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GOTS hosts regional seminar for Turkish textile industry
06 Mar '19
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The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) recently hosted the regional seminar for the Turkish textile industry, in Izmir, in which region the first organic cotton in Turkey was grown. GOTS is the global standard for the post-harvest processing of apparel and home textiles made with certified organic fibre and includes environmental and social criteria.
The one-day seminar brought together more than 150 participants from local brand offices, manufacturers, certifiers as well as academics with the aim to connect, exchange, and discuss innovations, experiences, and best-practices regarding GOTS and the organic textile market, according to a GOTS press release.
Because Turkey is the country with the third most GOTS certified facilities worldwide, following India and Bangladesh, it was also chosen as venue for the GOTS annual meeting of the GOTS advisory council, the standards committee, and the entire GOTS operational team.
The seminar was split in three sessions. After a general GOTS introduction including the newest figures and buying markets updates, standard criteria, and labelling requirements experts from brands and processors as well as certification bodies shared their views. Certified processors emphasised the risk management GOTS provides, manufactures pointed out how GOTS certification benefits their reputation. Certification bodies explained how the certification can serve as assurance for end consumers and brands.
After the third, very lively, interactive group sessions, the participants presented concrete outcomes and proposals. Consumers already actively inform themselves on organic production and hold brands within the domestic market responsible. Therefore, more consumer information about GOTS’ benefits and more visibility is needed. Achieving GOTS certification is perceived as challenging due to the strict and different requirements but provides competitive advantages in comparison to non-certified goods, on the domestic as well as on foreign buying markets. It is also an advantage to be geographically closer to the big buying markets in Europe. (GK)
The one-day seminar brought together more than 150 participants from local brand offices, manufacturers, certifiers as well as academics with the aim to connect, exchange, and discuss innovations, experiences, and best-practices regarding GOTS and the organic textile market, according to a GOTS press release.
Because Turkey is the country with the third most GOTS certified facilities worldwide, following India and Bangladesh, it was also chosen as venue for the GOTS annual meeting of the GOTS advisory council, the standards committee, and the entire GOTS operational team.
The seminar was split in three sessions. After a general GOTS introduction including the newest figures and buying markets updates, standard criteria, and labelling requirements experts from brands and processors as well as certification bodies shared their views. Certified processors emphasised the risk management GOTS provides, manufactures pointed out how GOTS certification benefits their reputation. Certification bodies explained how the certification can serve as assurance for end consumers and brands.
After the third, very lively, interactive group sessions, the participants presented concrete outcomes and proposals. Consumers already actively inform themselves on organic production and hold brands within the domestic market responsible. Therefore, more consumer information about GOTS’ benefits and more visibility is needed. Achieving GOTS certification is perceived as challenging due to the strict and different requirements but provides competitive advantages in comparison to non-certified goods, on the domestic as well as on foreign buying markets. It is also an advantage to be geographically closer to the big buying markets in Europe. (GK)
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