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GOTS Releases New Due Diligence Handbook
The new guide offers guidelines on sustainability, human rights and ethical business conduct in collaboration…
GOTS Begins OECD Assessment to Support Due Diligence
According to Ruslan Alyamkin, due diligence helps shape a textile industry "that respects human rights and…
India’s Cotton Fields Now Being Watched from Space
GOTS, European Space Agency and German AI firm Marple join forces to determine which cotton fields are…
Major Indian Group Can Resume Organic Cotton Certification
Detection of fraud more than two years ago was the product of a thorough investigation by GOTS.
Brooklinen Catches Up to Parachute, Coyuchi With Organic Cotton Launch
The DTC bedding company's first GOTS-certified organic cotton collection includes sheets, duvet covers…
Scaling Organic Cotton Focus of Inaugural Conference
OCA, GOTS and IFOAM - Organics International are joining together to cohost a multi-day event dedicated to…
New Fraud-Fighting GOTS Cotton Rules Ramp Up in India
The organization's major cotton update has broad implications for upstream supply chain players.
20-Year-Old GOTS Flexes its Fashion Mojo
The Global Organic Textile Standard, born is 2002, is working on Version 7.0 of its guidelines and rolling…
What’s New in Textile Exchange’s Organic Policy
Textile Exchange announced Friday that it was making a policy change to the Organic Content Standard it…
Brooklyn Bedding Achieves GOTS Certification
Brooklyn Bedding receives Global Organic Textile Standard Certification (GOTS), the highest organic textile…
Carter’s Will Launch Products with Lenzing Ecovero This Fall
Carter's is prioritizing Better Cotton and GOTS-certified cotton as it pursues sustainable sources for its…
New GOTS Standard Revision Gets Thumbs Up in Public Review
About 60 percent of comments were related to technical criteria, such as ecology, chemical inputs and…
GOTS Reports Growth in Organic Cotton Certification
Last year saw a 19 percent rise in GOTS certified facilities.
Bombyx Adds to GOTS’ Growing Ranks
Countries with the largest increase in GOTS facilities in 2021 were Turkey, up 61 percent to 1,799, and…
GOTS Challenges NYT Exposé on Role in India’s Organic Cotton Scandal
A key aspect of the Times exposé was a 2009 discovery by India's agricultural export agency of "wide-scale…