# 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=1636:intertextile-shanghai-apparel-fabrics-21-24-october-2013&catid=14) ## [Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics 21-24 October 2013](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1636:intertextile-shanghai-apparel-fabrics-21-24-october-2013&catid=14) 16 September 2013 Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics will take place on October 21-24. The exhibition will launch a new area called “All about Sustainability” zone, and it features Exhibitor and Educational session as well as Display Collection. GOTS China Representative will be on site to answer inquiries. For… [Read full article](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1636:intertextile-shanghai-apparel-fabrics-21-24-october-2013&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=1634:national-textile-summit-2013&catid=14) ## [GOTS at National Textile Summit 2013](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1634:national-textile-summit-2013&catid=14) 27 August 2013 Please be invited to meet with GOTS representative for India Mr. Sumit Gupta at National Textile Summit 2013, Indore, MP, India, 30-31 Aug, 2013. He will be making a presentation on the topic, “Importance of Compliance in Textile Exports”. [Read full article](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1634:national-textile-summit-2013&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=1632:gots-supports-uk-government-sustainable-clothing-action-plan&catid=14) ## [GOTS supports UK government Sustainable Clothing Action Plan](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1632:gots-supports-uk-government-sustainable-clothing-action-plan&catid=14) 16 August 2013 The UK has launched a Sustainable Clothing Action Plan (SCAP) with a commitment to reduce the environmental ‘footprint’ of clothing throughout its life. Companies representing more than a third of UK clothing sales have signed up to the SCAP 2020 Commitment and GOTS is a supporter of this… [Read full article](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1632:gots-supports-uk-government-sustainable-clothing-action-plan&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=1631:gots-certified-children-s-garments-at-dm-drogeriemarkt-awarded&catid=14) ## [GOTS certified children garments at dm-drogerie markt awarded](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1631:gots-certified-children-s-garments-at-dm-drogeriemarkt-awarded&catid=14) 16 August 2013 Another award for GOTS certified products, this time for dm's brand “Alana”: The "Green Brand Germany 2013/2014”. The award was created in 2011 by the international Green Brands Organization and is supported by other independent institutions. The yearly winner is selected by a high-rankin… [Read full article](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1631:gots-certified-children-s-garments-at-dm-drogeriemarkt-awarded&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=1630:goettin-des-gluecks-first-to-publish-a-common-good-balance-sheet&catid=14) ## [Göttin des Glücks first to publish a Common Good Balance Sheet](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1630:goettin-des-gluecks-first-to-publish-a-common-good-balance-sheet&catid=14) 16 August 2013 Recently the GOTS certified Austrian Company Göttin des Glücks published their second Common Goods Balance Sheet. Based on their own information, they were the first global company to introduce this type of analysis in 2012. The idea of the economy for the common good depends on an alternative ec… [Read full article](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1630:goettin-des-gluecks-first-to-publish-a-common-good-balance-sheet&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=1629:outdoor-award-for-gots-certified-products&catid=14) ## [Outdoor-Award for GOTS certified products](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1629:outdoor-award-for-gots-certified-products&catid=14) 16 August 2013 The running shirt of the first GOTS certified athletic wear of the German company Engel was awarded the "Outdoor industry Award Best New Products" at Outdoor Friedrichshafen 11 July in the Sustainable Products category. This GOTS certified functional sports underwear - made from superfine non-mul… [Read full article](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1629:outdoor-award-for-gots-certified-products&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=1628:ivn-rejects-h-m-s-call-for-new-ecolabel-for-textiles&catid=14) ## [IVN rejects H&M’s call for new ecolabel for textiles](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1628:ivn-rejects-h-m-s-call-for-new-ecolabel-for-textiles&catid=14) 16 August 2013 In Germany more and more calls for an overall sustainability textile standard can be heard. Whereas the International Association of Natural Textile Industry (IVN), one of the four founding members of the GOTS international working group, considers this unnecessary. "The Fashion Industry do… [Read full article](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1628:ivn-rejects-h-m-s-call-for-new-ecolabel-for-textiles&catid=14)