Better Cotton Initiative's new milestone in traceable BCI cotton
By yash chouhan 2025-11-07 11:31:24
Better Cotton Initiative heralds new milestone for traceable BCI Cotton
Traceable BCI Cotton, officially known as Physical BCI Cotton, now accounts for more than 50% of BCI Cotton volumes in the global supply chain, the NGO announced this morning. More than 60 companies have signed up to source via BCI Traceability, while 17 have received products containing Physical BCI Cotton.
More than 23,000 metric tons (MT) of Physical BCI Cotton have been traced from cotton gins to BCI retailers and brands – a huge step up from the 90 MT achieved by November 2024.
In the past 12 months, BCI Traceability has been launched in Australia and Brazil, while the number of BCI suppliers and manufacturers aligned with the CoC Standard has risen from 700 in 2024 to over 2,000.
BCI Traceability will also be an essential part in the rollout of the organization’s new product label. Launched last month, the new BCI label allows retailers and brands to claim that their products contain Physical BCI Cotton, certified by a third-party body and traced from its country of origin.
“The complexity of textile supply chains, combined with increased legislation, makes the offer of traceability non-negotiable,” said Jacky Broomhead, director of traceablity at the Better Cotton Initiative. “To continue delivering on our mission to support cotton farmers around the world and ensure BCI farmers can access key markets, we needed to make BCI Cotton traceable.”
