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GOTS Tops 3000 Facilities in 2012
03. Oktober 2012
Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) Tops 3000 Facilities in 2012
"Greening" companies/consumers, new processing regions and GOTS representatives drive the increase
The number of facilities becoming certified to GOTS increased 11 percent to surpass the 3000 mark in 2012, growing from 2,714 faci…
Pressemitteilung Startschuss für weltweite Bio-Baumwoll Kampagne
03. Oktober 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…
InterStoff Asia essential October 03-05 2012
01. Oktober 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 par…
GOTS appoints Marketing Director
12. Juli 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.
Australian textile Artist achieves GOTS certification
03. Juli 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…
GOTS on Europe's political agenda
26. Juni 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…
Spotlight on the use of NPEs
11. Juni 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…
US GOVERNMENT ENDORSES GOTS
30. Mai 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…