Global Standards News

GOTS Representative in North America, Lori Wyman will present the seminar "Third Party Verification for Organic Textile Label Claims " together with Barry Cik, Naturepedic and Harmony Susalla, Harmony Art Fabrics on Wednesday March 6th, 2019 from 1-2 pm in the CMC Penthouse on Floor 13A in L…

© Ecoalf (cover) | Lessafair, Photographer: Lydia Gorges The newly published organic cotton sourcing guide “How to go organic”  provides practical answers to the question how companies can source organic cotton. This guide was published by the Partnership of Sustainable Textiles under the Ge…

  OTA Report "Cotton and the Environment" explains the impact of cotton cultivation and genetically modified cotton on the environment and the benefits from selecting organic cotton.

Materials and archives now available: Organic Textile Labelling in the U.S. Thank you for registering for the Organic Textile Labeling in the U.S. Webinar that took place December 6th 2018. In this webinar, we learned more about U.S. regulations in organic textile labeling, different kinds of o…

A new name and a new concept – Neonyt brings together what was formerly known as the Greenshowroom and Ethical Fashion Show to showcase a hub for fashion, sustainability and innovation. This season’s topic is water - with a focus on the textile industry. GOTS has been an exhibitor for several years…

  Version 2.0 of the software tool ‘GOTS Monitor (Water/Energy) is now available. The tool was developed on behalf of GOTS by Systainable Solutions to support the evaluation of factories’ compliance with the GOTS’ “Environmental management criteria”. GOTS Chapter 2.4.10 requires that…

The 17th International Organic EXPO was held in PACIFICO Yokohama from 30th August to 1st September 2018. Over 160 exhibitors participated in the show and about 13.600 visitors attended during the 3 day period. The show is intended to increase B2B business opportunities and to educate consumers abo…