OUR LABELS
First Fairtrade certified Fashion Brand in Luxembourg
Fairtrade Cotton
Fairtrade certification guarantees fair working conditions and fair pay for workers in emerging and developing countries. Products bearing the Fairtrade label contribute to sustainable development and the fight against poverty. Fair trade practices support small producers and improve ecological standards. Consumers who buy Fairtrade products are actively helping to improve living conditions around the world.
Global Organic Textile Standard
The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) is an international label that guarantees the highest standards in textile production. The materials we use are organically grown, without the use of pesticides or other chemicals. GOTS-certified products are environmentally friendly, socially responsible and guarantee consumers that they are choosing ethically produced clothing.
Fairtrade Cotton
What Fairtrade does
Fairtrade works with farming co-operatives, businesses and governments to make trade fairer.
Together with Fairtrade farmers and workers we have a vision: a world in which trade is based on fairness so that producers earn secure and sustainable livelihoods. Fairtrade has a network of dedicated supporters who help to raise awareness of the issues of unfair trade and fundraise to support us in our work.
Fairtrade sets standards
Fairtrade sets social, economic and environmental standards for the companies and farmers involved in the supply chain.
For farmers and workers the standards include protection of workers’ rights and the environment, for companies they include the payment of the Fairtrade Minimum Price safety net and an additional Fairtrade Premium.
Fairtrade certifies products and ingredients
FLOCERT, an independent organisation, checks that the Fairtrade Standards have been met by the farmers, workers and companies that are part of the product supply chains. In order to reassure consumers that this has happened, we license the use of the FAIRTRADE Mark on products and packaging to signal the standards have been met.
Global Organic Textile Standard
Who can apply for GOTS certification?
Textile processing, manufacturing and trading entities can apply for certification according to the Global Organic Textile Standard. Farming projects that want to produce organic fibre cannot apply for GOTS certification, but for certification according to organic farming standards (i.e the USDA NOP or the EEC 834/2007).
What is the basis for the GOTS certification?
The basis for GOTS certification:
- Annual on-site inspection of premises of the processor, manufacturer or trader, performed by an independent and specially accredited certification body.
- Tracing the organic fibre product flow.
- Assessment of all the inputs and accessories used.
- Verification of the wastewater treatment system as part of the environmental management programme.
- Monitoring social criteria and implementing a risk assessment based quality and residue policy are key elements of the inspection protocol.
The certification of traders is mainly based on the verification of their product flow documentation. The inspection protocol includes a reconciliation of purchases and sales volumes of organic textiles (volume reconciliation calculation). It also allows to trace back to check whether all the purchased products with a claim to being GOTS certified were correctly certified.
What are the main requirements for the production of GOTS compliant products?
- Comply with the GOTS social criteria based on the key norms of the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
- Provide a written environmental policy. Depending on the processing stages performed, the policy should, for instance, include procedures to monitor and minimise waste and discharges and a programme for reducing these.
- Wet processing units must keep full and comprehensive records of the use of chemicals, energy, water consumption and wastewater treatment, including the disposal of sludge.
- Wastewater from all wet processing sites must be treated in either an internal or external functional wastewater treatment plant before being discharged to surface waters.
