Textile sellers often introduce OEKO-TEX STANDARD 100 and GOTS in the same sustainability article. That can be useful, but the two systems support different types of claims.
OEKO-TEX STANDARD 100 focuses on textile articles tested for harmful substances. Its official materials classify products by intended use and skin contact, such as baby articles, direct skin contact products, products without direct skin contact, and decoration materials.
GOTS is an organic textile standard. It looks beyond one raw material claim and requires attention to organic fibre content, certified entities, supply-chain documents, labelling conditions, Scope Certificates, and Transaction Certificates.
Before publishing old copy, Greenark (Shenzhen) Certification Co., Ltd. recommends removing five types of high-risk wording.
1. Do not turn a testing label into a market-access promise
OEKO-TEX copy should stay close to the certificate scope. The safer questions are:
- Which certificate number supports the claim?
- Which product class applies?
- Which materials, colours, accessories, and finished products are covered?
- Is the certificate status still valid for the relevant SKU?
Avoid wording that turns a certificate into certainty about marketplace status, customs outcomes, or uninterrupted product display.
2. Do not describe organic input evidence as finished-product GOTS certification
Organic raw material evidence, a supplier certificate, a certified processing entity, and a batch-level transaction document are not the same thing.
For GOTS-related claims, sellers should check whether the finished product, label grade, certified entity, certification body, licence number, and transaction documents can support the exact public wording.
3. Do not merge OEKO-TEX and GOTS into one generic green badge
OEKO-TEX and GOTS can both matter for textile products, but they should not replace each other.
A practical file structure is:
- OEKO-TEX folder: certificate, product class, covered scope, materials, colours, accessories, and label-check evidence.
- GOTS folder: Scope Certificate, Transaction Certificate, label grade, certified entity, certification body, and sign-use documents.
4. Do not describe marketplace submission as a marketplace result
For Amazon Climate Pledge Friendly and similar marketplace pathways, sellers can prepare evidence, check product fields, and respond to information requests. The final eligibility, display location, timing, and continued status remain subject to the platform and applicable rules.
Customer-facing copy should reflect that boundary.
5. Do not link certification services to commercial outcomes
Certification-related services can support route assessment, document preparation, claim review, and communication with certification or platform parties. They should not promise commercial performance, marketplace treatment, or any fixed business result.
Greenark (Shenzhen) Certification Co., Ltd. can help textile sellers review OEKO-TEX and GOTS claim boundaries, organize document packages by SKU, and prepare platform-facing evidence with careful wording.
