"To succeed you have to believe in something with such a passion that it becomes reality." 

Anita Roddick
Quarterly Sustainability Newsletters
We issue quarterly newsletters that discuss current issues and her experiences.
January 2012: Cotton and Climate Change, Evolving Certification, Voluntary Standards Impacts on Producers
November 2011: Eradicating Slavery and Child Labor, Agriculture R&D, Impacts of Voluntary Standards
July 2011: Conflict Free Minerals, Mozambique Cotton Farms, Marketing brand value over green products 
April 2011: Cotton and water, Harmonizing ecolabels, Traceability in supply chains
January 2011: Water governance, Supply chain traceability, Input from sustainable biofuels workshops
October 2010: Geographic adaptation to RSB Standard for Hawaii, Water in biofuels and cotton, Better Cotton Initiative's supply chain system

July 2010: UNDP's Green Commodities Facility, Lessons from BP's oil spill, Labeling "green" products
April 2010: Good governance, Transparency and traceability, Supply chain partnerships
January 2010: Chain of custody systems, Freedom of association and collective bargaining, Integrating sustainability into the business


Past Newsletters

Work Products
Please view and/or download any of the following of our recent presentations or work products.

Presentations

Understanding the Cotton Supply Chain
Certification & Supply Chain Systems
Social Impacts in Agriculture
How to Develop a Sustainability Strategy
Supporting Sustainable Cotton through Existing Supply Chains
Implementing Uzbek Cotton Bans in Supply Chains
Water Governance in Cotton Supply Chain
Water Economics in Cotton Supply Chain
 
Documents

Needs Assessment of the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels in Hawaii
Beyond Certification: Next Generation of Sustainable Agriculture Initiatives
Building Resiliency to Climate Change Impacts on the Cotton Apparel Supply Chain
Chain of Custody Options for Sustainable Biofuels
Writing a Corporate Responsibility Report
Biofuels & Water Resource List
Cotton & Water - A Primer
Water & Biofuels - A Primer
Water Glossary

Please contact us if you would like to discuss any of these subjects further or if you would like to receive the quarterly newsletter.