CmiA news and archive

Cotton made in Africa benefits more than one million farmers

For the first time since its inception in 2005, the sustainable cotton initiative Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) cooperates with more than one million cotton farmers, 17 percent of whom are women. In 2017, a record sum of 90 million textiles bore the CmiA quality label. This was announced by the initiative in a press release on Thursday. “Africa...

People

Laura Chaplin is new CmiA ambassador

Laura Chaplin, granddaughter of world-famous actor Charlie Chaplin, is the new ambassador of Cotton made in Africa (CmiA). The young fashion designer wants to support the initiative for sustainable cotton farming through her label 'Smile by Laura Chaplin'. “I really wanted to be ambassador for Cotton made in Africa, because we share the same...

Business

Hakro joins CmiA initiative

The German Hakro GmbH, supplier of clothing for corporate fashion, work, leisure and sport, has recently signed a partnership agreement with Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) and will be buying CmiA-certified cotton in the future. About 30 retailers and brands are currently part of the Demand Alliance. The sourced cotton is produced in accordance...

Business

Otto Group increases sustainable cotton share, reaches 49 percent

As part of its sustainability strategy, the Otto Group has almost doubled its order quantity for sustainable cotton for its own and licensed brands by 22 percentage points to 49 percent of the total cotton volume. Using certified cotton with the "Cotton Made in Africa" (CmiA) label has also saved more than 33 billion liters of water, announced...

Business

Cotton made in Africa celebrates tenth anniversary

In 2005, businessman Michael Otto of the German Otto Group launched the Cotton made in Africa initiative as well as the supporting organisation Aid by Trade Foundation (then called Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry, which was renamed in 2007). Together with state sector partners like DEG and GIZ, NGOs like the WWF and Welthungerhilfe and two...

Management

CmiA Stakeholder Conference focuses on entire textile value chain

This year's 9th Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) and Competitive African Cotton Initiative COMPACI Stakeholder Conference, which took place on 20th October in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, put the development of the entire textile value chain on top of its agenda. Case in point was Ethiopia itself, which joined the initiative only this year....

Business

CmiA Stakeholder Conference focuses on entire textile value chain

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Ethiopia joins Cotton made in Africa initiative

After Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Tanzania, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Uganda and Zambia, Ethiopia is the tenth country to support sustainable cotton farming through Cotton made in Africa (CmiA), an initiative by the Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF). It cooperates locally with the Ethiopian Cotton Producers, Exporters and Ginners Association...

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Uganda joins Cotton made in Africa initiative

After Cameroon, Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia, Uganda is the ninth country to support sustainable cotton farming through Cotton made in Africa (CmiA), an initiative by the Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF). Around Ugandan 5,400 smallholder farmers, verified by the Western Uganda Cotton Company (WUCC), are...

Business

Aid by Trade Foundation launches CmiA-Organic Cotton

The Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF), Africa's largest cotton initiative, now offers organic cotton according to the CmiA Organic Standard for the first time as part of its Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) initiative. "The new CmiA Organic Standard will benefit both the more than 9,000 successfully verified cotton farmers in Tanzania as well as...

Fashion

Tchibo supports schools in Africa through CmiA

Together with the Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF), German retailer Tchibo is involved in the Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) initiative that has been committed to expanding the school infrastructure in the rural areas of Africa for several years now. In two of the world's poorest countries, Benin in western Africa and Zambia in eastern Africa,...

Fashion

CmiA Conference in Cologne presents African cotton

More than 150 experts across the textile value chain from nearly 20 countries participated last week in the 8th CmiA and Compaci Stakeholder Conference, which took place from 24th to 26th September in Cologne. The main goals of the two initiatives is to make African cotton competitive and to provide a sustainable basis for people and nature. In...