The 2021 edition of the World Cotton Day will be on the theme ‘Cotton for Good’. It will celebrate the fiber enduring positive impact. The event will feature a virtual seminar with notable speakers such as Bert Jacobs, CEO and Co-Founder, Life is Good, and Maxine Bédat, Director, New Standard Institute. Other global industry experts include Cotton Council International, Viterra India, International Cotton Advisory Committee, Better Cotton Initiative and African Cotton Foundation.

Organized by the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), the webinar will focus on keynote topics such as responsible fashion, sustainability and the importance of cotton in countries around the world. Attendees will learn about the US Cotton Trust Protocol®, which aligns with the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals to bring quantifiable and verifiable goals and measurement to sustainable cotton production.

The United Nations celebrates October 7, each year as World Cotton Day. On this day, stakeholders from the global cotton community come together to speak on the benefits of cotton. Formed in 1939, the ICAC is an association of cotton producing, consuming and trading countries. It acts as a catalyst for change by helping member countries maintain a healthy world cotton economy; provides transparency to the world cotton market by serving as a clearinghouse for technical information on cotton production; and serves as a forum for discussing cotton issues of international significance.