All Global Organic Textile Standard articles
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ArticleGOTS expands reach and tech to strengthen organic textile integrity
The Germany-based nonprofit behind the textile certification standard reveals global growth, new tech and expanded regional engagement.
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ArticleGOTS and Marple unveil AI-driven cotton monitoring breakthrough
Global Standard’s satellite project with Marple detects cotton fields with 97% accuracy and boosts organic cotton integrity and availability.
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ArticleOCA calls on textile industry to support farmers in transition to organic cotton
Organic Cotton Accelerator urges the global textile industry to invest in and support cotton farmers transitioning to organic methods.
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News briefsGOTS gains recognition in the Green Button 2.0 scheme
Based on the recommendation of the UN-ITC, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has recognized the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) as meeting the requirements for the production processes for the Green Button 2.0.GOTS can be used as verification for the areas of production and wet ...
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News briefsGOTS simplifies process for smaller textile firms
The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) has announced that small-scale textile companies will be given easier access to its certification through the Controlled Supply Chain Scheme Pilot Project (CSCS). Launched as a pilot project in 2022, the scheme is meant to help smaller textile firms overcome the administrative and financial ...
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ArticleGOTS publishes Due Diligence Handbook
The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), in collaboration with The Hague-based UpRights Foundation, has published the GOTS Due Diligence Handbook for Certified Entities. This landmark publication is an essential step forward in promoting sustainability, human rights and ethical business practices in the textile sector. Ruslan Alyamkin, responsible for standards development ...
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News briefsGlobal Organic Textile Standard starts OECD due diligence process
The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) has officially started the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Alignment Assessment process for GOTS’ version 7.0 due diligence process. The OECD Alignment Assessment is a three-stage process that includes a Standards Assessment, an Implementation Assessment and a Credibility Assessment. OECD Alignment Assessments, ...
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News briefsNew project uses AI and satellites to detect organic vs non-organic cotton fields
The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) and the European Space Agency (ESA) have teamed up with German software firm Marple to map organic cotton using satellites and artificial intelligence (AI). Using a program developed by Marple, the project will train AI to use ESA satellite data to detect cotton fields ...
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ArticleGOTS Version 7.0 published after long consultation process
The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) has released its GOTS version 7.0. The new certification guidelines feature an expanded scope of environmental and social criteria while aiming to maintain a standard that is practicable for industrial production and appropriate for a wide range of products. GOTS version 7.0 strives to ...
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News briefsIOAS suspends Control Union India from organic textiles certification
The International Organic Accreditation Service (IOAS) has suspended the accreditation of Control Union (CU) India from the testing and sampling of Indian organic textile products on charges of irregularities committed in its certification process. CU India is the local arm of the Control Union Nederland BV, a large certifier of ...
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News briefsGlobal Organic Textile Standard reports record certification numbers for anniversary year
The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) was founded 20 years ago with a vision to provide and approve a processing standard for organic fibers that is accepted in all major markets. For its anniversary year, the textile processing standard for organic fibers reported new all-time high figures: 18 GOTS approved ...
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First labs receive approval to screen genetically modified cotton in organic cotton value chain
A total of 14 laboratories in different continents have been approved to carry out a test for the presence of genetically modified (GM) cotton along the organic cotton value chain. In 2019, Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), the Organic Cotton Accelerator (OCA) and Textile Exchange partnered to develop the ISO ...
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Fake organic cotton detected in India
An investigation by the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) has identified in India 20,000 metric tons of cotton that were incorrectly certified as organic. The fraud was operated through false raw cotton transaction certificates that used fake QR codes, which led to a cloned website of the APEDA (Agricultural and ...
