GOTS & GRS: Sustainable textile standards
Mastering both standards to develop certified textile products
GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) and GRS (Global Recycle Standard) certifications have become essential in the development of textile products in line with current sustainable development issues. Discover the requirements of these standards for the development and certification of textile products made from organic and recycled fibres.
Goals
- Select the fibres authorised for both standards
- List the requirements for chemical inputs and accessories
- Explain the stages of certification
- Define the social and environmental criteria
- Explain traceability monitoring
Program
INTRODUCTION SUSTAINABLE TEXTILE CERTIFICATIONS
- Industry challenges
- Overview of the main sustainable textile certifications and labels
- International requirements and regulations
- Which certification(s) to choose
TECHNICAL CRITERIA FOR GOTS & GRS PRODUCTS
- Requirements for labelling
- Composition criteria for products, accessories and supplies
- Production requirements
- Compliance of inputs used
- Management of finished products
- The case of recycled materials and the GRS standard
MASTERING TRACEABILITY IN CERTIFICATION
- Implementing a traceability system linked to certification
- Documents enabling traceability
- Company and transaction certificates
- Purchasing management, verifications to be carried out and risk analysis
ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE CRITERIA
- General information
- GOTS: Due diligence
- Chemicals & CMS management
- Environmental management: EMS/Environmental policy
- Social criteria
IDENTIFICATION, LABELLING AND COMMUNICATION ON GRS PRODUCTS
- The basics of compliant communication
- Labelling requirements
PREPARING FOR YOUR GRS AUDIT
- The audit in the certification process
- The audit process
- Documents checked, traceability and flow exercises, operating methods, procedures
The advantages of the training
- Case studies allowing participants to experience the requirements of the standards
- Quizzes
Who is the training intended for?
- Companies wishing to begin the 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