CottonConnect intentionally focuses on women in cotton farming. The report ‘Planting the Seed: A journey to gender equality in the cotton sector’ gave an insight into the gender...
On World Water Day, we shine a spotlight on responsible usage of a finite resource in the cotton industry and celebrate initiatives that contribute to SDG #12 – Responsible Con...
At CottonConnect we understand that by improving cotton farmer education and business practices, significant impacts can be made in improving community livelihoods. Enhancing th...
Cotton accounts for almost 40% of global textile production and the industry supports an estimated 250 million livelihoods. Yet this sector continues to face significant agronom...
At CottonConnect, we support cotton farmers in the switch from conventional farming to support the production of organic fibre. Using 91% less water and 62% less energy than con...
World Soil Day celebrates the importance of soil as a critical component of the natural system and as a vital contributor to human wellbeing. Held on 5th December 2017, the them...
Women play a key role in cotton growing communities. With a strong involvement in both the planting and harvesting, their position helps to determine the quantity, quality, and ...
In collaboration with natural capital valuation experts Trucost, CottonConnect has quantified how financial investments in the REEL Cotton Programme are benefitting society and ...
World Water Week, from 27 August – 1 September, is the annual focal point for the globe’s water issues, bringing together professionals from a range of sectors and countries to ...
Leading international brands and retailers, cotton standards and other stakeholders across the supply chain have come together to form Cotton 2040 – an initiative aiming to maxi...
Thirteen of the world’s most renowned clothing and textile companies have signed up to a sustainable cotton communiqué, through which they have pledged to use 100% sustainable c...
The REEL Cotton Programme is a three-year agricultural programme providing farmers with training on sustainable cotton farming practices.
Run by CottonConnect in partner...
With a vision to tackle the world's water crisis, World Water Day, held on 22nd March 2017, highlights the growing urgency for industries to develop solutions to the most pressi...
This year the Innovation Forum’s Smallholder Sustainable Development Event will address the major risks for smallholder farmers across agricultural sectors and how businesses ca...
This year, International Women’s Day demands that we stand up to inequality and #BeBoldForChange. And, while the World Economic Forum predicts it will take 116 years before the ...
In this podcast episode, Innovation Forum founder Toby Webb talks to Alison Ward about the issues of sustainability connected to cotton growing in China.
