# 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=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) [![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=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) [![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=1616:cottonedon-brief-chinjapger&catid=14) ## [Cottoned-on Briefing in Chinese and Japanese](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1616:cottonedon-brief-chinjapger&catid=14) 17 May 2013 Please visit our website http://www.cottonedon.org and download the briefing in English, German - and new - in Japanese or Chinese. [Read full article](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1616:cottonedon-brief-chinjapger&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=1615:cottonedon-poll&catid=14) ## [Cottoned-on Campaign's poll confirms the importance of GOTS, consumers name sustainable processing as key issue](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1615:cottonedon-poll&catid=14) 17 May 2013 The joint Soil Association and GOTS Organic Cotton Campaign 'Have you cottoned on yet' recently commissioned a poll to uncover consumer attitudes to cotton in Germany, USA, UK, India and Italy. Consumers were asked what they think shops should provide more information about with regards to the co… [Read full article](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1615:cottonedon-poll&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=1614:gots-awareded-best-ngo-india&catid=14) ## [GOTS awarded as Best Green Initiative](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1614:gots-awareded-best-ngo-india&catid=14) 17 May 2013 The Consortium of Green Fashion (CGF) in India recently presented awards in five categories: Industry, Designer, NGO, Student Competition and Best Paper. The award presented to GOTS in the NGO category was an appreciation for global activities in the field of promoting textiles produced fro… [Read full article](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1614:gots-awareded-best-ngo-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=1613:gots-proc-standard-of-choice&catid=14) ## [GOTS is the procurement standard of choice](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1613:gots-proc-standard-of-choice&catid=14) 17 May 2013 Leading organizations like Greenpeace International and Swiss Olympics have adopted GOTS as the gold standard for their natural fibre product procurement policies. Greenpeace International, known for its intense scrutiny of the international textile industry’s processing practices as part of its… [Read full article](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1613:gots-proc-standard-of-choice&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=1612:gots-annual-press-releases&catid=14) ## [GOTS Annual Press Release 2012 - 24 April 2013](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1612:gots-annual-press-releases&catid=14) 25 April 2013 The number of facilities becoming certified to GOTS increased 11 percent to surpass the 3000 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 below press releases for the globe and with a… [Read full article](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1612:gots-annual-press-releases&catid=14)