Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics 21-24 October 2013
Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics will take place on October 21-24. The exhibition will launch a new area called “All about Sustainability” zone, and it features Exhibitor and Educational session as well as Display Collection. GOTS China Representative will be on site to answer inquiries. For…
GOTS at National Textile Summit 2013
Please be invited to meet with GOTS representative for India Mr. Sumit Gupta at National Textile Summit 2013, Indore, MP, India, 30-31 Aug, 2013. He will be making a presentation on the topic, “Importance of Compliance in Textile Exports”.
GOTS supports UK government Sustainable Clothing Action Plan
The UK has launched a Sustainable Clothing Action Plan (SCAP) with a commitment to reduce the environmental ‘footprint’ of clothing throughout its life. Companies representing more than a third of UK clothing sales have signed up to the SCAP 2020 Commitment and GOTS is a supporter of this…
GOTS certified children garments at dm-drogerie markt awarded
Another award for GOTS certified products, this time for dm's brand “Alana”: The "Green Brand Germany 2013/2014”. The award was created in 2011 by the international Green Brands Organization and is supported by other independent institutions. The yearly winner is selected by a high-rankin…
Göttin des Glücks first to publish a Common Good Balance Sheet
Recently the GOTS certified Austrian Company Göttin des Glücks published their second Common Goods Balance Sheet. Based on their own information, they were the first global company to introduce this type of analysis in 2012. The idea of the economy for the common good depends on an alternative ec…
Outdoor-Award for GOTS certified products
The running shirt of the first GOTS certified athletic wear of the German company Engel was awarded the "Outdoor industry Award Best New Products" at Outdoor Friedrichshafen 11 July in the Sustainable Products category. This GOTS certified functional sports underwear - made from superfine non-mul…
IVN rejects H&M’s call for new ecolabel for textiles
In Germany more and more calls for an overall sustainability textile standard can be heard. Whereas the International Association of Natural Textile Industry (IVN), one of the four founding members of the GOTS international working group, considers this unnecessary. "The Fashion Industry do…