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30.06.2022 How OETI's PSA customer Rentex com d.o.o. uses OETI's excellent expertise to improve its production and products
Customer Success Story: Our PSA customer Rentex com d.o.o. about the "unbelievably good and understanding basis of trust" with OETI over the past 14 years.
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06.04.2022 ECO PASSPORT by OEKO-TEX®: Effective 1 April 2023, self-assessment will become a mandatory part of certification
So far, the ECO PASSPORT by OEKO-TEX® certification consisted of a mandatory CAS number screening and laboratory analysis. The self-assessment and on-site inspection were voluntary. While the on-site inspection remains voluntary for the time being, the self-assessment will become mandatory in April 2023 for all customers who have not yet passed it for their production sites.
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05.04.2022 How OEKO-TEX® protects its brand
In order to reinforce the trust of our customers and consumers in the OEKO-TEX® brand, OEKO-TEX® has been relying on the services of Berlin-based brand protection company SENTRYC for some time now. Its eponymous software tracks brand abuse and plagiarism on online marketplaces and social media platforms.
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News-Archive
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05.06.2018 A concept still new to the whole industry
OEKO-TEX®, Ecology and the Egyptian textile industry.
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16.05.2018 MADE IN GREEN by OEKO-TEX® receives highest rating in Greenpeace’s buying guide
Greenpeace recently published the 5th edition of its buying guide on toxic-free and socially fair produced clothing. The independent environmental protection organization rated the eight most important eco textile labels.
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04.05.2018 The Key To Confidence: What Does It Take to Build Trust with Busy, Sustainability-Minded Consumers?
In the age of “fake news” and “greenwashing,” it’s no surprise that 64% of consumers in “The Key To Confidence: Consumers and Textile Sustainability—Mindsets, Changing Behaviors, and Outlooks” who were aware of eco-textiles claimed that they check at least some of the time to see if sustainability claims are true.
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24.04.2018 NEW PPE-REGULATION!
From April 21, 2018 the PPE “Regulation (EU) 2016/425” replaces the previous „Directive 89/686/EEC“. We tell you all the important facts!
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12.04.2018 OEKO-TEX® Launches GMO Test for Organic Cotton
The popularity of organic cotton has grown substantially in recent years. Consumers are increasingly worried about the environment and about harmful substances in the products they buy for themselves and their families.1 For them, organic foods and textiles are good choices, and are products for which they are willing to pay a premium. But, in return for that extra investment, consumers expect the organic products they buy to be genuine and verifiable as such.
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05.04.2018 OEKO-TEX® new regulations for 2018 have come into effect
The OEKO-TEX® Association is again making every effort to provide support in the areas of consumer protection and sustainability along the textile value creation chain in 2018.
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28.03.2018 MADE IN GREEN is travelling across continents
Macy’s ( a big clothing and textile retailer chain with 888 stores in the US, Guam and Puerto Rico) state on their website that having MADE IN GREEN by OEKO-TEX® has been selected as one of the prerequisites for Macy’s suppliers.
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27.03.2018 The UV STANDARD 801 celebrates its 20th anniversary
The unique testing process measures the sun protection factor of textiles in a practice-focused and realistic manner under typical usage conditions and makes an important contribution to consumer safety.
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14.03.2018 The Key To Confidence: Further Details = Focus on Millennials and Parents
This factsheet presents fi ndings from the global OEKO-TEX® study “The Key To Confi dence: Consumers and Textile Sustainability” that are focused on two key target audiences: Millennials and Parents of Young Children.
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14.03.2018 One year LEATHER STANDARD by OEKO-TEX®
LEATHER STANDARD by OEKO-TEX® One year of transparent consumer protection and optimum quality assurance for producers of leather articles.
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