#HappeningNow "As more and more regulations are coming into play, the eye of the world is now on Human Rights risks in business. It's not about a risk to the business, it's about risk to the people. And because of this, it's even more important, that what we do within our supply chain becomes traceable and becomes transparent." Geetanjali Solanki, Country Manager, @Cotton_Connect, shared her insights during the High Level Plenary "Empowering Women Cotton Farmers: Cultivating Change, Closing Gender Gaps, and Combatting Climate Change" at Centre for Responsible Business's 10 edition of #IndiaandSustainabilityStandards, happening on 6 - 8 November at India Habitat Centre. Join the virtual platform : shorturl.at/iwxDE #ISS2023 #CRBISS2023

"Cotton Supply Chain is very fragmented and has no visibility in certain areas and thus their traceability is very challenging." Geetanjali Solanki, Country Manager, @Cotton_Connect, shared her insights during the High Level Plenary "Empowering Women Cotton Farmers: Cultivating Change, Closing Gender Gaps, and Combatting Climate Change" at Centre for Responsible Business's 10 edition of #IndiaandSustainabilityStandards, happening on 6 - 8 November at India Habitat Centre. Join the virtual platform : shorturl.at/iwxDE #ISS2023 #CRBISS2023

"Women are contributing to the economy, but often the women themselves do not perceive themselves as workers. Therefore, the statistics are met with measurement challenges." Jahnavi Andharia, Director & Research Fellow, Institute of Social Studies Trust (@of_isst), at the session co-hosted by @Cotton_Connect, during the Centre for Responsible Business's 10 edition of #IndiaandSustainabilityStandards, happening on 6 - 8 November at India Habitat Centre. Join the virtual platform : shorturl.at/iwxDE #ISS2023 #CRBISS2023

"The effect of climate change is seen and everyone knows about it. However some of these affect women more along with other vulnerabilities that a woman faces. " Geetanjali Solanki, Country Manager, @Cotton_Connect, shared her insights during the High Level Plenary "Empowering Women Cotton Farmers: Cultivating Change, Closing Gender Gaps, and Combatting Climate Change" shared her experience during the session co-hosted by @Cotton_Connect, at the Centre for Responsible Business's 10 edition of #IndiaandSustainabilityStandards, happening on 6 - 8 November at India Habitat Centre. Join the virtual platform : shorturl.at/iwxDE #ISS2023 #CRBISS2023

Join us on 7 November 2023 from 10:00 to 11:30 for a session on, "Empowering Women Cotton Farmers: Cultivating Change, Closing Gender Gaps, and Combating Climate Change” co-hosted by @Cotton_Connect during #IndiaandSustainabilityStandards2023 at @IHCDelhi (Hybrid). This session will : - Raise awareness of how women farmers are empowered through training, #skillsdevelopment, and transfer of know-how through our programmes. - Show that women are key to cascading improvements and knowledge and how they model leadership. - Make the link between improving smallholder #farming and #sustainable, secure supply of cotton to brands. - Make the link between improving smallholder #farming and achieving #ESGs - Set out calls for action by influencers, including government, industry and consumers. Register here: bit.ly/CRBISS2023 #CRBISS2023 #ResponsibleBusiness #DelhiSummit #SustainabilitySummit #SustainableBusiness #policyandinnovation #sustainability