Cotton

Textile Exchange Conference 2024

Trust in every Fiber

    Contribute to a better world

    The need of alternative preferred materials

    Protecting the environment and ensuring the safety and livelihood of communities is pertinent to a thriving sustainable textile industry. All stages of a textile product from raw material to garment provides us with an opportunity to choose better methods and practices for the longevity of the industry.

    As consumers turn to the fashion industry for transparency on the products they purchase, brands, retailers, and manufacturers have began to shift towards a transformational journey in sustainable preferred material for a positive social and environmental impact. Brands in the textile industry set high ambitions to achieve working with 100% preferred materials as soon as possible.

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    regenagri®

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    Connected tool

    Connected is a global supply chain traceability service with a multi-stakeholder collaborative management that offers different solutions for any supply chain. Connected Certified provides it’s users with: transaction certificates in real time, traceability monitoring with details on material types, traceability analysis that allows brands to access data on organizations that are part of their supply chain. Want to know more about our Connected tool? Contact us now!

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    Textile Exchange Conference 2024

    Fiber groups

    During the Textile Exchange Conference 2024, we will focus on preferred and alternative raw materials for the textile value chain.

    Cotton

     

    		 GOTS, OCS, Regenagri, NICE, IVN Best,
    Other Natural Fibers (Jute, Hemp, Flax, etc)

     

    		 Regenagri, NICE, SFP, RHS
     

    Animal Fiber (Wool, Silk, etc)

    		  

    RWS, RAF, Regenagri
    Regenerated Cellulosics (Viscose, Modal, Lyocell, Acetate, Bamboo, etc) SRCCS
    Polyester & Polyamide GRS, RCS, CWP, OBP
    Plastic & Metals GRS, RCS, CWP, Recyclass, ISCC
    Leather Regenagri 
    Recycled fibers GRS, RCS
    Anıl Noyin
    Control Union Turkey şirketinde Textile Department Manager
    Ginners, cotton, fibers, production, STAN countries, regenagri COC
    Lonneke de Kort
    Businessunit Manager Textiles, Recyling & Alternative Materials Certification
    Brand certification, EU regulation & innovation, ICU, regenagri brand

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    As a company specialized in certification and verification services, our team has a global perspective throughout the entire supply chain of this type of certification and local experience, being located in more than 80 countries. We help brands, retailers, and manufacturers to realize their sustainability goals and to consistently meet consumer demands and gain speed to market.

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    Lonneke de Kort
    We’re here to secure trust and proof between global brands and preferred materials suppliers. To bring trust that fits the demands of consumers worldwide #makingvaluesfit
    Lonneke de Kort, Manager Sustainable Textiles & Materials EMEA
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    How to get started

    Getting certified in 5 steps

    With more than a decade working with the textile industry, Control Union has partnered with many companies to meet their sustainability challenges head-on.

    Apply now for a textile certification

    Request a textile certification or verification

    Click on the ‘apply now’ link on the left to begin the application process for GOTS, GRS, OCS, RCS, CCS, RWS, RDS, RAS, RMS, regenagri and SRCCS. The verification programs will include an application process.

    Receive the offer letter

    Once we have your application(s), we will provide you with an offer letter that will indicate the price and scope of your certification.

    Accept and get your audit plan

    Upon accepting and signing, we will contact you about setting up dates for your audit. Once an auditor is assigned to your audit, an agenda and audit plan will be sent to prepare for your audit. At the close of your audit, the auditor will indicate if any non-compliances have been found and agree to the deadlines of the corrective actions.

    Audit review

    Your audit results will be reviewed by a secondary person, called the certifier, who ultimately decides whether certification will be granted. If you had corrective actions to approach, these need to be sent in for the review process to begin.

    Get your Certification / Get your attestation or score that has been reported.

    Certifications If the results have been approved, you will be contacted to receive your certification. If the results were not satisfactory, you will need to submit your corrective actions within the agreed time frame or pause your certification until such time as you are ready. For verifications, if results are not satisfactory, you will be required to wait a period of time to begin the process again.

    Robert Demianew
    Control Union believes that trust and integrity are paramount to the textile industry’s ability to publicly promote its positive change. This means consumers are increasingly demanding that any product purchase be underwritten with a verifiable claim. Control Union provides the assurance that brands and consumers can trust.
    Robert Demianew, President Control Union USA
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    Samples of cotton fabric. Closed up view. Textile background. Card and holiday concept.

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