06/03/2020
GOTS registers highest growth rate ever in 2019
7765 certified facilities worldwide, an increase of 35 % with more than 3 million workers covered under GOTS in 2019.
7765 certified facilities worldwide, an increase of 35% with more than 3 million workers covered under GOTS in 2019. © Global Standard GmbH
© Global Standard GmbH
In 2019, the number of GOTS certified facilities globally grew by 35 %, from 5,760 to 7,765 located in 70 countries. The number demonstrates that GOTS successfully serves as sustainable solution. The required certified organic fibres protect the climate by absorbing CO2 and every processing step -from field to fashion -has to meet stringent social and environmental criteria before a finished product is allowed to carry the GOTS label.
This hugeleap forward was seen in both, production and consuming regions. Countries with largest growth in GOTS-certification in percentage in 2019 are: Netherlands (73%), Bangladesh (73%), Spain (71%), and Turkey (65%). In terms of total numbers of certified facilities, the highest increase is reported from Bangladesh (+505), followed by India (+438) and Europe (+396).
The top ten countries in terms of total numbers of GOTS-certified facilities in 2019 are: India (2411), Bangladesh (1194), Turkey (858), Germany (565), China (448), Italy (444), Portugal (301), Pakistan (276), USA (147), and the UK (75).
“The enormous growth shows that GOTS successfully serves as sustainable solution from certified organic fibre to finished product. With more and more GOTS certified operations and products we altogether substantially contribute to sustainable development,” so Claudia Kersten, GOTS Managing Director.
GOTS certification helps to ensure compliance with each of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. More than 3 Million workers working in GOTS-certified facilities were reported in 2019 by the17 accredited independent Certification Bodies.2019 was also a GOTS revision year resulting in the new GOTS Version 6.0, dueto be releasedin spring 2020.
