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APPROVED CERTIFICATION BODIES

This section lists the 19 certification bodies that are currently approved to certify entities of the textile supply chain and their products according to GOTS. In principle all certifiers can offer their GOTS certification services in their approved scopes worldwide. The certifiers are listed with their headquarters addresses. Contact details of any local offices or representatives that can provide information with regard to GOTS certification and countries in which they have certified GOTS clients are also listed. The approved scopes (1,2,3) indicate the type of entities in the textile supply chain for which each certifier can offer certification as well as whether the certifier is entitled to issue lists of approved inputs (positive lists) to suppliers of the chemical industry (scope 4).

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The approval for certification is provided for 4 different scopes, which are defined at the bottom of this page.

Countries in which they have reported GOTS certified clients as well as local contacts of the certifiers can be looked up by following the respective links below.