NEWS
Stay up to date with the latest news on the activities of the Organic and Fairtrade Cotton Coalition (CCBE)
Study tour to Benin
With the aim of improving the income and living conditions of African cotton producers in general and organic cotton producers in particular, the GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) is currently funding the CCBE through a project to support...
Dive into the Organic Cotton Market Report
Our international partner Textile Exchange is currently the only organization reporting on the global organic cotton supply and trends on an annual basis. We are happy to share their annual cotton market report (2022), if you are interested to dive deeper into the...
Our interview in the Textile Exchange Insider Series
In this interview, Manuela Troxler from ecos - the organisation behind the Coalition for Fair Trade and Organic Cotton (CCBE) in West Africa - talks about her plans to establish the CCBE as a formal organisation and enter a growth phase in 2023/24, the challenges she...
Traceable TreeShirts – a pioneering project to strengthen local value creation and transparent supply chains
An important mission of the Organic & Fairtrade Cotton Coalition is to strengthen local value creation and to promote transparency and resilience in our global supply chains. One key driver for this mission is the Traceable TreeShirt project. It is a crowdfunding...
Ways Forward for West African Organic & Fairtrade Cotton
The second edition of the Salon International du Coton et du Textile (SICOT) was a great success for the organizers, the Organic & Fairtrade Cotton Coalition and its partners. Over 2'000 people from 30 countries attended the two-day conference with the aim to...
SICOT January 2020
We are happy to announce that the second Salon International du Coton et du Textile (SICOT) will take place on January 30th & 31st 2020 in Koudougou, Burkina Faso. This year there will be two exciting events regarding Organic & Fairtrade cotton supported by...