Sustainable Fabrics

 Better Cotton is the world’s leading sustainability initiative for cotton. Their mission is to help cotton communities survive and thrive, while protecting and restoring the environment. BSCI bring partners together across the supply chain to create a world where all cotton production is sustainable. The Better Cotton 2030 Strategy sets the direction for our 10-year plan to make cotton better for the environment, for the farming communities who produce it and for all those who have a stake in the future of the sector. To get us there, the Better Cotton Standard System (BCSS) is our holistic approach and guide, encompassing all three dimensions of sustainable cotton production: environmental, social and economic 

 The Organic Content Standard (OCS) is an international, voluntary standard that provides chain of custody verification for materials originating on a farm certified to recognized national organic standards. The standard is used to verify organically grown raw materials from the farm to the final product. 

Global Recycle Standard GRS is a certification promoted by Textile Exchange with the aim of encouraging the use of recycled materials in the textile sector. Textile Exchange is a global non-profit organization, working to lead the textile industry towards more sustainable fashion.

Certification GRS is designed to meet the needs of consumers who wish to check for recycled materials in the products they purchase. The Global Recycle Standard it also guarantees socially ethical practices, and environmental responsibility aimed above all at the correct use of potentially dangerous chemicals.

We can therefore state that the objective of certification GRS is to define production standards for companies working in the textile sector, standards that can guarantee ethical working conditions and a reduced environmental impact.

GRS is an international certification available in more than 50 countries

 The Recycled Claim Standard (RCS) and Global Recycled Standard (GRS) set the criteria for third-party certification of recycled materials and chain of custody. The GRS includes a higher (50%) minimum recycled content percentage and additional social and environmental requirements related to processing and chemical use. 

 If a textile article carries the STANDARD 100 label, you can be certain that every component of this article, i.e. every thread, button and other accessories, has been tested for harmful substances and that the article therefore is harmless for human health. The test is conducted by our independent OEKO-TEX® partner institutes on the basis of our extensive OEKO-TEX® criteria catalog. In the test they take into account numerous regulated and non-regulated substances, which may be harmful to human health. In many cases the limit values for the STANDARD 100 go beyond national and international requirements. The criteria catalog is updated at least once a year and expanded with new scientific knowledge or statutory requirements. It is not easy for manufacturers and customers to keep an overview of the legal situation concerning harmful substances every day. Our experts from the OEKO-TEX® institutes do this for you. 

 GOTS was founded by four well-reputed organisations: Organic Trade Association (OTA, USA), Internationaler Verband der Naturtextilwirtschaft (IVN, Germany), The Soil Association (UK) and Japan Organic Cotton Association (JOCA, Japan). Two of these (IVN and JOCA) are textile industry organisations, while the other two (OTA and Soil Association) are organic organisations rooted in organic agriculture and food. Together, they hold extensive experience in promoting 'organic' and all had developed individual processing standards for organic textiles. GOTS came about from the desire to harmonise these standards so that they were internationally recognised. The GOTS organisation draws on the advice of, and input from, other relevant international stakeholder organisations and experts for regular standard updates