Better Cotton
Andy Wilson is an experienced digital transformation and IT manager currently serving as Senior Digital Transformation Manager at Better Cotton Initiative since August 2019. Previously, Andy held the positions of ICT Manager at Gateway Qualifications, where a new in-house IT team was established, and a Security Manager at the UK Ministry of Defence, overseeing the Security Operations Centre and cyber risk mitigation. Earlier career roles included Technical Support Manager and Analyst positions at Lepra, Countrywide Assured, and British Airways. Andy holds a BSc in Business Information Technology from the University of Central Lancashire, earned between 1998 and 2002.
Better Cotton
Better Cotton is the world’s largest cotton sustainability programme. Our mission: to help cotton communities survive and thrive, while protecting and restoring the environment. In challenging times, we are meeting the challenge head on. Through our network of field-level partners we have trained over 2.9 million farmers - from the smallest to the largest - in 26 countries on more sustainable farming practices. A quarter of the world’s cotton is now grown under the Better Cotton Standard. We have united the industry’s stakeholders behind our efforts, from ginners and spinners to brand owners, civil society organisations and governments. By 2030 our aim is to have trained 5 million farmers and doubled global production of Better Cotton. Everyone who cares about cotton and its sustainable future can now be part of something better.