants agricultural context be considered to establish what might be viewed as progress on the ground, i.e…
Why Cotton Sustainability Strategies Must Include Smallholders
Improving farming starts with people. For cotton, that means smallholders: Ninety-nine percent of the world’s…
GOTS and BCI ‘Willfully Blind’ to Xinjiang Risks: Report
An ECCHR report says that certification programs such as BCI, GOTS and Cotton made in Africa can harbor ties…
China Harvests First Anti-BCI Cotton in Xinjiang
With the new NBA season getting underway, politicians revived concerns about big-name stars endorsing…
What BCI Study Uncovered About Better Cotton’s Emissions
The study found two main culprits behind cotton production's emissions.
New China Auditor Drama: Authorities Shut Down Shenzhen Verité After Raid
Chinese authorities have shuttered a U.S. labor auditor's China arm in the latest salvo amid growing tensions…
Levi’s Vacates Better Cotton Initiative Board Seat. Is Xinjiang to Blame?
Levi Strauss's sustainability czar has exited the board of the Better Cotton Initiative, cutting short a term…
Guess Aspires for 75 Percent of its Denim to Be Sustainable by 2025
Guess sets new sustainable goals as it diversifies its sourcing countries and searches for "smarter" fiber…
Is China’s Homegrown Better Cotton Workaround ‘Dead on Arrival’?
If China is using its new program as a "protectionist alternative for BCI, then [it] will not fly in Western…
C&A Exasperated With BCI’s Xinjiang Equivocation. Who’s Next?
C&A, "not satisfied with the recent developments" with the Better Cotton Initiative, says it's "time for a…
BCI’s ‘Continued Silence’ on Xinjiang Hurts All Brands Using ‘Better’ Cotton
BCI is risking its credibility in ensuring decent work is embedded across its cotton sustainability program…