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An international coalition of 11 organizations, including cotton sustainability initiative Better Cotton, has issued a formal demand for highly hazardous pesticides, or HHPs, to be phased out of agriculture, including cotton farming.
The announcement was in conjunction with the United Nations convening the fifth session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management, which is responsible for creating global strategies for the safe use and management of chemicals. The initiative, called the Integrated Pest Management Coalition, “aims to reduce and eventually eliminate the use of highly hazardous pesticides, and to promote more sustainable alternatives,” according to its website.
Nonprofit Better Cotton partners with farmers, manufacturers, and more than 300 retailers and brands, including Adidas and H&M.
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