COTTON USA Announces United Nations Designates 7 October 'World Cotton Day' on Its Permanent Calendar
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NEW YORK, Oct. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
The United Nations has announced (https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3304472-1&h=2821655168&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wto.org%2Fenglish%2Fnews_e%2Fnews21_e%2Fcott_16sep21_e.htm&a=announced) that it will approve designating 7 October of each year as World Cotton Day
on its permanent calendar. First launched in 2019 at the World Trade
Organisation (WTO) headquarters in Geneva, World Cotton Day continues to grow
each year.
On World Cotton Day, stakeholders from the global cotton community come
together to speak on the many benefits of cotton including the facts that:
--Cotton is grown in over 70 countries and provides an income to hundreds
of millions of people every year.
--A single ton of cotton provides year-round employment for an estimated 5
or 6 people (often in some of the most impoverished places on earth.)
--Cotton is the only agricultural crop to provide both food and fiber.
--Cotton has a negative carbon footprint and degrades 95% more than
polyester in wastewater helping to keep our land and water clean.
The event theme for 2021 is 'Cotton for Good' to celebrate the fiber's enduring
positive impact. A virtual celebration (https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3304472-1&h=248633672&u=https%3A%2F%2Fcottonusa.6connex.com%2Fevent%2FWorldCottonDay%2Flogin&a=virtual+celebration) will feature notable speakers such as Bert Jacobs, CEO and Co-Founder of Life
is Good, and Maxine Bedat, Director of New Standard Institute. Other global
industry experts include Cotton Council International, Viterra India,
International Cotton Advisory Committee, Better Cotton Initiative, and African
Cotton Foundation. Keynote topics include responsible fashion, sustainability,
and the importance of cotton in countries around the world.
With the cotton industry's focus on sustainability, attendees will learn about
the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol (https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3304472-1&h=749074490&u=https%3A%2F%2Ftrustuscotton.org%2Fabout%2F&a=U.S.+Cotton+Trust+Protocol) (R), which aligns with the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals to bring
quantifiable and verifiable goals and measurement to sustainable cotton
production.
To learn more about the activities planned for World Cotton Day, please visit
www.worldcottonday.com (https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3304472-1&h=3336382344&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldcottonday.com%2F&a=www.worldcottonday.com). Follow #WorldCottonDay on social media and join the global conversation.
SOURCE COTTON USA
CONTACT: Marjory Walker, Vice President Council Operations, National Cotton
Council, mwalker@cotton.org; Mike McCue, Director of Communications,
International Cotton Advisory Committee, mike@icac.org; James Pruden, Senior
Director Corporate Communications, Cotton Incorporated, jpruden@cottoninc.com
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