The Australian Cotton industry releases an annual sustainability update, along with a summary and a detailed Excel data pack.
The summary provides a snapshot of the Australian cotton industry’s sustainability progress across its most important PLANET (environment), PEOPLE (social) and PADDOCK (economic) topics.
The PLANET. PEOPLE. PADDOCK. Framework sets out targeted outcomes for priority topics across three key pillars:
The priority topics align with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Find out more about the priority topics, our goals and pathways to achieving the targeted outcomes.
Cotton Australia's data dashboard reported on Australian cotton information across a range of metrics, including production, yield, quality, and social and environmental sustainability.
Using a combination of cotton industry research and survey data, government and publicly available sources, the user-friendly dashboard contained over 70 data sets, from export market results to progress against sustainability targets and improvements in farming practices.