Due Diligence Management Process
Global Organic Textile Standard·clause 4.1.1·p.17
The requirement
Global Organic Textile Standard clause 4.1.1 — words not shown. Read it at the source. The publisher reserves the right to its wording and sells access to it. The clause is held and cited here, and its words are read at the source.
The clause is held and verified. Only its words are withheld.
Klar Cite classification — not the standard’s words
Addresses: implementation of GOTS criteria
written by a model, checked against the clause
How it is proven
- Who checks it
- Applicant declares — a signed statement from the applicant
How Klar Cite classifies it
Klar Cite’s reading of the clause, not the scheme’s own claim.
- What it asks
- Have in place — a plan, procedure or system the applicant must operate
- Standing
- Required — must be met for the credential
- Impact area
- Social Health & Equity — the CMF area the clause addresses
- Also bears on
- Human Health, Ecosystem Health — other CMF areas the clause addresses
Cite this clause
Global Organic Textile Standard · Global Organic Textile Standard · version v8.1 · clause 4.1.1 · page 17 · build 2026-10-05-0439 · https://klarcite.com/r/804e9df8f340bd05
Record details
Page 17, 4. ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE CRITERIA. Read in build 2026-10-05-0439, harvested 2026-10-05.
uid 804e9df8f340bd05 · document d1ef42ace947ed45 · fidelity verbatim · published 2026-06
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| Clause | Name |
|---|---|
| clause not recorded | Requirements from part A apply |
| clause not recorded | Latex foam certification for mattresses |
| 1. Natural backing materials: | Natural backing material certification requirement |
| clause not recorded | Prohibition of polyurethane foams |
| 2.1.1 | Organic fibres approved for content claims must be certified 'organic' or 'organic in-conv |
| 2.1.2 | Organic fibre production must be certified by an accredited Certification Body |