GLAND - The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has published the results of a benchmarking exercise to compare the strengths and weaknesses of six leading cotton standards in addressing sustainability issues.
WWF studied the Better Cotton, Cotton Made in Africa (ICmiA), FairTrade International, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Organic Program, EU Organic Program, and India National Program for Organic Production for the exercise.
Researchers considered how well each standard addressed agrochemicals, soil, water, biodiversity, climate change, monitoring and evaluation, gender, forced and child labour, workers' rights and working conditions.
