GOTS News
Göttin des Glücks first to publish a Common Good Balance Sheet
16 August 2013
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
16 August 2013
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
16 August 2013
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…
Memorandum of Understanding with CNTAC - German Company Dibella sponsors gifts for the conference
16 August 2013
In July 2013, GOTS and China National Textile and Apparel Council signed a Memorandum of Understanding as an official milestone to mark collaboration between two organizations. CNTAC is composed of enterprises, companies, buyers, retailers and other interested parties within the entir…
EU organic regulation – European Commission review concludes that organic textiles will remain out of scope
16 August 2013
The EU Commission (DG Agriculture) is in the final stages of a comprehensive review of the EU organic regulation looking at four key issues: ∗ Simplifying the legal framework, whilst ensuring standards are not watered down; ∗ Co-existence of GM crops with organ…