Oeko-Tex completed its fiscal year 2020-2021 by issuing 5,840 certificates and labels for the Made in Green sustainability programme.
This represents a 108 percent gain over the previous year, making it the association’s fastest growing credential. Made in Green is a traceable product mark for textiles and leather goods that confirms an item has been checked for hazardous substances. It also ensures that a product was produced utilising environmentally friendly procedures under socially responsible working conditions.
“The COVID-19 outbreak and the ensuing supply chain issues have made us all painfully aware of how reliant we are on a global scale. Oeko-Tex, on the other hand, sees significant opportunity in these turbulent times,” said Oeko-Tex secretary general Georg Dieners in the organization’s recently released annual report.
In the near future, Oeko-Tex announced that its Carbon and Water Footprint Tool methodology has been approved by a third party and will be integrated into the Step by Oeko-Tex certification process in 2022. To ensure social and environmental conditions, this step encompasses all manufacturing facilities at all phases of processing.
