The Australian cotton industry is now using 52% less water compared to 25 years ago, and is the cause of 91% less harm to bees and 66% less damage to algae compared to 20 years ago. 

This progress features in a 2022 Sustainability Update report, which industry promotional body Cotton Australia published on July 10. The report also shows an increase in the proportion of women and people from an indigenous background among the cotton industry’s workers in Australia compared to figures for 2016.

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