Textile Certifications – Toolboxes

Toolbox 01

This toolbox will guide Processing Units through the most common sustainability certifications by Textile Exchange and GOTS. Aside from the comparison of the standards, you will find an introduction to dignity in supply chains, labor rights, and health & safety. The last part of the toolbox is an explanation of environmental benchmarks, chemical regulations, and production inputs used in textile compliance.

What you get

• Overview and Comparison Standards
• Social Compliance Trainings
• Labor Rights and Trade Unions
• Migrant and Home Workers’ Rights
• Anti-Discrimination and Violence Prevention
• Health and Safety Measurements
• Energy and Water Regulations
• Waste and Emission Frameworks
• Chemical and Input Management

It collects the knowledge needed for the practical part of Toolbox 02.

Toolbox 02

This toolbox will provide valuable information on textile audits from an auditor’s experience and help you prepare for the compliance process. The documents navigate you through approaches of compliance documentation, expected implements at a unit, and new routines to be considered.

What you get

• Behind the scenes of Textile Audits
• Who needs to be audited
• Interpretation of Environmental and Social Compliance for Processing Units Storage
• Units and Compliance
• Scope and Transaction Certificates Guidelines
• Logo and Marketing Claims
• Overview of Standardholders and Certification Bodies’ roles
• Auditing Timelines
• Pre-Audit to-do-list

It is a practical guideline to apply the knowledge gained from Toolbox 1.

About the Author

Marte Hentschel is a serial entrepreneur and an expert in fashion sustainability, responsible sourcing, and platform creation with long-term experience in applying digital technologies to industries in flux. She is CEO at Sqetch, speaker, consultant, coach, and lecturer.