Cotton - IDH - the Sustainable Trade Initiative
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About 10% of all agricultural chemicals used worldwide are processed by the cotton sector. This causes environmental damage, coupled with issues of high costs and low incomes, cotton creates large sustainability issues that produces reputational risks for brands and retailers. In 2009 IDH convened a group of retailers and brands, CSOs and funds to develop together with IDH […]
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Akvo RSR - IDH The Sustainable Trade
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Cotton - IDH - the sustainable trade initiative
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The Better Cotton Initiative launches The Better Cotton Innovation Challenge with EUR 135,000 in prize money - IssueWire