Globally leading manufacturer of eco-friendly water-based textile printing inks SILKFLEX Polymer SND BHD, Malaysia, achieved prestigious Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) Version 7.0 certification.
Solidifying SILKFLEX’s impeccable record for product consistency and chemical compliance. Adding another feather in its sustainable strides. The company already achieved GOTS, REACH, Oeko-Tex, ZDHC Gateway, etc. certificates.
The textile printing sector has become an important game-changer in the textile and apparel value addition. When experts are talking about diversified products, printed garments are showing a great scope in this regard. SILKFLEX is always works with the latest requirements of its clients and takes special care for ecology and social responsibility as well as low environmental impact.
GOTS is a stringent voluntary global standard for the entire post-harvest processing, has announced the release of GOTS Version 7.0, which features an expanded scope of environmental and social criteria while maintaining a standard that is practicable for industrial production and appropriate for a wide range of products.
The social criteria section was substantially revised to include a broader human rights-focused approach. It allows recycled organic fibres as additional materials. Key requirements, such as certified organic fibre content, a general ban on toxic and harmful chemicals such as PFAS, conventional cotton and virgin polyester restrictions, and social compliance management, are maintained in GOTS Version 7.0.
Claiming full traceability from origin to destination, GOTS certification provides an efficient means of verifying genuine sustainability efforts.
GOTS 7.0 introduces new requirements to conduct risk-based due diligence of Certified Entities’ own operations and their supply chains based on the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights and the OECD guidelines.