OEKO-TEX®
Product Safety
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OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100
One of the world's best-known labels for textiles tested for harmful substances. It stands for customer confidence and high product safety.
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OEKO-TEX® LEATHER STANDARD
An internationally standardised system for the testing and certification of leather and leather goods at all stages of production, including materials used for accessories.
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OEKO-TEX® ORGANIC COTTON
Verification from farm to product. Products bearing this label have been manufactured without the use of GMOs and tested for pesticides and other harmful substances.
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OEKO-TEX® MADE IN GREEN
Traceability label for all types of textile and leather products manufactured in environmentally friendly factories under safe and socially responsible working conditions, and made from materials tested for toxicity.
Thanks to the modular system, the costs for certification are distributed across the production steps. Your advantage: The testing costs for the finished product are waived if all the components have already been successfully tested according to STANDARD 100
Sustainable Production
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OEKO-TEX® ECO PASSPORT
Independent certification system for chemicals, colourants and auxiliaries used in the textile and leather industry.
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OEKO-TEX® STeP
Certification scheme for brands, retailers and manufacturers in the textile chain who want to communicate their sustainable manufacturing performance to the public in a transparent, credible and clear way.
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OEKO-TEX® RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS
This scheme certifies a company's management system and assesses the extent to which human rights and environmental due diligence obligations are implemented in the company and its supply chains.
Recycled materials in OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100?
Recycled materials are difficult to certify. With their previous life, recycled materials are posing different challenges than regular virgin material. Therefore, within the STANDARD 100 framework these materials are treated differently.
For the certification of recycled materials with STANDARD 100 different rules apply as for regular materials. If recycled is mentioned in the article scope the following basic rules apply:
- At least 20% of the main textile material needs to be recycled
- More information about the source of the materials is requested in the application
- An effective quality management system needs to be proven. This is needed to ensure a consistent product quality.
- The testing program can differ compared to virgin material. While there is no chemical test whether a material is recycled or not, the varying source can lead to a higher testing frequency.
- A separate certificate from a virgin material is needed.
- Blends with virgin materials are allowed when they are necessary for the manufacturing of the material.
DETOX TO ZERO
OEKO-TEX® DETOX TO ZERO is an efficient verification system for the textile and leather industry which aims to implement the criteria of the Greenpeace DETOX Campaign within production facilities. In this case, instead of certification, there is an analysis tool for the optimisation and monitoring of chemicals management and wastewater quality.
What is DETOX TO ZERO?
DETOX TO ZERO is based on the DETOX campaign launched by Greenpeace in 2011 whereby the goal of the campaign is to exclude hazardous chemicals from textile production. With DETOX TO ZERO, OEKO-TEX® provides textile and leather producers with a practical and usable analysis and assessment tool which creates transparency and control in the use of hazardous substances. The focus is on:
- Wastewater and sludge conformity in accordance with the DETOX TO ZERO Manufacturing Restricted Substance List (MRSL)
- Conformity of chemicals used in the company as per the DETOX TO ZERO MRSL
- General management with a focus on chemicals and environmental performance
When using the DETOX TO ZERO analysis and assessment tool, producers cannot “fail” or “pass” as this is not a traditional certification system. Instead, the focus is on a continuous improvement process. The situation is also analysed in the production facilities and a robust action plan is prepared which provides for the gradual reduction in harmful substances in production processes.