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GOTS is the world’s leading standard for organic textiles, covering all processing stages of the supply chain. It covers strict chemical restrictions, wastewater treatment requirements, and social criteria based on International Labour Organization conventions including fair wages, safe conditions, and no child or forced labor. Products must contain a minimum of 70% organic fiber to be GOTS certified, with two label grades: “Organic” (minimum 95% organic fiber) and “Made with Organic” (70-95% organic fiber). We’ve been GOTS certified since 2011 because it’s the most comprehensive certification covering both environmental and social criteria. GOTS ensures our organic materials are verified organic and processed with accountability. In 2025, 51,3% of our products were GOTS certified.

Global Recycled Standard (GRS) verifies recycled content and sets requirements for social, environmental, and chemical criteria throughout the supply chain. GRS requires a minimum of 50% recycled content and includes chain of custody tracking from recycler to final product, plus restrictions on hazardous chemicals and wastewater treatment requirements. GRS is the most comprehensive recycled materials standard because it doesn’t just verify content—it ensures processing meets environmental and social standards. In 2025, 13% of our products were GRS-certified.

Recycled Claim Standard (RCS) verifies and tracks recycled raw materials through the supply chain with chain of custody requirements. RCS requires a minimum of 5% recycled content and focuses on content verification and traceability. RCS provides verified traceability for recycled materials, ensuring that when we use recycled content, it’s independently verified and tracked—no greenwashing, just proof. In 2025, 1.72% of our products were RCS Blended-certified.

Organic Content Standard (OCS) verifies the presence and amount of organic material in final products with chain of custody certification at every stage. OCS allows blending of organic and non-organic fibers as long as products contain at least 5% organic fiber, with two label grades: “OCS 100” (minimum 95% organic) and “OCS Blended” (5-95% organic). OCS enables us to certify products that blend organic and non-organic materials while maintaining traceability of organic content. In 2025, 3.44% of our products were OCS Blended-certified.

The PETA-Approved Vegan certification is a program run by PETA that allows brands to use their recognised logo on products containing no animal-derived materials, from fibers to trims. It acts as a clear, trusted signal to customers that a product is fully vegan. We’ve used this certification since 2017 and are strong supporters of PETA’s work.

The Responsible Wool Standard (RWS) is a Textile Exchange standard that certifies wool from farms with high animal welfare practices and responsible land management. It ensures that sheep are treated with respect and that the land they graze on is managed sustainably. All our wool is RWS certified on farm-level. In 2025, 1.38% of our materials were RWS certified.

The Responsible Mohair Standard (RMS) is a Textile Exchange standard that certifies mohair sourced from Angora goats that have been treated with care and respect. It addresses animal welfare, land management, and traceability, ensuring that the mohair in a final product meets high standards. All our Mohair is RMS certified. In 2025, 0.77% of our materials were RMS certified.

The Responsible Alpaca Standard (RAS) is a Textile Exchange standard that certifies alpaca fiber sourced from farms that meet high standards of animal welfare and environmental stewardship. All our Alpaca fibers are RAS certified. In 2025, 0.46% of our materials were RAS certified.

The Fair Wear Foundation (FWF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving working conditions in the fashion industry. As a member since 2015, we commit to paying fair wages, supporting reasonable working hours and safe workplaces throughout our supply chain. FWF conducts independent audits and publicly reports on findings and progress, ensuring transparency and continuous improvement in labor standards.

Open Supply Hub is an open, collaborative database that helps standardize and increase transparency around production facilities in global supply chains. We use it to publicly map our production sites in a consistent way. We update and upload our supplier data twice a year, in July and December, to ensure accuracy and comparability.

Retraced is our supply chain platform. It maps who makes our clothes, where materials come from, and which processes happen at which facilities.

Think of it as a Facebook for supply chains: every supplier has a profile with certificates, audit reports, and factory information all in one place. We partnered with Retraced in 2025 because this model will work well for traceability, even if we are only at the start of the journey of mapping, uploading and storing data.

MENDED is an award-winning B2B clothing repair platform, who we have partnered with since 2024 to offer high quality repairs for our changemakers. Mended uses a simple system where people can send in their garments into Mended and using original spare parts, the garment will be as good as new.

Trove (formerly reverse.supply) is a recommerce platform that helps fashion brands resell their own products. They run the entire logistics process, from taking back worn garments from customers, to sorting them, photographing them, and listing them in our online shop (the platform is connected to our store). Customers can buy secondhand items (and also B-choice products) directly from our shop. All products are authentic, checked, and quality-controlled.

Since 2022, we’ve partnered with Carbonfact to measure our company’s carbon footprint as well as our detailed product LCAs. Carbonfact calculates a product’s cradle-to-grave carbon footprint, covering the entire supply chain from production to disposal. Accurately and transparently assessing our emissions across the entire supply chain is a significant achievement, providing a solid foundation for targeted reduction efforts. Measuring CO₂e emissions per product is not yet a standard practice in the fashion industry.

Control Union is an internationally recognized certification body specializing in sustainability standards. We work with Control Union to obtain certification according to the Textile Exchange Standards (GRS, OCS, RCS and RAF) and the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS). They audit us annually according to these standards and issue the corresponding certificates, confirming compliance with ecological and social requirements.

Since early 2025, we have been part of the CanopyStyle and Pack4Good initiatives by Canopy. Canopy is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting forests by working with businesses to develop sustainable sourcing solutions. Through these initiatives, we commit to ensuring that the wood-based fibers in our products do not come from ancient and endangered forests while also promoting sustainable alternatives for packaging materials.

Since 2025, we have been a ZDHC Signatory Friend, which adds further depth to our program to eliminate hazardous chemicals from textile production. ZDHC is a global initiative with over 320 signatories working to prevent toxic chemicals from entering factory wastewater and harming workers and communities. Through ZDHC’s Gateway platform, our suppliers upload verified chemical testing and wastewater reports proving facility-wide compliance, not just for our orders. ZDHC fills the gaps where GOTS or GRS don’t apply, ensuring chemical safety across 100% of our production range, including products that fall outside certification due to material blends.

Textile Exchange is a global non-profit that works with brands, manufacturers, and farmers to drive positive climate and nature impact across the fashion supply chain. They develop and manage widely recognized industry standards, including the Global Recycled Standard, Responsible Animal Fibers Standard, and Organic Content Standard. They provide tools, data, and best practices to help the industry reduce its impact on water, soil, air, and people. We have been engaged with Textile Exchange since 2022.