Better Cotton
Kerem Saral BCI Supply Chain Manager
2014
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BCI Chain of Custody & Traceability System Mass-balance system for all members Concept & application & implications Better Cotton Tracer Traders Spinners
Retailers
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What is a Better Cotton Claim Unit? BCCU = Better Cotton Claim Unit » The units of conventional cotton that can be substituted for equivalent units of Better Cotton - Due to Mass Balance » 1 BCCU represents 1 kilo of physical Better Cotton
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Better Cotton CoC Guidelines Separate chapters for each actor
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Better Cotton Chain of Custody MASS-BALANCE ADMINISTRATIVE
SEGREGATION
Chain of Custody Guidelines
Ginner Monitoring Guidelines
Membership Code of Practice
Retailer clients monitoring requirements
Membership Code of Practice
BCI membership not required
Registered BCI membership required
BCI membership not required but encouraged
BCI membership required
Trader Farmer 100% Seed BC
100% BC Bale
BTS
Products with associated BCCU (Better Cotton Claim Units)
Better Cotton Tracer
No Access
Better Cotton Tracer
Better Cotton CoC Guidelines – Gin Level
Better Cotton is kept physically separate from conventional cotton at the gin level in all countries
In order to create 100% Better Cotton Bales = Total available lint Better Cotton at a global level 6
Better Cotton CoC guidelines - Traders Mass-balance with Country Scope
Trader’s warehouse in Brazil 100 Kilos of Brazilian Better Cotton Bales
Volume In
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Volume out
BC
CC
BC
CC
BC
CC
Better Cotton
100 Kilos of Brazilian Conventional Cotton Bales
Conventional Cotton
Purchase declaration from ginner
+ 100 BCCUs in trader’s account
Sales declaration to a spinner
- 100 BCCUs in trader’s account & +100 BCCUs in spinner’s account 7
Trader’s Purchase Declaration
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Trader’s Sales Declaration
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Better Cotton CoC guidelines – Spinners Mass-balance with Site Scope Spinning factory in Bangladesh Volume In 100 Kilos of West African Bales w/ BCCUS Better Cotton Bales
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Volume out
BC
CC
BC
CC
BC
CC
100 Kilos of Indian Conventional Cotton Bales
Better Cotton Conventional Cotton
Purchase declaration from ginner or trader
+100 BCCUs in spinner’s account
Sales declaration to a fabric mill
-100 BCCUs in spinner’s account 10
Spinner’s Purchase Declaration
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Spinner’s Sales Declaration (Combed Yarn)
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Spinner’s Sales Declaration (Carded Yarn)
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BCCU Transfers Ginners
Traders
Online BCCU Transfer
Spinners
Fabric Mills
ODF BCCUs
Garment Man.
Physical Document Transfer
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Better Cotton Volume Claims by Retailers Retailer Total claims reported to BCI
Product with allocated BCCUs (indicated on spinners’ ODFs)
Yarn with BCCUs BCCUs
BCCUs Yarn without BCCUs
Cotton Tracer
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Retailer and Brand BCCU Claims
Spinner’s name and # of BCCUs are taken from the spinner’s ODF
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Better Cotton CoC guidelines – Fabric Mills Mass-balance with Site Scope Fabric manufacturer in Turkey Volume In 100 Kilos of yarn with BCCUs from India
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Volume out
BC
CC
BC
CC
BC
CC
Yarn with BCCUs
100 Kilos of yarn without BCCUs from Turkey
Yarn without BCCUs
Can use ANY yarn made with ANY origin of cotton 17
Fabric Mill Challenge Fabric Mill Purchases 100 MT of yarn – ODF w/ 120,000 BCCUs to fulfil multiple retailers’ orders BCCUs must be reallocated to different fabric shipments – Allocates 20,000 BCCUs to Retailer A – Allocates 20,000 BCCUs to Retailer B – Keeps the rest of the BCCUs for future orders 18
Purpose of the Better Cotton Tracer
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Thank you! Please contact us at any time to: Ask any questions regarding our traceability system Your account on Better Cotton Tracer To get a copy of this presentation Report troubles you identified in your BC supply chain
Kerem Saral – BCI Supply Chain Manager
[email protected] Direct Line: +41-22-939-1293 Skype ID: keremsaral Manish Gupta - India Supply Chain Coordinator
[email protected] Muhammad Shuiab – Pakistan Supply Chain Coordinator
[email protected] Leo Xiao - China Supply Chain Coordinator
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