Mills and Manufacturers' Packet

New Member Press Release Template

Over the next 35 years, our goal is to reduce soil loss, water usage, and GHG while increasing land use efficiency and soil carbon.

The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol® Brand Guidelines

2025 U.S. national goals are to reduce soil loss, water usage, and GHG while increasing land use efficiency and soil carbon.

Mills and Manufacturers Proposition

In a period of ever greater supply chain scrutiny and a growing demand for transparency and traceability, The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol® sets a new standard for more sustainably grown cotton.

The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol® Cotton Principles and Criteria

The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol® is part of a wider landscape of sustainable cotton and textile conversations. To help our audience understand how the Trust Protocol fits in to the broader context, we have launched our own monthly podcast series. 

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The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol® Full Color Logo

Over the next 35 years, our goal is to reduce soil loss, water usage, and GHG while increasing land use efficiency and soil carbon.

The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol® White Color Logo

2025 U.S. national goals are to reduce soil loss, water usage, and GHG while increasing land use efficiency and soil carbon.

The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol® Membership-Certificate

You can’t improve what you don’t measure! The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol® tracks and measures the sustainability efforts and practices of U.S. cotton growers so that growers can learn more and continuously improve. The Protocol is proud to provide data to support progress towards sustainability goals. 

New Member Press Release Template

Over the next 35 years, our goal is to reduce soil loss, water usage, and GHG while increasing land use efficiency and soil carbon.

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Deepika Mishra

Standards and Data Lead (consultant)

Deepika Mishra is the Standards and Data Lead for the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol, acting as a consultant for the program. As an accomplished scientist and data analytics specialist, Deepika leads on analysis of the Trust Protocol’s environmental metrics. She collaborates extensively with agricultural research institutions, conservation groups, and food and trade organizations, playing a vital role in the establishment of sustainability and social standards within the industry.

Deepika earned her Ph.D. in plant and soil science from Texas Tech University, specializing in cotton breeding and genetics. With over a decade of experience, she has spearheaded diverse agricultural projects in both India and the United States, covering crops like cotton, cowpeas, castor, sesame, guar, guayule, tomato, and field pennycress (cover crop). Her contributions also include the development and release of multiple cowpea varieties in India during her M.S. studies in vegetable breeding and genetics.