Better Cotton Initiative (BCI)

The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) is a not-for-profit organization stewarding the global standards for Better Cotton, and bringing together cotton’s complex supply chain, from the farmers to the retailers. BCI exists to make global cotton production better for the people who produce it, better for the environment it grows in and better for the sector’s future, by developing Better Cotton as a sustainable mainstream commodity. Read more at bettercotton.org BCI’s total Chemistry score in the MSI is -6 points before normalization. This is because it reduces the impact of chemical use in cotton fiber production through the following ways: Chemical Use Efficiency (-3 points): Chemical Emissions Reduction (-3 points):