GOTS stands for him„Worldwide Organic Textile standard“ and if a worldwide known certification is for textile products from ecological and socially acceptable production. GOTS considers the whole production chain, from the raw material production on the biology-cotton fields up to the packaging. With every working step it is respected to environmentally friendly procedures, health-acceptable materials and social standards.
In addition, the social standards of the ILO (International Labour Organisation) are regarded as a minimum standard and guarantee fair wages, occupational safety and freedom of association, protection against toxic chemicals, prohibition of forced labour, child labour, as well as ill-treatment and discrimination. But GOTS goes beyond that, for example, fire prevention and evacuation exercises are also required. Animal welfare is also supported by the use of fibres from controlled biological animal husbandry.
