Commodity: Cotton & Textiles
Chinese farmers sell Better Cotton
Smallholder farmers in the Chinese province of Hebei have received their first BCI license and will be able to market…
08 January 2015
Textiles from Ethiopia: How to learn from Asia?
The future is full of promise for Ethiopia’s textile industry. With a population of 90 million – the second largest…
20 November 2014
Better Cotton Initiative benefits sector
The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) aims to promote measurable improvements of cotton cultivation to make it more economically, environmentally, and…
21 August 2014
Solidaridad Network Annual Report 2010: Insufficient supply of sustainable produced goods
"Now that sustainability has become a mainstream ambition in the corporate sector, the task is to ensure a sufficient supply…
A Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) project in India: empowering small-scale cotton farmers
This story highlights how Solidaridad and it’s local partner MYKAPS protected small-scale and marginal farmers in the H.D.Kote taluk of…
First Better Cotton licence for MYKAPS India
MYKAPS, an NGO based in Karnataka India and supporting some 1750 smallholder cotton farmers, received the first Better Cotton license…
ProCotton expansion in East Africa
Through a financial contribution and collaboration with the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) and the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC),…
Diary of a field trip to Better Cotton farmers in India
Janet Mensink from Solidaridad Network went to India with Adidas to visit Better Cotton farmers and attended a Better Cotton…
Do you also believe in "trade for aid"?
With this Edun Live T-shirt, Jackpot supports organic cotton farmers in the North of Uganda; a region which is recovering…
Change needs more than simple certification
Since the 80’s there is a growing awareness of the sometimes poor conditions under which –western- consumer goods are produced.…
