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US cotton industry introduces plan to meet sustainability goals

Cotton Council International President Ted Schneider, at the Cotton Sourcing USA Summit, revealed plans to introduce the US Cotton Trust Protocol to help the US cotton industry meet its 2025 sustainability goals. The protocol is an integrated data collection, measurement and verification procedure which will benchmark farmers’ gains towards the industry goals and provide the global textile supply chain additional assurances that U.S. cotton is produced in a responsible manner.

The details of the Protocol are being fine-tuned, and a pilot program will be launched in 2019 and fully implemented with the 2020 cotton crop year. Participating growers would be required to adopt a data tool that allows for the quantitative measurement of key sustainability metrics, such as the FieldPrint Platform from Field to Market.

Growers would also complete a self-assessment checklist of best management practices; with a sampling of participating producers subjected to independent verification. The online interface and associated databases are currently being developed by a Memphis-based company The Seam.

 

 
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