# 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=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) [![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=1600:news-sp-708&catid=14) ## [News until summer 2012](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1600:news-sp-708&catid=14) 17 February 2010 July/August 2012 Please be invited to meet with GOTS representative for Germany, Switzerland and Austria and Marketing Project Manager Claudia Kersten , at the following fairs that include the exhibition of eco-textiles: [Read full article](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1600:news-sp-708&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=1812:deutsche-info-broschuere-von-have-you-cottoned-on-yet-biobaumwollanbau-im-vergleich&catid=14) ## [Deutsche Info-Broschüre von "Have you cottoned on yet" - Biobaumwollanbau im Vergleich](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1812:deutsche-info-broschuere-von-have-you-cottoned-on-yet-biobaumwollanbau-im-vergleich&catid=14) 03 October 2003 Pressemitteilung (zur sofortigen Veröffentlichung) Deutsche Broschüre der "Have you cottoned on?" Kampagne erschienen Ab sofort steht auf der Webseite des Global Organic Textile Standards (GOTS) auch die deutsche Fassung der Informationsbroschüre zum Download bereit. Sie… [Read full article](https://global-standards.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1812:deutsche-info-broschuere-von-have-you-cottoned-on-yet-biobaumwollanbau-im-vergleich&catid=14)