{"id":24238,"date":"2022-09-20T13:42:24","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T13:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textileexchange.org\/2025-sustainable-cotton-challenge\/"},"modified":"2023-11-27T11:11:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T17:11:15","slug":"2025-sustainable-cotton-challenge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/textileexchange.org\/2025-sustainable-cotton-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Sustainable Cotton Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Our 2025 Sustainable Cotton Challenge is a catalyst to shift the market toward the use of cotton<\/a> grown using agricultural practices with improved environmental and social sustainability outcomes. We\u2019re challenging brands to commit to sourcing 100% of their cotton from more sustainable programs and initiatives by 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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DEVELOPMENT<\/h6>\n

We\u2019re leading brands in a collective commitment.<\/h2>\n

In May 2017, 13 of the most widely known fashion and textile companies signed a collective commitment in the presence of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, now His Majesty King Charles III. The pledge was drafted by a small steering group including the International Sustainability Unit, Marks & Spencer, The Soil Association, Textile Exchange, Levi Strauss & Co., and Kering. In March 2018, Textile Exchange took over the management of this initiative and we created the 2025 Sustainable Cotton Challenge.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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SCOPE<\/h6>\n

The challenge recognizes 16 cotton programs and initiatives around the world.<\/h3>\n

These include: Responsible Brazilian Cotton (ABR), e3\u00ae Sustainable Cotton, Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), Cotton made in Africa (CmiA), Cotton made in Africa Organic (CmiA-organic), Fairtrade, Fairtrade Organic, International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC), myBMP, Organic Cotton, Recycled Cotton, REEL Cotton, Regenerative Cotton (ROC\u2122), In-Conversion Cotton (\u201cTransitional\u201d in the US), EUCOTTON – Organic and the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t

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GOALS<\/h6>\n

Our goal is to increase the industry’s use of more sustainable cotton from 30% to 50% by 2025.<\/h3>\n

In 2020, 30% of all cotton used in the industry came from recognized programs and initiatives. Through this challenge, we aim to increase this to more than 50% by 2025 as participating companies raise the bar, ensuring all their cotton comes from one or more of our recognized sources by the same year.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe 2025 Sustainable Cotton Challenge in numbers\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe number of Sustainable Cotton Challenge signatories in 2023.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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SPOTLIGHT ON<\/h6>\n

Discover Progress Made<\/h2>\n

The 2025 Sustainable Cotton Challenge Dashboard tracks participating companies\u2019 progress toward sourcing 100% of their cotton from programs and initiatives that boost the income of smallholder farmers and eliminate or reduce the hazardous pesticides and synthetic fertilizers used by 2025.<\/p>\n

Learn More<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDive deeper into the requirements\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

When signing up to a material challenge, companies agree to a set of requirements, as well as to respect\u202four values\u202fof integrity, inclusive community, learning, and collaboration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t

See the requirements<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFind out more about cotton production\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Read about the sustainability challenges that come with conventional cotton production, the opportunities to overcome them, and the steps you can start taking to reduce your impact.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t

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