What is OEKO-TEX® RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS?
OEKO-TEX® RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS is your company’s basis for due diligence and compliance. It supports textile and leather companies with a step-by-step approach to integrating human rights and environmental criteria into their management processes, thus allowing them to fulfil their due diligence obligations along their supply chains and identify risks at an early stage.
Governments increasingly require compliance with human rights and environmental criteria by law, and it has also become a deciding factor for many internal and external stakeholders. OEKO-TEX® RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS certification allows companies to prove and make clear that they are committed to taking responsibility for people and the environment. RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS helps brands, corporations, distributors and retailers to successfully prepare for the requirements of the EU-wide human rights due diligence directive and the German Supply Chain Act (Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz).
Combined with an existing OEKO-TEX® MADE IN GREEN label, the RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS certification can also be made visible at the product level, thus significantly contributing to the consumer’s purchasing decision.
What are the benefits of OEKO-TEX® RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS?
- Supports you in successfully preparing for the due diligence requirements of the EU-wide human rights due diligence directive and the German Supply Chain Act.
- Facilitates continuous improvement of the company’s own due diligence in addition to that of direct suppliers and the extended supply chain.
- Using a systematic, step-by-step approach, RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS efficiently guides brands, corporations and retailers through the evaluation and certification process.
- Provides you with accurate risk analysis and thus the opportunity to minimise social, environmental and compliance risks.
- Verified reporting and management – certification by an independent OEKO-TEX® testing institute.
- Certification allows you to document your commitment to human rights and the environment to external parties transparently and credibly as part of your corporate communications.
- Visible certification at product level combined with an existing OEKO-TEX® MADE IN GREEN label.
Who is OEKO-TEX® RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS suitable for?
The OEKO-TEX® RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS evaluation process and certification is suitable for the full range of companies in the textile and leather industry:
- Brands
- Retailers
- Corporations
- Wholesalers
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Show your potential customers and stakeholders that you are taking specific, effective and sustainable measures to protect people and the environment and that you are fulfilling your due diligence obligation as a company.
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We have been working very successfully with OETI for two decades. The clearly defined structure of the individual STeP modules has enabled us to scrutinise our procedures, enhance our processes, and identify and improve existing weaknesses.
The collaboration with OETI is very beneficial for us. OETI has supported tests and certification with great competence and problem-solving skills. This support and constructive criticism have contributed significantly to our company’s development.
OETI has been very helpful throughout the whole certification process and has supported us at all levels with the various challenges we faced. We can ask them any questions at any time.
As a sustainably producing company, we want to underpin our philosophy with a recognised certificate. For this reason, we opted for STANDARD 100 in 1989 and for STeP in 2014. We value the substantial validity of OEKO-TEX®. OETI carries out tests and certifications in a highly competent and problem-solving manner.
In addition to OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100 and OEKO-TEX® STeP, we have also introduced OEKO-TEX® MADE IN GREEN. It allows the end consumer to trace where the products are made. We also ensure that our products are produced in an environmentally friendly way and under safe and socially responsible working conditions.