Better Cotton Membership

We are members of Better Cotton™ and committed to sourcing 15% of our cotton as Better Cotton™ by 2026.

 

WHAT IS BETTER COTTON™?

Better Cotton is a not-for-profit organisation, committed to improving cotton farming practices globally. Making it better for the environment and better for the people that grow the cotton in securing a future in the supply chain. Better Cotton™ operates on a mass balance basis.

 

HOW DO THEY DO THIS?

Better Cotton’s five Impact Targets underpin the organisation’s 2030 Strategy and map out how they measure and communicate progress to drive transformational changes at the field level.  These 5 impact areas are:-

1. Smallholder Livelihoods
2. Women’s empowerment
3. Soil health
4. Pesticides
5. Climate change mitigation

 

HOW ARE PREMIER SUPPORTING FARMERS?

This year we are committed to sourcing 12% of our cotton as Better Cotton™, with the long-term aim to source 15% by 2026.  Products are sourced via a system of mass balance and therefore may not contain Better Cotton™. Learn more about the mass balance system at, www.bettercotton.org/massbalance

 

     "Through the Better Cotton™ training sessions,

     I have learnt new ways to harvest and store cotton

     so that the fibre quality is protected.”

     Farm-worker Djeneba Kone.  Kolondieba, Mali.

     Photo Credit: Better Cotton/Seun Adatsi

 

  

     PU Manager Murat Bucak delivering a training

     session on fibre quality in Şanlıurfa, Turkey.

     Photo Credit: Better Cotton/Morgan Ferrar

 

 

     Better Cotton™ Farmer Vinodbhai Patel with a family of share-croppers, in Gujarat, India.

     Share-cropping is a usual practice in the region and over 80% of Better Cotton™ farmers in the

     region are dependent on share-croppers for the labour force.  The family is living and working on the farm.

     In return of their labour, they will be paid 25-30% of the profit after the harvest.

    Photo Credit: Better Cotton/Florian Lang

 

OUR COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY
Becoming member of Better Cotton™ is just one of the ways that we are able to demonstrate our commitment to sourcing and manufacturing in a more sustainable way. Learn about the other memberships and certifications we have selected to guide our sustainable growth going forward, www.premierworkwear.com/en-gb/sustainable-growth/