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otton is known for many things: oxidative stress in the skin, cottonseed oil
Cbreathability, softness and comfort can minimize the appearance of lines and
amongst others but now aspects of the wrinkles, and even help to get rid of
fibre are making their way into blemishes and scars.
skin care products as
ingredients that supposedly While cotton oil has good
calm, hydrate and repair your hydration and anti-inflammatory
skin. properties, there are other oils
that can also produce these
Natural oils have become very effects, so cotton-based skin care
popular as an ingredient in isn't necessarily better, just
skin care products. Cotton- different.
seed oil in particular is a
versatile oil to use as it can Cottonseed oil is also regarded as
easily be mixed into other oils one of the best hair repairing oils.
and topical combinations. The The oil is irreplaceable in hair
trend of using cottonseed oil repair, guaranteeing moisture and
in products like soaps and softness as well as regenerating
cosmetics is expected to grow damaged and brittle hair. It is
as cotton and its derivatives claimed that the oil will not only
have notable levels of vitamin deeply moisturise damaged and
E and other antioxidants that dehydrated hair but will also
can boost skin health. The oil nourish the scalp and help to get
is said to improve the appearance of the rid of dry dandruff. Cotton oil is said to also
skin by moisturizing dry skin and prevent hair from greying too soon.
preventing premature aging. By eliminating

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eading international brands and retailers, cotton industry action were identified. These workstreams are
Lstandards and other stakeholders across the supply pre-competitive and action-driven collaborations
chain have come together to form Cotton 2040. bringing together a number of organisations across
multiple sectors for collective action.
The initiative is convened by Forum for the Future, an
international non-profit The four workstreams
organisation working are:
with business, govern- 1. Building demand for
ment and civil society to sustainable cotton:
solve complex sustain- Enabling an increased
ability challenges. The demand for sustainable
aims of Cotton 2040 are cotton within the fashion
to maximise and and apparel industry;
accelerate current sus- 2. Closing the loop on
tainability initiatives in cotton: Scaling up
the global cotton cotton recycling and
industry and to drive circularity;
more sustainable cotton firmly into the mainstream. By 3. Traceability: Building greater visibility and
bringing industry stakeholders together, and aligning transparency throughout the cotton value chain and
efforts in priority areas for action, it seeks to ensure that across standards; and
their collective impact is more than the sum of their 4. Upskilling for resilience: Creating a cross-industry
parts. forum to build resilience among smallholder cotton
farmers in a changing world.
Through research and close consultation with many
stakeholders in 2015/16, four priority areas for cross-
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