The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Commissions public consultation on the Circular Economy Act. Our mission is to measure and verify sustainable cotton production practices at the farm level in the U.S., providing brands and retailers with transparent, verifiable data, and driving continuous improvement in virgin cotton's environmental and social footprint.
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U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol
Environmental organization · United States · EU Transparency Register 248778451211-77
4
positions filed
in the 326 files tracked
4
legislative files
of 326 tracked
2
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 326 consultation files tracked so far (29,503 submissions, mostly 2025–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 784 non-governmental organisations on this site, they rank #184 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
0.8
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€100K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
0
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2023
in the register since
Declares membership of
- ISEAL, →
- Textile Exchange →
- Forum for the Future,
- Cascale (Sustainable Apparel Coalition)
- Cotton 2040
- Cotton Up
- ITC Standards Map
- Partnership for Sustainable Textiles
- Make the Label Count
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026).
- Register category
- Non-governmental organisations
- Head office
- Cordova, United states
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol filed 4 positions between 14 Jul 2023 and 5 Nov 2025, across 4 of the 326 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 2 times.
2023 · 2 filed2024 · 1 filed2025 · 1 filed
What they argued
The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol welcomes the opportunity to comment on the European Commissions Public Consultation on the "Proposal for a Directive on substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive).
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The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the European Commissions Call for Evidence regarding the revision of the Textile Labelling Regulation. The Trust Protocols mission is to bring quantifiable and verifiable goals and measurement to the key sustainability metrics of U.S.
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Turns up on the same files
Organizations that also filed on at least two of the same consultations. A shared interest in the same dossiers — not evidence of coordination, and we do not suggest any.
- FEAD - European Waste Management Association · 4 files in common
- BASF SE · 4 files in common
- TÜV-Verband e. V. · 4 files in common
- Plastics Recyclers Europe · 4 files in common
- DECATHLON SE · 4 files in common
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