ACE Village
Transform your cotton sustainability programme by investing in climate, nature and people at the farm level of your supply chain.
The Affordable Clean Environment (ACE) Village Programme enables fashion and textile brands to meet sustainability commitments, align with certification and build resilience in South Asian smallholder cotton farming.
Reduce carbon emissions, protect biodiversity, and meet compliance by investing in farm-level solutions with measurable impact outcomes against your brand’s goals.
HOW IT WORKS
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Reduce Scope 3 emissions
Farm-level emissions account for a quarter of fashion’s climate impact. Invest in on-farm solutions including solar irrigation which address this impact.
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Enhance biodiversity
Ensure the resilience of your cotton supply chain and unlock farmer income diversification by investing in agroecology and native plant orchards.
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Improve livelihoods
Our clean energy and biodiversity solutions improve farming community livelihoods through affordable, clean energy access and income diversification.
ACE Village is a recipient of Innovate UK’s Energy Catalyst grant funding. We began designing and testing the solution on the ground in 2021. In 2026 we’re scaling the solution with our change maker brands.
WHAT WE’VE DONE
We worked with sustainable period product brand DAME to implement clean energy, biodiversity and livelihood solutions focused on their brand values of gender equity and women’s health.
Learn about our ACE Village packages for brands at all stages of readiness. Set up a call with our team to see how ACE Village can meet your brand’s cotton sustainability goals
ACE Village is a joint venture between University of Oxford spin-out Pilio and in-country partner SAMA^Verte. Both are sustainability innovation companies with expertise in climate and biodiversity policy, financial models, project implementation and creation of software tools.
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