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BCI QUARTERLY REPORT Q1 2018: 1 January – 31 March BCI QUARTERLY REPORT Q1 2018: 1 January – 31 March The Better Cotton Initiative exists to make global cotton production better for the people who produce it, better for the environment it grows in and better for the sector’s future, by developing Better Cotton as a sustainable mainstream commodity. This document contains confidential information and is intended for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Table of Contents Q1 Highlights 3 The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) is the largest cotton sustainability programme Upcoming Events and Meetings 4 in the world. Last year, with its partners, BCI provided training on more sustainable Data Snapshot 5 agricultural practices to close to 1.6 million Q1 Summary Report 6 farmers from 23 countries and mobilised €8.9 million in field-level investment. Swedish Postcode Lottery 6 BCI is truly a global effort, encompassing Foundation Grant organisations all the way from farms to fashion and textile brands, driving Membership and Supply Chain 7 the cotton sector towards sustainability. BCI Council 9 Standards and Assurance: Rolling 9 out the Revised Standard Selected Country Highlights 10 China 10 Mozambique 10 India 11 Pakistan, including a Story 12 from the Field Communications 14 This report is made possible by the generous support of the American people through Better Cotton Growth and Innovation the United States Agency for International Fund Update and Financial 15 Development (USAID). The contents are the responsibility of the Better Cotton Initiative Statement and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. Secretariat Financial Statement 16 2 Q1 Highlights €250,000 Grant Awarded from Standards and Assurance: the Swedish Postcode Lottery Rolling Out the New Foundation Principles and Criteria The Swedish Postcode Lottery awarded The revised Principles and Criteria €250,000 to BCI to develop a new Better became effective on 1 March 2018. Cotton Training Academy. The Academy They’re now applicable at field-level will provide a scalable and sustainable and can be found here. solution that will ensure Implementing Read more. Partners and BCI Farmers have access to high quality learning opportunities as they adopt more sustainable farming Uptake practices and commit to continuously improve. BCI Retailer and Brand Member declarations on the Better Cotton Platform (formerly Better Read more. Cotton Tracer) were up 44% in Q1 2018 compared to Q1 2017, 205,212 MT was declared in total. Membership In Q1, BCI Membership grew to 1,273 members. We welcomed new Retailer and Brand Members: Guess? Inc., OLYMP Bezner KG, Punto FA S.L., Rusta AB and Scotch & Soda. Applications from civil society organisations (CSOs) were received and are pending. 3 Upcoming Events and Meetings BCI 2018 Global Cotton Donors and Supporters Conference and Member Meeting – Pre-Competitive Meeting: 26-28 June Partnerships and the 2018, Brussels, Belgium Sustainable Development The theme of this years Global Cotton Goals: 26 June 2018, Conference will be ‘Towards 2030: Scaling Brussels, Belgium Impact through Collaboration.’ The meeting, hosted by BCI, will be held in Brussels On 26 June, BCI will host a Donors and on 27-28th of June, with members-only Supporters Roundtable Meeting in Brussels. events taking place on the 26th. Members The meeting will focus on how precompetitive only meetings will include the BCI 2018 partnerships, supporting more sustainable Annual Member Meeting & General cotton production, contribute to the Assembly and ‘An Introduction to BCI.’ Sustainable Development Goals. For more information, please contact The BCI 2018 Global Cotton Conference Claudia Busch, Head of Development, will bring the entire sector together to [email protected] collaborate on a more sustainable future for cotton. Industry leaders and experts will gather for an interactive opportunity to explore themes at field level, in the supply chain and in consumer facing business. During the General Assembly, BCI Council election results will be revealed and attendees will receive updates on membership benefits, Better Cotton supply figures and global strategy. C&A will address why they support Better Cotton, what it means for them, how they are rapidly increasing their uptake and how their adoption model can be replicated for different sized companies. 