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Enter the license number in the GOTS public database to trace your products back to the supplier.
GOTS sets environmental and social requirements for the applicable certified processing, manufacturing and trading stages. Trading - is just the final step! With the unique GOTS identification number on the label, you can precisely trace your products back to the supplier.
GOTS-certified manufacturing facilities must meet the applicable GOTS social criteria, including requirements relating to working conditions, child and forced labour, discrimination and occupational health and safety. Learn more!
Chemical inputs used in GOTS-certified wet processing must meet the applicable GOTS criteria. Certified wet-processing facilities are also subject to GOTS wastewater-treatment requirements.
Weaving or knitting is the stage at which yarn is converted into fabric. Within the certified GOTS chain, applicable yarn inputs and processing must meet GOTS requirements. Machine oils used in certified processing must comply with the applicable GOTS chemical-input criteria.
Spinners must buy GOTS certified materials, track purchases, manage waste, reconcile volumes, and document transportation properly.
GOTS requires separation and identification of certified organic and conventional fibre inputs during certified processing. Fibre inputs must have valid organic certification accepted by GOTS, and the applicable documentation must verify their certified status.
Before entering GOTS-certified textile processing, organic fibre inputs must be certified to an organic production standard accepted by GOTS and meet the applicable input and documentation requirements. GOTS itself certifies the textile processing stages, not agricultural cultivation.
Switching from “conventional” to organic farming involves a crucial 3-year transition known as the “in-conversion” period.
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