Programme Founders
The Fashion Pact
The Fashion Pact represents one third of the global fashion industry and is committed to mitigating the impact of climate change, restoring biodiversity, and protecting the oceans. The initiative brings together CEOs and senior leaders to accelerate joint action across the value chain, from suppliers to retailers, working together to achieve a nature-positive and net-zero future.
2050
2050 is an expert sustainability consultancy working to support a rapid transition to a sustainable future through research, innovation and strategy advisory services 2050 is the climate delivery partner to The Fashion Pact, providing capacity building support and strategic guidance on climate topics, and developing Unlock to achieve the Pact’s ambitious climate goals.
Data Partners
Our data partners are providing GHG quantification mechanisms in line with the Unlock programme design across the two pillars of the pilot phase.
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Indigo
Indigo Ag has been collaborating across the supply chain to help global brands drive climate action through regenerative agriculture for 5 years. Rigorous MRV capabilities – validated through scientific peer review – offer flexible, scalable solutions to measure, reduce, and report on Scope 3 emissions aligned with GHGP and SBTi standards.
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Regrow
Companies across the agriculture supply chain use the Regrow Agriculture Resilience platform to assure their supply chains by accelerating the needed scale of GHG emissions reduction, adoption of regenerative farming practices, and proactive adaptation to the changing climate.
Implementing Partners
Our implementing partners work directly with farmers to support them in applying their improved practices, and often provide data on behalf of farmers to allow for impact quantification.
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Better Cotton
Better Cotton is the world’s largest cotton sustainability programme. Their mission is to help cotton communities survive and thrive, while protecting and restoring the environment. In the 2021-22 cotton season, 2.2 million farmers produced 5.4 million tonnes of Better Cotton, or 22% of the world’s cotton production.
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Organic Cotton Acelerator
The Organic Cotton Accelerator (OCA) is a multi-stakeholder organisation advancing farmer prosperity while creating a transparent, resilient, and responsible organic cotton supply chain. OCA believes in a future where we have fully realised the Organic Cotton Effect – organic cotton’s powerful and positive impact on people, the planet, and prosperity.
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Staple Cotton Cooperative Association
Founded in 1921, Staple Cotton Cooperative Association (Staplcotn) is the oldest and largest cotton marketing cooperative in the United States. Staplcotn is a 100% grower-owned company. We sell and ship our grower/owners’ cotton to spinning mills in more than 20 countries with an emphasis on service, integrity, quality, and transparency.
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California Cotton and Climate Coalition-c4
The California Cotton & Climate Coalition, known as C4, aims to build capacity within all stakeholders to grow, source, and develop climate beneficial, farm-forward textiles and supply chains in the future without the help of the coalition. C4 is led by Fibershed in partnership with White Buffalo Land Trust, Torus, Materevolve, Chico State University, Agri Technovation, Carbon Cycle Institute, Bowles Farming Company and Stone Land Company. Together, we are supporting Climate Beneficial(TM) cotton that aims to improve soil health and water holding capacity, building and measuring soil carbon, and reducing the use of synthetic chemistry.
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Carolinas Cotton Grower Cooperative
The mission of Carolinas Cotton Growers Cooperative, Inc. is to maximise our members' profitability by adding value to the cotton they produce through effective and efficient marketing, warehousing, shipping, and other services in a manner that encourages integrity, trust, and quality service.