What are IMO and GOTS?

IMO

For more than 20 years, The Institute for Marketecology (IMO) has been a reliable, international inspection and certification organization for textiles.

Their world-wide activities are accredited by the Swiss Accreditation Service (SAS) according to EN 45011 (ISO 65), which is the international standard for certification. IMO offers certification for organic production and handling according the EU Regulation (EC) N° 834/2007 and (EC) N° 889/2008. They are also accredited by USDA for organic certification according to the American National Organic Program (NOP).

GOTS

The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS)ensures organic status of textiles, from harvesting of the raw materials, through environmentally and socially responsible manufacturing up to labeling in order to provide credible assurance to the consumer.

In response to the remarkable demand for unified processing criteria from the industry and retail sector, GOTS has gained universal recognition enabling processors and manufacturers to supply their organic textiles with one certification accepted in all major selling markets.

On-site inspection and certification of processors, manufacturers and traders performed by independent specially accredited bodies is the basis of the GOTS monitoring system in order to provide a credible assurance for the integrity of GOTS certified textiles.