Establishing an insetting scheme in Pakistan to provide affordable renewable energy to communities of rural cotton pickers in extreme poverty with the support of fashion brands.

棉花嵌入计划是英国能源管理公司Pilio和巴基斯坦可持续解决方案公司HIMA^Verte之间的合作。该可行性项目在巴基斯坦最贫穷的棉花生产社区（旁遮普和信德）测试负担得起的可再生能源解决方案。棉花的手工活动，如采棉和播种，主要由妇女进行。这份工作报酬低，而且不稳定。这些社区通过电网解决方案获得的电力非常有限。在基础设施存在的地方，中断是常见的，每天持续长达16个小时。离网解决方案将为棉花种植社区提供一致、可靠和负担得起的电力来源。棉花插入计划是一种新的商业模式，可提高全球供应链的可持续性、弹性和长期可行性。CIS是全球时尚品牌在自己的供应链中对农民的福利和能源获取进行再投资的机制。独联体通过发展碳抵消模式，管理对能源基础设施的投资。CIS的相关性在于，品牌正在重新投资于保护其业务的活动。在这项可行性研究中，我们将尝试离网解决方案，包括太阳能家用系统、制冷即服务以及光伏风扇和水壶等其他产品。我们将建立一个清洁能源Dhaba网络（村庄中心），通过微型企业为巴基斯坦农村地区的村庄提供有关可再生能源的本地化知识来源和获得高效电器的机会。其结果将是对独联体大规模生存能力的可行性评估，以及时装业增长的路线图。

The Cotton Inset Scheme is a collaboration between UK-based energy management company, Pilio and Pakistan-based sustainable solutions company, HIMA^Verte. This feasibility project tests affordable, renewable energy solutions in some of the poorest cotton producing communities in Pakistan: Punjab and Sindh. Manual cotton activities, like cotton picking and seed planting, are primarily conducted by women. The work is low-paid and unstable. These communities have very limited access to electricity via grid solutions. Where the infrastructure does exist, outages are common, lasting up to 16 hours per day. Off grid solutions will provide cotton farming communities a consistent, reliable and affordable source of electricity. The Cotton Inset Scheme is a new business model that improves the sustainability, resilience and long-term viability of the global supply chain. The CIS is a mechanism for global fashion brands to reinvest in the welfare and energy access of farmers in their own supply chain. Evolving the carbon offset model, the CIS manages investment into energy infrastructure. The relevance of the CIS is that brands are reinvesting in activities that protect their business. In this feasibility study we will trial off-grid solutions, including solar home systems, refrigeration-as-a-service and other products like PV fans and kettles. We will build a network of Clean Energy Dhaba's (village hubs) that provide a localised source of knowledge on renewable energy and access to efficient appliances in villages across rural Pakistan via micro-enterprises. The outcome will be a feasibility assessment of the viability of the CIS at scale, and a roadmap for growth in the fashion sector.