This section provides for news of the GOTS program, answers to FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) and downloads of all public documents of the International Working Group.
Friday January 05
Thursday November 16
Monday October 09
Monday August 07
Friday May 12
Monday April 03
Most requests received refer to certification procedures and criteria for operations and products as well as to requirements for labelling and the use of the GOTS logo. This sections provides for answers to the frequently asked questions.
Not all violations of the GOTS Licensing and Labelling conditions are intentional. Some are just caused by lack of knowledge. In addition consumers need to be informed how a correct GOTS label must look like. For this purpose we designed two adverts with Security Advices for retailers and consumers. The ads are offered as "Free-ads" for magazines and newspapers that have free space and want to support GOTS.
Security Advice Adverts for Consumers:
105x148_GOTS_SecAdvise_Consumers_engl.pdf
105x297_GOTS_SecAdvise__Consumers_engl.pdf
201x99_GOTS_SecAdvise_Consumers_engl.pdf
210x148_GOTS_SecAdvise_Consumers.pdf
Security Advice Adverts for Retailers:
105x148_GOTS_SecAdvise_Retailers_engl.pdf
105x297_GOTS_SecAdvise_Retail_engl.pdf
201x99_GOTS_SecAdvise_Retail_engl.pdf
210x148_GOTS_SecAdvise_Retailers.pdf
Further formats can be requested by e-mail
The Security Advice Notes are also available for download in German.
This section contains all documents as released by the Global Organic Textile Standard International Working Group that are publically available.
The detailed position paper is available for download here