4 DATA SNAPSHOT – April 2018 The figures provided here are provisional. Find BCI's published figures in the annual and harvest reports at www.bettercotton.org. 2015-16 Harvest (Final) 2016-17 Harvest (Non-Final Figures) 2017-18 Harvest (Non-Final Figures) Country Area under Area under Area under Participating Licensed BCI Better Cotton Participating Licensed BCI Better Cotton Participating Licensed BCI Better Cotton Cotton Cotton Better Cotton Farmers Farmers Volume [MT lint] Farmers Farmers Volume [MT lint] Farmers Farmers Volume [MT lint] Cultivation [Ha] Cultivation [Ha] Cultivation [Ha] China 97,939 86,575 246,000 415,000 62,115 51,746 401,000 932,000 80,676 80,676 540,000 1,226,000 India 424,664 408,948 638,000 373,000 445,065 303,886 501,000 325,000 686,672 625,585 948,000 622,000 Israel 91 91 10,000 19,000 84 84 8,000 14,000 75 75 7,000 12,000 Kazakhstan -- -- -- -- 45 43 2,000 1,000 169 169 2,000 1,000 Mali 51,124 49,293 138,000 56,000 53,272 0 0 0 53,961 3,879 14,000 6,000 Pakistan 139,957 129,574 498,000 352,000 128,393 90,441 359,000 316,000 288,930 251,292 811,000 701,000 N. Hemisphere N. Senegal 5,511 5,511 6,000 1,000 5,036 0 0 0 4,604 2,957 3,000 1,000 Tajikistan 820 820 12,000 11,000 1,051 1,051 13,000 13,000 1,261 1,261 22,000 22,000 Turkey 561 441 13,000 23,000 374 342 16,000 30,000 1,155 791 20,000 41,000 USA 84 84 25,000 34,000 127 121 85,000 109,000 365 365 226,000 238,000 Madagascar 2,712 1,229 2,000 1,000 4,915 2,106 7,000 1,000 2,209 not yet available 5,000 4,000 Mozambique 87,920 72,571 89,000 16,000 100,038 68,599 59,000 9,000 166,744 not yet available 165,000 83,000 S. Hemisphere South Africa 147 30 2,000 1,000 1,618 553 7,000 4,000 1,169 not yet available 16,000 15,000 BCSS Global Totals 811,530 755,167 1,679,000 1,302,000 802,133 518,972 1,458,000 1,754,000 1,287,990 967,050 2,779,000 2,972,000 Australia (MyBMP) 53 44 27,000 52,000 76 76 62,000 138,000 97 97 93,000 229,000 S. Hemi Brazil (ABR) 212 198 607,000 832,000 250 217 551,000 897,000 250 not yet available 770,000 1,200,000 CmiA (AbTF) 773,128 773,128 1,178,000 319,000 780,000 780,000 1,182,000 320,000 700,000 683,000 969,000 301,000 Global TOTALS 1,584,923 1,528,537 3,491,000 2,505,000 1,582,459 1,299,265 3,253,000 3,109,000 1,988,337 1,667,397 4,611,000 4,702,000 Notes » Figures for Area and Production, including global sums, are rounded off. » Purple - pre-season projections » Pink - early season figures » Yellow - licensed figures. Final, actual figures will be known 16 to 18 weeks after the season ends (per country), on the basis of final Result Indicator Reports. As a result, global totals are also subject to change. » Grey - final, actual figures » CmiA countries include: Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Mozambique, Ghana, Ethiopia, Cote d’Ivoire, Cameroon and Burkina Faso. (Without Uganda and Malawi as they are not benchmarked with BCI) Questions or feedback on the data? Contact Kendra Park Pasztor, M&E Manager: [email protected]. 5 Q1 Summary Report BCI Receives Swedish The Better Cotton Training Academy includes Postcode Lottery two key elements to facilitate learning. Foundation Grant • New training modules will be developed, which will help IP staff better understand BCI was awarded €250,000 for a new the core Principles and Criteria that project to develop a Better Cotton Training BCI Farmers are required to follow. The Academy. The Academy will provide modules will also provide guidance for how a scalable and sustainable solution to BCI Farmers can continuously improve. ensure that Implementing Partners (IP) and BCI Farmers have access to learning • A Qualification Management System opportunities that support their adoption of (QMS) will also be developed to ensure more sustainable farming practices and their all BCI Staff, Implementing Partners and commitment to continuously improve. Third-Party Verifiers carrying out assurance and field-based training activities are fully qualified and competent. This will increase consistency in the way training events, Second Party Credibility Checks and Third-Party Verifications are implemented globally. 6 Membership and Supply Chain their supply chain partners to BCI and explore how they, together, can increase Aiming to Reach 1.1 Million Metric uptake of Better Cotton. Tonnes Uptake Target, a 50% Increase on 2017 Result BCI also hosted other engagement events and supplier training workshops with During Q1, retailer and brand declarations Members including Target (in the US), on the Better Cotton Platform (formerly Better Hugo Boss (in Germany and Switzerland) Cotton Tracer) were 205,212 metric tonnes and Decathlon (in Pakistan). (MT), while spinner uptake was 414,736 MT. Retailer and brand declarations showed a 44% increase against the same period in Members by Category Members by Region 2017.
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