The new GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) Positive List System provides access to all GOTS-compliant textile chemicals approved by the Institute for Marketecology (IMO) for the processing of GOTS-certified textiles.
GOTS is the processing standard for organic textiles, which requires health and environmental compliance relating to chemical inputs across the supply chain, as well as requiring compliance with social criteria.
At present, more than 1,000 dyestuff and pigment preparations and more than 1,500 textile auxiliaries from more than100 suppliers have been approved by the IMO to process GOTS textiles.
“The new system marks another milestone in the organic textile production and highlights the important role of IMO as a pioneer in this sector,” explains Peter Schaumberger, CEO of IMO Switzerland. “We are happy to provide again an additional service to all our customers with this new system. The web-based GOTS Positive List System keeps them up-to-date with the latest additions and eventual changes in the lists of GOTS-compliant textile colourants and auxiliaries.”
Mecki Naschke, head of the textile department at IMO, adds: “The assessment of textile chemicals requires very specific expertise in the fields of textile chemistry, (eco-)toxicology as well as national and international chemical legislation and at a very early stage IMO has already engaged several experts for this.