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Textile Standard

The document discusses Fairtrade textile production certification. It notes that fully certifying an entire textile supply chain is difficult due to the complexity of the industry and number of suppliers involved. While some companies use Fairtrade cotton, this does not guarantee certification of the full production process. It provides an update that as of 2016, three German clothing companies were partnering with Fairtrade to certify their full supply chains and increase workers' wages to living wages over six years. As of 2019, two textile companies in India were preparing for Fairtrade textile certification.

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Textile Standard

The document discusses Fairtrade textile production certification. It notes that fully certifying an entire textile supply chain is difficult due to the complexity of the industry and number of suppliers involved. While some companies use Fairtrade cotton, this does not guarantee certification of the full production process. It provides an update that as of 2016, three German clothing companies were partnering with Fairtrade to certify their full supply chains and increase workers' wages to living wages over six years. As of 2019, two textile companies in India were preparing for Fairtrade textile certification.

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I was not able to find any licenced company that uses Fairtrade Textile Production mark on

their products. In order to be certified Fairtrade Textile Production, the entire supply chain
must meet the Fairtrade’s textile, fibre crops and/or trader standards. I believe that because
textile industry’s supply chain is so complicated, it is hard to even track all the suppliers that
are part of the process. This makes it difficult to make all suppliers comply to the standard.

Often company will just use Fairtrade cotton instead. However, the difference is that cotton is
part of the sourcing in the textile production thus, it does not include all the other process
such as ginning, spinning, weaving, knitting, cut, make and trim stages. Therefore although
Fairtrade marked cotton is part of the supply chain, it does not necessarily mean that the
entire textile production is certified.

Current Situation in Germany as of 2016:


3 clothing companies: 3Freunde, Shirts For Life and Melawearm are partners of Fairtrade.
They are working on certifying their entire supply chain to implement textile standard. They
already using Fairtrade certified cotton but now they are working with manufacturers in India.
According to the article, the most challenging part is to increase worker’s wage to living
wage but they are expecting to increase the wages of the workers within 6 years.
https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/Media-Centre/News/June-2016/First-Partners-For-Fairtrade-Text
ile-Standard-and-Programme?device=Mobile

As of May 2019,
Two textile companies in India, ​Eastman Export and SAGS apparel are preparing to be
certified against the Fairtrade Textile standards.

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