ORGANIC COTTON
APPROXIMATELY HALF OF ALL TEXTILES IN THE WORLD ARE MADE OF COTTON YET <1% IS CERTIFIED AS ORGANIC
THE BASICS
Organic cotton is grown without the use of toxic fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides and without genetically modified seeds.
THE PROBLEM WE ARE SOLVING
16.1% OF THE WORLD’S INSECTICIDES AND 5.7% OF TOTAL PESTICIDES ARE USED IN CONVENTIONAL COTTON PRODUCTION
THE DIFFERENCE
Organic farming can save up to 90% of the water used in cultivation compared to what’s required to farm conventional cotton. This is because organic cotton must be rainfed.
THE FACTS
COTTON PRODUCTION PROVIDES INCOME FOR MORE THAN 250 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE AND EMPLOYS ALMOST 7% OF LABOUR IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
70%
FERTILISERS ARE A SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF NITROGEN-LINKED GHG EMISSIONS, WHILE PESTICIDES EMIT CARBON DURING MANUFACTURING.
THEY ACCOUNT FOR ~70% OF GHG EMISSIONS IN
CONVENTIONAL COTTON CULTIVATION.
McKinsey & Co // Global Fashion Agenda
OUR GOTS COMMITMENT
We only work with supply chains that have been independently certified to the Global Organic Textiles Standard (CU1133274).