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") News [](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1622:gots-at-ethical-fashion-show-and-innatex&catid=14) ## [GOTS at Ethical Fashion Show and Innatex](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1622:gots-at-ethical-fashion-show-and-innatex&catid=14) 01 July 2013 Please be invited to meet with GOTS representative for Germany, Switzerland and Austria and Marketing Director Claudia Kersten, at the following fairs that include the exhibition of eco-textiles: Ethical Fashion Show, Berlin, Germany – 2.-4. July 2013; ewerk InNaTex, Wallau, Germany – 3.-5. Augu… [Read full article](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1622:gots-at-ethical-fashion-show-and-innatex&catid=14) [](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1635:gots-at-mfs&catid=14) ## [GOTS a Munic Fabric Start September 2013](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1635:gots-at-mfs&catid=14) 01 July 2013 Please be invited to meet with GOTS representative for Germany, Switzerland and Austria and Marketing Director Claudia Kersten, at the Munic [Fabric](https://global-standards.org/resources/glossary/fabric "A flexible, flat structure made by interlacing yarns, fibers, or filaments.
") Start Autumn.Winter 14/15 – 3.-5. September 2013, Munic Order Center (MOC), Eco Village, Stand 1 and visit the lecture of Claudia Kersten and Heike S… [Read full article](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1635:gots-at-mfs&catid=14) [](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1621:annual-report-2012-released&catid=14) ## [Annual Report 2012 released](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1621:annual-report-2012-released&catid=14) 24 May 2013 All informations about development, implementation, verification and promotion of GOTS in 2012 was published in the Annual Report 2012, which you can download here. [Read full article](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1621:annual-report-2012-released&catid=14) [](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1649:annual-report-2013-released&catid=14) ## [Annual Report 2013 released](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1649:annual-report-2013-released&catid=14) 24 May 2013 All informations about development, implementation, verification and promotion of GOTS in 2013 was published in the Annual Report 2013, which you can download here. [Read full article](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1649:annual-report-2013-released&catid=14) [](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1620:gots-tops-3000-2012&catid=14) ## [GOTS Tops the 3,000 mark in 2012](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1620:gots-tops-3000-2012&catid=14) 24 May 2013 The number of facilities becoming GOTS-certified increased by 11 percent and surpassed the 3,000 mark in 2012, growing from 2,714 facilities in 2011 to 3,016 facilities in 2012, according to new data from the GOTS International Working Group. Please see the press release for the globe and with ad… [Read full article](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1620:gots-tops-3000-2012&catid=14) [](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1618:multiple-shipments-on-tcs&catid=14) ## [Multiple Shipments on Transaction Certificates](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1618:multiple-shipments-on-tcs&catid=14) 17 May 2013 GOTS and Textile Exchange have updated the joint policy for issuing transaction certificates (TCs). A specific challenge for the practicability of the TC system is that many suppliers generate huge numbers of shipments which may significantly increase the administrative burden and cost if a separat… [Read full article](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1618:multiple-shipments-on-tcs&catid=14) [](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1617:gots-revision-process4-0-start&catid=14) ## [GOTS Revision process starts](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1617:gots-revision-process4-0-start&catid=14) 17 May 2013 On 16th May 2013 the formal revision process to develop GOTS Version 4.0 started with an initial stakeholder input period. Beside the members of the IWG and the approved certifiers, also nineteen stakeholder organisations which operate internationally with expertise in the field of organic produc… [Read full article](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1617:gots-revision-process4-0-start&catid=14)