# Global Standards News [![image placeholder](https://global-standards.org/images/news/1x1-white.jpg "image placeholder")](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1658:gots-at-ifoam-organic-world-congress&catid=14) ## [GOTS at IFOAM Organic World Congress](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1658:gots-at-ifoam-organic-world-congress&catid=14) 07 October 2014 The 18th edition of the IFOAM Organic World Congress (OWC) is taking place from 13 -15 October 2014 in Turkey, Istanbul. GOTS Managing Director Herbert Ladwig and Representative for Great Britain Christopher Stopes will be attending. [Read full article](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1658:gots-at-ifoam-organic-world-congress&catid=14) [![image placeholder](https://global-standards.org/images/news/1x1-white.jpg "image placeholder")](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1657:gots-at-sdc-ec-national-conference-in-india&catid=14) ## [GOTS at SDC EC National Conference in India](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1657:gots-at-sdc-ec-national-conference-in-india&catid=14) 30 September 2014 GOTS Representative in India, Mr. Sumit Gupta was a panelist in SDC EC National Conference, held in Mumbai on 6th June, 2014. The theme of the conference was Sustainable Innovations in Coloration. Mr. Gupta was a part of Panel Discussion-1-Innovations Needed for Textiles. He stressed upon n… [Read full article](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1657:gots-at-sdc-ec-national-conference-in-india&catid=14) [![image placeholder](https://global-standards.org/images/news/1x1-white.jpg "image placeholder")](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1656:interview-with-sumit-gupta-gots-representative-in-india&catid=14) ## [Interview with Sumit Gupta - GOTS representative in India](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1656:interview-with-sumit-gupta-gots-representative-in-india&catid=14) 11 September 2014 GOTS, an ideal tool for sustainable textiles Sumit Gupta, GOTS representative in India, gave an interview for the Indian Textile Journal that was published in the September 2014 issue. Please click here to read the complete interview. [Read full article](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1656:interview-with-sumit-gupta-gots-representative-in-india&catid=14) [![image placeholder](https://global-standards.org/images/news/1x1-white.jpg "image placeholder")](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1655:gots-speaks-at-te-2014-textile-sustainability-conference-portland-or&catid=14) ## [GOTS Speaks at TE – 2014 Textile Sustainability Conference - Portland, OR](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1655:gots-speaks-at-te-2014-textile-sustainability-conference-portland-or&catid=14) 07 August 2014 GOTS Managing Director Herbert Ladwig, Technical Director Marcus Brügel, Marketing Director Claudia Kersten and Representative for North America Sandra Marquardt will be attending the Textile Exchange 2014 Textile Sustainability Conference which will be held on November 10-12, 2014 in Portland, Ore… [Read full article](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1655:gots-speaks-at-te-2014-textile-sustainability-conference-portland-or&catid=14) [![image placeholder](https://global-standards.org/images/news/1x1-white.jpg "image placeholder")](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1654:gots-speaks-at-texworld-usa&catid=14) ## [GOTS Speaks at Texworld USA](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1654:gots-speaks-at-texworld-usa&catid=14) 30 July 2014 GOTS Representative in North America Sandra Marquardt presented about GOTS at a well-attended Texworld seminar in New York City on July 22 addressing "The What, Where and How of Garment Production". Other organizations on the panel included OecoTex, Textile Exchange, and WRAP. Sandra Marquardt i… [Read full article](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1654:gots-speaks-at-texworld-usa&catid=14) [![image placeholder](https://global-standards.org/images/news/1x1-white.jpg "image placeholder")](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1653:dalian-design-festival-in-china&catid=14) ## [Dalian Design Festival in China](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1653:dalian-design-festival-in-china&catid=14) 25 July 2014 The Dalian Design Festival is hosted by the Dalian Municipal and co-organized by China Industrial Design Association and Dragon Design Foundation. Since 2008, the annual event has been an important event in the design industry aiming to improve industrial development, to promote product design upgr… [Read full article](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1653:dalian-design-festival-in-china&catid=14) [![image placeholder](https://global-standards.org/images/news/1x1-white.jpg "image placeholder")](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1652:gots-at-world-green-design-forum-yang-zhou-summit&catid=14) ## [GOTS at World Green Design Forum Yang Zhou Summit](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1652:gots-at-world-green-design-forum-yang-zhou-summit&catid=14) 25 July 2014 The two-day World Green Forum Yangzhou Summit has dropped the curtain on June 12th, 2014. More than 700 guests including world-class designers, international dignitaries and innovative entrepreneurs from 27 countries and regions worldwide gathered together to discuss “green economy”. Li zhaoxing, f… [Read full article](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1652:gots-at-world-green-design-forum-yang-zhou-summit&catid=14)