C&A warns of organic cotton supply shortage

08 Apr '14

4 min read

All cotton in C&A products labelled with Bio Cotton is 100 percent certified organic cotton – never blended. Seventy-five percent of the processed organic cotton, which is cultivated without the use of pesticides and artificial fertilizers, comes from farm projects supported by the C&A Foundation – around 60,000 farmers in India benefit from these projects.

The social- and environmental programs place focus on the local communities in the production regions with the aim of improving the living conditions of the cotton farmers who work there. Examples of projects include drip irrigation and the provision of organic seeds, along with instruction for the farmers and other important partners in the organic cotton supply chain.

“CottonConnect” also adheres to these principles and is an independent company founded by C&A in partnership with Textile Exchange and Shell Foundation. The objective of “CottonConnect” is to more sustainably structure the global cotton supply chain through collaboration with 22 textile retail companies and fashion brands. All profits are exclusively reinvested.

C&A has set itself the long-term goal of procuring its entire cotton collection from sustainable production by the year 2020. At the same time, C&A Foundation is supporting a number of initiatives aimed at increasing organic production and improving farmer livelihoods. Recently, the foundation, in partnership with CottonConnect, held the first Organic Cotton Roundtable in India as a “Call to Action” for stakeholders to come together to address the decrease in production.

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