GLOBAL ORGANIC TEXTILE STANDARD

ECOLOGY & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Complaint Procedure

GOTS provides a complaint procedure to ensure a formalised, timely and effective means of handling and resolving any complaints raised with regard to:

  • unauthorised, false or misleading use of the GOTS logo or other claims related to GOTS (certification)
  • failures or omissions in the course of the GOTS certification procedure
  • any other abuses of the GOTS quality assurance or the licensing and labelling system
  • violations against the ownership and other rights of/in the Global Organic Textile Standard

Complaints based on any of the criteria listed can be made by any company, organisation or individual. In order to formalise and ease the handling of complaints, a specific complaint form has been developed, which complainants are requested to make use of.

Fill out the complaint form

1. Your contact details (will remain anonymous, if desired)


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2. Who is this complaint against?

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3. Subject of the complaint. At least one answer is required




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4. Details of the complaint

Please describe your complaint below as precisely as possible, giving the reasons for your suspicion, also any steps taken so far in pursuing it. Please attach all relevant information and documentation.
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5. Further information / comments

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6. Authorisation

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After evaluation of your complaint and the information you have submitted, we will inform you about the processing of the complaint and if further information is required to be able to progress it appropriately. GOTS thanks you for making the effort to file this complaint, which will help to assure and further improve the GOTS quality assurance and to safeguard the credibility of the GOTS programme and its labelling system.

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