{"id":39767,"date":"2023-01-24T11:32:24","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T17:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textileexchange.org\/?page_id=39767"},"modified":"2023-02-01T07:46:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T13:46:16","slug":"organic-cotton-certification","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/textileexchange.org\/organic-cotton-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"Organic Cotton Certification\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The term \u201corganic\u201d is legally controlled. That means that a farm must be certified to its relevant government-controlled organic standard to sell its cotton as organic, ensuring these agricultural practices are respected on the ground.<\/p>\n

Once the cotton leaves the farm, it isn\u2019t covered by the same legal protections.However, a company might choose to use a tool like Textile Exchange\u2019s Organic Content Standard (OCS) or the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) to keep track of these fibers as they move from the gin through to the final product.<\/p>\n

In a notoriously complex supply chain, the purpose of the OCS is to help strengthen companies\u2019 claims that the products they sell contain organically grown fibers. It does this by managing the chain of custody and reconciling volumes of organic materials as they move along the supply chain.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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ABOUT<\/h6>\n

Who\u2019s involved in organic cotton certification?<\/h2>\n

Governments<\/strong><\/p>\n

To be legally sold as organic, raw cotton must be grown on a farm that is certified to its respective government-controlled organic standard.<\/p>\n

Voluntary standards scheme owners<\/strong><\/p>\n

Voluntary standards such as the OCS or GOTS use a chain of custody model to track volumes of organically grown cotton as they move along the supply chain.<\/p>\n

Certification bodies<\/strong><\/p>\n

Neither the governments that set national organic standards, nor voluntary standard-setting organizations like Textile Exchange and GOTS, carry out on-the-ground certification themselves. This is the role of certification bodies.The certification bodies that check farms, and those that check other facilities in the supply chain, may also be different, and they check for different things according to the standards.<\/p>\n

Accreditation bodies<\/strong><\/p>\n

Accreditation bodies monitor and assess the certification bodies to ensure that they are operating as intended. This process allows standard-setting bodies to detect irregularities, delivering confidence to consumers.<\/p>\n

The CBs that check farms and COC may also be different and they also check for different things according to the standards.<\/p>\n

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A farm is certified to a government-controlled organic standard and can sell its crops, including cotton, as organic. Once the cotton leaves the farm, no further legal monitoring is required<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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From the gin onwards, organically grown cotton certified to any government-controlled standard endorsed by the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM \u2013 Organics International<\/a>) can be sold under the OCS, which acts as proof of its provenance, if specific chain of custody requirements are met.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Every facility that handles the organically grown fibers from the gin to the final product needs to be audited against OCS criteria, including measures for keeping organic content separate and accurately reconciling volumes. Facilities are then awarded a scope certificate and can sell products as certified.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Every time organic cotton products change ownership, they need to be accompanied by a transaction certificate too. This details the volume of organic cotton being sold, helping to ensure that the original amount of organic cotton from the farm remains the same as it moves between facilities.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Historically, the OCS has accepted materials certified to the GOTS. So, if a yarn came with a GOTS transaction certificate, it might be used in an OCS-certified fabric. However, following a policy change<\/u><\/a> that became effective in December 2022, GOTS-certified materials must now be accompanied by information that provides traceability back to the gin, and their farm input transaction certificate.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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CHALLENGES<\/h6>\n

Protecting the integrity of organic cotton<\/h2>\n

While voluntary standards like ours have helped to manage the chain of custody, it\u2019s still incredibly tricky to trace organic cotton from farm to final product.<\/p>\n

Often, fraud occurs most often where financial pressure, opportunity, and the potential for rationalization meet. In the case of cotton, this could be a result of\u00a0underinvestment, the presence of loopholes, and the perception among supply chain partners that their efforts or the risks\u00a0they\u2019re\u00a0taking\u00a0are not\u00a0being rewarded fairly.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t

