Textile Certifications
GOTS – Global Organic Textile Standard
The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) is recognized as the leading processing standard for textiles made from organic fibers worldwide. It defines high level environmental criteria along the entire supply chain of organic textiles and requires compliance with social criteria as well.
Textile products must consist of at least 70 percent organically produced natural fibers to be awarded a GOTS label. The GOTS label will show the percentage of organic fibers within the textile. Kb-T & Kb-A are German abbreviations and refer to the organic standards of the natural fibers.
Kb-T stands for "certified animal husbandry", used for textiles such as wool. No mulesing is allowed to be performed on the sheep – a criticized, painful procedure performed to prevent parasitic infection in sheep. Kb-A stands for "controlled organic cultivation", and is used for textiles such as cotton.
As soon as a product consists of at least 95 percent certified organically produced natural fibers, it may carry the GOTS label "kbA/kbT" or "Bio" or "organic" without having to indicate a percentage.
IVN BEST – "Naturtextil" IVN certified BEST
Find out more at https://global-standard.org/