With Cotton made in Africa, you can help to enshrine sustainability in the textile supply chain.
You sign a partnership agreement with ATAKORA Fördergesellschaft GmbH – the marketing company of the Aid by Trade Foundation – and pay an annual partnership fee. Then you gain the right to trade in the following qualities of cotton:
You need a partnership contract with us even if you only sell CmiA cotton under the CmiA-BCI label.
You must purchase CmiA cotton exclusively from verified cotton companies. There are no minimum or maximum amounts. Please regularly verify that the cotton company holds a valid verification certificate for the relevant harvest period, e.g. by checking our website. We cannot guarantee CmiA verification beyond the current certificate’s expiration date, for example for the purpose of drawing up futures contracts.
Every month, you enter your purchases and sales of CmiA cotton – including each of the four listed quality levels – into the supply chains of CmiA and BCI or toother cotton traders – into CmiA’s SCOT Tracking System.
There are two different types of partnership with Cotton made in Africa:
Feel free to contact us if you wish to become a strategic partner. As a strategic partner, you gain a special role in the initiative’s network and support us in the simultaneous development and expansion of sustainable cotton supply chains .
More detailed data and materials are available for download here, including the current list of all CmiA-verified cotton company, the Chain of Custody Guideline and the Claims Framework.
Cotton made in Africa smooths the way for using sustainable raw materials in the mass market by providing you with advice and support for integration into existing procurement structures. Feel free to contact us by email:
Your contact persons
supplychain@abt-foundation.org.
