Why is it called Vertical Cotton® ?

 

  • The cotton crops grow one on top of the other. 
  • The production chain is vertical to ensure the kindest and most caring form of trade that ever has been.

Vertical Cotton’s reason to be

Regenerating desert spaces into oasis by reinterpreting waste.

Save 90% of water

Millions of billions of liters/year >

Cotton traceability

With the cotton blockchain >

Fair and ethical for all

Is it not already ? >

Prosperity for cotton farmers

How ? >

100% of organic cotton on Earth

Today it’s only 5% >

A free solution for independent farmers

Who is paying ? >

Vertical Cotton profits to all. It benefits the 120 million families for whom cotton is the main source of income, as well as the billions of consumers who choose to join its virtuous circle.

VERTICAL COTTON®

$ for customer * 1

Boosts nature

Long fiber, long life

Creates Prosperity.

uses 1/10 of water

exploites 35% of the area for cotton 

15% for food crops

50% for nature

Our solution >

December 2020 : 10km²

99% of Vertical Cotton in 2027

STANDARD COTTON

$ for customer * 1

Destroys nature

Short fiber, short life

Keeps people poor 

Overuse of water

exploites 100% of the area for cotton

July 2020 : approx. 295 000 km² = 2,5% planet

No more OGM cotton in 2027

ORGANIC COTTON

$ for customer * 3

Preserves nature

Long fiber, long life

Reduces poverty

uses 1/3 of water

exploites 100% of the area for cotton

July 2020 : 4730 km²

1% of Organic cotton in 2027

STANDARD COTTON

$ for customer * 1

Destroys nature

Keeps people poor 

Overuse of water

exploites 100% of the area for cotton

 

 

 

July 2020 : approx. 295 000 km² = 2,5% of the planet

No more OGM cotton in 2027

VERTICAL COTTON®

$ for customer * 1

Boosts nature

Creates Prosperity.

uses 1/10 of water

exploites 35% of the area for cotton 

15% for food crops

50% for nature

Our solution >

2021 : Launching

99% of Vertical Cotton in 2027

ORGANIC COTTON

$ for customer * 3

Preserves nature

Reduces poverty

uses 1/3 of water

exploites 100% of the area for cotton

 

 

 

July 2020 : 4730 km²

1% of Organic cotton in 2027

nature is our most valued customer

Let's make the world a better place !

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