Organic and ecological textiles

GOTS certification allows your organic textiles to be commercialized worldwide.

GOTS certification guarantees:

• environmentally friendly production and processing processes

• respect and improvement of working conditions

• promotion of the use of fibres from organic agriculture

• prohibition of hazardous inputs such as toxic heavy metals, aromatic solvents etc.

It is the organic certification through a certification body like Ecocert which enables to display the" organic textile" mention in association with the GOTS logo.The marketed products are thus inspected as compliant to the GOTS standard, ensuring a guarantee all through the supply chain until the consumers. There are two certification levels.

Level 1: Organic textiles

• 95% minimum of fibres coming from organic agriculture

• 5% maximum of synthetic or artificial fibres

Level 2: textiles containing X% organic fibres

• 70% minimum of fibres coming from organic agriculture

• 10% maximum of synthetic or artificial fibres, this threshold to 25% for footwear, long underwear and sportswear

• 30% from non organic fibres if the raw materials are neither organic, nor recycled or from a sustainable forest management

GOTS applies to products composed of fibers, wool, fabrics, clothes and upholstery fabrics except leather products.

Producers of raw materials, processors and textiles manufacturers, distributors, importers, brands or any player of the textile sector can apply for this organic and ecological textiles label.