BCI agrees Uzbek partnership to offset certification costs

GENEVA – The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) has announced a strategic agreement with Uzbekistan’s Light Industry Agency to increase financial support for cotton farming clusters adopting sustainable agricultural practices.

The agency, established this year by the Uzbek government to drive improvements in the country’s textile sector, will manage a new fund to reimburse the cost of farm and supply chain-level certification against BCI standards, in order to incentivise compliance.