Better Cotton should become regenerative standard

The initiative for sustainable cotton, Better Cotton, announced at her annual conference that it would be a regenerative standard within the next twelve months.

“While Better Cotton’s constitutional standard has already covered many of the core principles of regenerative agriculture, this step will continue to ensure that farmers: inside, which fulfill our standard, use the most frequently agreed regenerative practices,” explained Eva Benavidez Clayton, Senior Director of Demand and Engagement at Better Cotton 2025 in Turkish Izmir.

“It is becoming increasingly clear that we need approaches that not only reduce or reduce damage, but actively restore the environment. Therefore, I am pleased to be able to tell you that Better Cotton will complete the remaining steps in the next twelve months to become a regenerative standard,” added Benavidez Clayton.

A regenerative standard that actively supports the restoration of the environment

This means updating the principles and criteria of the standard that determine the global definition of Better Cotton by six guiding principles. In addition, training courses for approved certification bodies are offered to ensure that you can evaluate the farmers: inside based on the revised principles and criteria.

The initiative will also work to strengthen the capacity of the Better Cotton program partners: to strengthen the standard, to implement the standard and to develop a result -oriented reporting framework. For the rest of the year, Better Cotton will therefore carry out pilot projects to advance this work.

Next year, the initiative will work with its partners: inside the individual countries to offer farmers: to offer tailor -made support for the introduction of renewable practices.

“The fact that Better Cotton shows interest in promoting regenerative agriculture is very positive,” Muzaffer Turgut Kayhan, President of Ipud, Better Cotton partner in Turkey.