The Oeko-Tex® Standard 1000

The Oeko-Tex® Standard 1000 is issued by well-known, independent textile test institutes who have joined together under the name “Oeko-Tex® International – Association for the Assessment of Environmentally Friendly Textiles”. The Association is based in Zurich.

The Oeko-Tex® Standard 1000 is a testing, audit and certification system for environmentally friendly production sites. The standard claims to provide an objective assessment of the effectiveness of a company’s actions in minimising the environmental impact of their production site. In order to receive certification under the Oeko-Tex® Standard 1000, companies must meet the stipulated criteria regarding environmentally friendly manufacturing processes an provide evidence that at last 30 % of total production is already certified under the Oeko-Tex® Standard 100.