GOTS CERTIFICATION Gobal Organic Textile Standard is a globally recognized certification to guarantee organic textiles with environmentally friendly criteria and working conditions along the entire supply chain. Indeed, the processing, manufacture, packaging, labeling, sale and distribution of all textiles made of 70% organic natural fibres are controlled and then certified.
KEY FIGURES : ECOCERT x GOTS
➕ than 3,000 audits carried out per year in 57 countries
➕ than 500,000 workers employed in companies certified GOTS by ECOCERT.
ECOCERT has been a reference since 30 years for the certification of ecological products, a brand recognized by consumers and an international presence in the main producing countries. So, ECOCERT has been certifying according to GOTS since 2009 .
PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY The issues to be addressed :
Sources : ADEME ; Natura Sciences
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🌍 GOTS works for more environmentally and humanly sustainable textiles thanks to strict international standards!
📢GOTS is accessible to everyone! Developed on two levels, GOTS offers the opportunity for the greatest number of people to change their habits:
👀GOTS provides solid and controlled guarantees! As a certification body, Ecocert delivers certifications in complete independence and impartiality.
1 mandatory audit per year is carried out: the auditor goes on site to check whether all the rules to which the supply chain players have voluntarily committed themselves are being respected. There may also be surprise audits to ensure transparency for consumers.
A public database makes it possible to check whether a company has GOTS certification thanks to its name, the reference of the certification body and its licence number.
💡 GOTS makes regular updates!
International Association Natural Textile Industry, Soil Association, Organic Trade Association and Japan Organic Coton Association form the decision-making committee.
Changes in social and ecological requirements are regularly taken into account as shown in the latest version of the GOTS 6.0 label. The GOTS standard is updated every 3 years to take into account improvements in the textile industry's practices and consumers' guarantee requirements.