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Global Organic Textile Standard

Due Diligence / GOTS 7.0

9 August 2023

2 minutes

The OECD Alignment Assessments, which are advisory-only in nature, assess the alignment of sustainability initiatives with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains in the Garment and Footwear Sector. Participation in this process does not imply endorsement by or affiliation with the OECD.

GOTS Starts OECD Alignment Assessment Process to Advance Sustainable Practices in Textiles Industry

The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) has started the three-stage OECD Alignment Assessment which would help textile companies gain access to a due diligence process, enabling them to identify, assess, and mitigate adverse impacts throughout their supply chains.

Staff Writer

Going Organic / Stumbleblock India

7 October 2022

5 minutes

Based on Textile Exchange's estimated breakdown, in 2020–21, India grew approximately 130,849 tonnes of organic cotton fibre on 230,125 ha of certified organic land. A further 153,004 tonnes of in-conversion fibre was estimated to have been produced on 269,089 ha of land in conversion to organic.

Global Confidence in Organic Cotton Dips. Reason: The Great Indian Organic Cotton Scam

The blame for the low level of 'data confidence' in organic cotton numbers lies primarily with one country: India. The problem is that of India, but the entire world has to bear the burden. And, the Organic Cotton Market Report 2022 shows the strain that the world has to endure. A texfash.com analysis.

Subir Ghosh

Analysis

Going Organic / Certifications

16 September 2022

2 minutes

The Textile Exchange announcement remarked: "While we can require our own certification bodies to supply this data, we cannot extend this requirement to certification bodies operating in other schemes."

GOTS Tag Not Enough: Textile Exchange to Seek All Original Certification Data

Charges of greenwashing against some MNCs has pushed Textile Exchange to effect a policy change to its Organic Content Standard (OCS), making site inputs from the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) mandatory in a bid to provide traceability of all transaction certificate data back to the original farm source and farm input.