Sustainability in Cotton – Introduction
Ecom views the BCI as an important tool for creating more stable and longer-term relationships in supply chains. Taking the risk out of supply chains through better practices and better relationships is better for buyers and for farmers. The priority is to provide a better, healthier cotton sector globally, in an industry with widely dispersed intermediaries and often weak market signals.
In 2011, Ecom made the first purchase and sale of Better Cotton from Mali, Brazil, and India and worked with BCI retailers on innovative commercial supply chain projects. The new gin and its associated agronomy and finance program in Tajikistan is Ecom’s flagship cotton project.
Contact the Sustainability Unit
Ecom Agroindustrial Corporation Ltd.
Av. Etienne Guillemin 16
P.O. Box 64
CH-1009 Pully
Switzerland
Tel. +41 21 721 7210
Sustainability Overview 2011
