GOTS Certification: Organic and Sustainable Textiles
Commit to GOTS certification to manufacture and market sustainable textile products
GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) certification has become essential in the development of textile products in line with current sustainable development issues. Discover the requirements you will face in the development and certification of products according to this standard.
Goals
- Define the GOTS requirements applicable to the company
- Select authorised fibres
- List the requirements for chemical inputs and accessories
- Define social and environmental criteria
- Identify the stages of the audit and certification process
- Communicate about your products
Program
SUSTAINABLE TEXTILE CERTIFICATIONS
- Industry challenges
- Overview of the main sustainable textile certifications and labels
- International requirements and regulations
- Which certification(s) to choose
MASTERING TRACEABILITY IN GOTS CERTIFICATION
- Implementing a traceability system linked to certification
- Documents enabling traceability
- Company and transaction certificates
- Purchasing management and risk analysis
TECHNICAL CRITERIA FOR GOTS PRODUCTS
- GOTS labelling levels
- Fibre composition (organic, natural, recycled, virgin, etc.)
- Accessories and supplies
- Authorised manufacturing processes
- Compliance of inputs used in the manufacturing stages
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL CRITERIA AND DUTY OF CARE
- Requirements to be applied
- Control procedures
PREPARING FOR YOUR GOTS AUDIT
- The audit in the certification process
- The audit process
- Documents checked, traceability and flow exercises, operating procedures, procedures
The advantages of the training
- Discussions and feedback
- Workshops and practical case studies
- Quizzes
Who is the training intended for?
- Companies wishing to initiate a textile certification process
- Quality managers
- Purchasing managers
- Managers
Prerequisites
- This training course does not require any specific prerequisites.
Evaluation methods
- Pre-training self-assessment questionnaire and collection of expectations
- Formative and summative assessments during and at the end of the training
- Measurement of satisfaction and progress through a post-training self-assessment
- Evaluation of the training’s impact two months later