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Brazil; Peru; Suriname; France; Colombia; Guyana; Bolivia; Venezuela; Ecuador
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Countries: Sweden
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Water Use Efficiency (SDG 6.4)
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Sustainable Withdrawals
Progress to Date: 37.7 billion Gallons of water saved
Services Needed: No services needed/offered
Desired Partner: Business
Language: English
Start & End Dates: Jan. 2010  »  Dec. 2020
Project Website: ungc-production.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/attachments/cop_2...
Contextual Condition(s): None
Additional Benefits: None
Beneficiaries: None
Planning & Implementation Time: 1-3 years
Financial Resources: Between $100,000 - $500,000 USD
Primary Funding Source: Corporate funding
Project Source: CEO Water Mandate
Profile Completion: 90%

Project Overview

H&M Is part of the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), which is a non-profit, multistakeholder governance group that promotes better standards in cotton farming and practices across 21 countries. H&M: "As of 2020, we only source recycled cotton, organic cotton, or cotton sourced through the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI). � How? We joined BCI in 2010 to help make cotton production more socially and environmentally sustainable." � "Our cotton sourced through BCI enabled an es…

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H&M Is part of the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), which is a non-profit, multistakeholder governance group that promotes better standards in cotton farming and practices across 21 countries. H&M: "As of 2020, we only source recycled cotton, organic cotton, or cotton sourced through the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI). � How? We joined BCI in 2010 to help make cotton production more socially and environmentally sustainable." � "Our cotton sourced through BCI enabled an estimated: � 37.7 billion gallons of water to be saved.1 � 91,400 kilograms of pesticides to be avoided."

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Basin and/or Contextual Conditions: None
Project Benefits: None
Indirect or Direct Beneficiaries: None
Months & Implementing: 1-3 years
Financial Resources: Between $100,000 - $500,000 USD
Primary Funding Source: Corporate funding

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Be a leader in water stewardship for the fashion industry, working both with reducing the water footprint of our value chain and engaging to promote better water governance in strategic, high risk river basins to secure availability and quality of … Learn More

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