MEMPHIS – The US Cotton Trust Protocol has enrolled its first batch of 28 Latin American suppliers, as it accelerates its ambitions of creating a data-rich platform representative of the entire industry.
Launched to verify sustainability progress through data collection and third-party cooperation, the protocol aligns users and growers of US cotton in best measuring their impacts across six areas: water use, greenhouse gas emissions, energy use, soil carbon, soil loss and land use efficiency.
“We are pleased that these companies have joined the protocol as the textile industry works to improve the transparency in their supply chain that brands and retailers are asking for,” Dr Gary Adams, the organisation’s president said.
