Cotton Cascade/Cotton in Common
A pioneering initiative, in partnership with 13 global collaborators, the Circular Cotton Cascade redefines the cotton supply chain, seamlessly integrating regenerative farming and eco-friendly landscape fabric.
The cotton supply chain is strained by resource-intensive practices, environmental harm, and limited collaboration among stakeholders. The lack of innovative, circular solutions fails to fully utilize cotton’s potential, leading to excessive waste and inefficient use of resources. Addressing these issues requires a regenerative approach that integrates co-creation, trust, and purpose across the cotton value chain, fostering sustainable economic models and environmental stewardship, while empowering small and marginal farmers through collaboration and innovative designs.
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Solutions
The Circular Cotton Cascade transcends traditional agriculture and textile production by creating multiple uses for cotton through innovative collaboration built on co-creation, trust, and purpose. It revolutionizes the cotton value chain, from regenerative farming to its final use as landscape fabric that safely returns to the biosphere. By maximizing resource effectiveness and reducing raw material usage, this model fosters regeneration, ensuring that each step honours the environment and the communities that sustain it.
Impact
The Circular Cotton Cascade project transforms the cotton supply chain through regenerative and circular models, fostering environmental and social responsibility. Collaborating with 13 partners from India and the Netherlands, it minimizes raw material use and promotes resource regeneration. Targeting small and marginal farmers in Andhra Pradesh, the initiative employs agroforestry-based systems, allowing cotton to serve multiple cycles before returning to the biosphere. By emphasizing co-creation, trust, and innovation, it reduces reliance on intensive farming and revolutionizes the cotton value chain. This scalable model aims to enhance global sustainability and improve the livelihoods of millions of farmers.
