# 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=1810:pressemitteilung-startschuss-fuer-weltweite-bio-baumwoll-kampagne&catid=14) ## [Pressemitteilung Startschuss für weltweite Bio-Baumwoll Kampagne](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1810:pressemitteilung-startschuss-fuer-weltweite-bio-baumwoll-kampagne&catid=14) 03 October 2012 Pressemitteilung (zur Veröffentlichung ab 4.10.12) Klartext statt Bio-Kaudawelsch Startschuss für die erste globale Bio-Baumwoll-Kampagne auf der Konferenz von Textile Exchange in Hong Kong Anlässlich der „Sustainable Textiles“ Konferenz von Textile Exchange in Hong Kong, stellt Lo… [Read full article](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1810:pressemitteilung-startschuss-fuer-weltweite-bio-baumwoll-kampagne&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=1606:oct03-05-2012&catid=14) ## [InterStoff Asia essential October 03-05 2012](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1606:oct03-05-2012&catid=14) 01 October 2012 Please be invited to meet with GOTS Representative in China, Shirley Han, at the Interstoff Asia Essential Autumn 2012 Fair taking place at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. GOTS is the official 'Eco Partner' of the fair and runs a booth (no C18), shows the GOTS film and takes part in… [Read full article](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1606:oct03-05-2012&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=1605:gotsappointsmd&catid=14) ## [GOTS appoints Marketing Director](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1605:gotsappointsmd&catid=14) 12 July 2012 In order to further enhance GOTS‘ marketing power, the GOTS International Working Group (IWG) has appointed Ms Claudia Kersten Marketing Director as of 1 July 2012. [Read full article](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1605:gotsappointsmd&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=1604:australian-textile-artist-achieves-gots-certification&catid=14) ## [Australian textile Artist achieves GOTS certification](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1604:australian-textile-artist-achieves-gots-certification&catid=14) 03 July 2012 Turkish born artist Zuhal Kuvan-Mills is the first Australian Artist to be making Certified Organic Textile Art and is certified by NASAA (National Association Sustainable Agriculture, Australia) and GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard). Kuvan-Mills is inspired by Australian sustainable, organ… [Read full article](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1604:australian-textile-artist-achieves-gots-certification&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=1603:gots-moves-political-agenda&catid=14) ## [GOTS on Europe's political agenda](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1603:gots-moves-political-agenda&catid=14) 26 June 2012 Upon invitation to the Copenhagen Fashion Summit conference in May organized by the Scandinavian fashion industry’s social and environmental initiative NICE, GOTS investigated government policy options for a sustainable fashion industry together with other stakeholder organizations and high ranki… [Read full article](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1603:gots-moves-political-agenda&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=1602:spotonnpes&catid=14) ## [Spotlight on the use of NPEs](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1602:spotonnpes&catid=14) 11 June 2012 ... in chemicals and related quality assurance measures in GOTS The findings of the investigations launched by Greenpeace in their Dirty Laundry reports, as part of the current Detox campaign, demonstrate the urgent need to eliminate the use of hazardous chemical inputs in the manufacturing of t… [Read full article](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1602:spotonnpes&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=1601:us-government-endorses-gots&catid=14) ## [US GOVERNMENT ENDORSES GOTS](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1601:us-government-endorses-gots&catid=14) 30 May 2012 As widely reported in the U.S. media, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a policy memorandum in May 2011 on ‘Labelling of textiles that contain organic ingredients’. The memo clarifies that labelling of textile products as ‘organic’ requires both the use of textile fibres p… [Read full article](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1601:us-government-endorses-gots&catid=14)