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One of the key reasons it is difficult to achieve full traceability in organic cotton supply chains is due to the fragmentation of roles, responsibilities, and data in the certification schemes used for the farm and the rest of the supply chain. Accountability sits across governments, voluntary standard owners (like us), certification bodies, and other stakeholders. Here are some of the fault lines we\u2019ve identified, and the actions we are taking to reinforce them.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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While national organic standards certify the farm, <\/span><\/span>voluntary supply chain standards like the OCS start with the certification of the gin. Switching between standards at this stage can make it harder to deliver farm-level traceability to brands, but re-auditing the farms as part of the OCS would put extra work and costs on producers. Instead, we <\/span>have to<\/span> rely on accurate information coming to us. That\u2019s why, together with GOTS, <\/span>Textile Exchange has committed to collecting farm-level data from gins and working collaboratively with GOTS to reconcile farm-to-gin volumes<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Managing the chain of custody of organically grown cotton as it moves between different facilities in the supply chain relies on <\/span><\/span>a trail of physical and pdf certificates. <\/span>Evidence suggests that these facilities are continuously finding ways to substitute certified organic fibers<\/span>.<\/span><\/span> To identify and prevent this kind of fraud, we\u2019re doing everything we can to guide certification bodies as to what to look for, helping them detect it. This includes regularly improving our auditing <\/span>requirements, as well as instigating or requesting investigations where reports of fraud have been alleged.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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While Textile Exchange manages the OCS standard requirements, on-the-ground certification is implemented by 20 different certification bodies<\/span><\/span>. While having certification data spread across different certification bodies has long made full traceability tricky, our newly launched <\/span>Trackit<\/span><\/a> program <\/span><\/span>centralizes and digitizes this data for volume reconciliation, providing <\/span>increased supply chain visibility. Having access to this data will allow certification bodies to see the complete picture and help them to detect any anomalies as cotton moves from one responsible certification body to another. <\/span>As part of our assurance process, we are also increasing oversight of certification bodies\u2019 activities by conducting and increasing the number of shadow audits and banning certification bodies or traders that are engaged in fraudulent activities.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Allowing content certified to GOTS to be accepted into OCS products has helped to keep costs down for suppliers in the past. <\/span>However, it has also meant that chain of custody data has been fragmented between the two organizations. For this reason, as of December 1, 2022, <\/span>Textile Exchange\u2019s OCS has ceased accepting GOTS inputs from sites unless we receive all GOTS transaction certificate data that provides traceability back to the original farm source. Additionally, all first processors (<\/span>e.g.<\/span> cotton gins) that provide GOTS inputs into an OCS product down the supply chain must now also be certified to the OCS. This means that we\u2019ll always have access to information about the original certified farms, and the organic inputs they provide.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n

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Building a more robust model<\/h2>\n

Putting restrictions in place and reviewing them frequently might be one way to help to prevent fraud. But it is essential to get to the root cause of the\u00a0problem, not just manage the symptoms. This means helping others through education, to recognize it, address it, and remediate the\u202fchallenges that cause it to happen in the first place<\/span> \u2013 dedicating resources to this purpose.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To fight fraud effectively and build a robust system of integrity, organizations need to go beyond building compliance through standards\u00a0and certification towards achieving traceability for organic content, improving incentives for supply chain partners, and collaborating with\u00a0others.<\/p>\n

Textile Exchange\u2019s Organic Cotton Market Report<\/u><\/a> is a key tool that helps us to do this by aggregating global and regional data on organic cotton production. Having a framework that pulls these numbers together helps the industry work out what is happening on the ground, understand when things don\u2019t add up, pinpoint with greater accuracy when and where there are mistakes or inconsistencies, and address the reasons behind them.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t

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Our Climate+ strategy gives companies across the fashion and textile industry a common goal. We\u2019re taking an interdisciplinary, interconnected approach that does away with blanket solutions in favor of tailored, targeted strategies for independent impact areas: climate, water, soil health, and biodiversity.<\/p>\n

In our 2022 report, \u201cStrengthening Integrity in Organic Cotton\u201d we focus on practical guidance that our members can use to confront a major sector challenge and protect trust in organic\u00ad\u2013a vital way of tackling the climate crisis.<\/p>\n

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