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In 2008 the International Association of Natural Textile Industry, Japan Organic Cotton Association, Organic Trade Association and the Soil Association set up a legal entity under German law: "Global Standard gemeinnützige GmbH" (Global Standard non-profit limited liability company). Charged with executing the Global Organic Textile Standard programme, this legal entity conducts all activities in connection with the implementation of GOTS and its quality assurance as well as the related labelling system. It is the proprietor of the GOTS label, registered as a trademark in relevant production countries and sales markets for organic textile goods.
The Advisory Council is the decisive committee for all relevant structural and political issues related to the Global Organic Textile Standard programme.
Fair Wear Foundation is a non-profit organisation. Their mission is to see a world where the garment industry supports workers in realising their rights to safe, dignified, properly paid employment.
To do this, They focus on garment production, specifically sewing, cutting and trimming processes, the most labour intensive parts of the supply chain. They work with our 140+ member brands, who are committed to finding a fairer way to make clothes, and they engage directly with factories, trade unions, NGOs and governments to find answers to problems others think are unsolvable. Together they're stitching together new solutions across the supply chain to make fashion fair for everyone.
Since 1888, the National Geographic Society has driven impact by identifying and investing in an international community of Explorers: leading scientists, educators, storytellers, conservationists, technologists, and many other changemakers who help us define some of the critical challenges of our time, drive new knowledge, advance new solutions, and inspire positive transformative change.
Since awarding our first grant in 1890, we have provided more than 14,000 grants for work across all seven continents. This includes the most comprehensive scientific expedition to Mount Everest, working to better understand the human-carnivore conflict in Gorongosa, telling stories that help explain the world and all that’s in it, and groundbreaking work that has transformed our understanding of the great apes and what it means to be human.
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system, and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment.
Our mission is to provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.
In the late 1990s a small group gathered to talk about an idea; Eden Project – to create a place like nothing anyone had ever seen before; a place that explored our place in nature, a place that demonstrated what could be done if people wanted to make a difference got together.
We bought an exhausted, steep-sided clay pit 60 metres deep, with no soil, 15 metres below the water table, and essentially gave it life. Into it we brought a huge diversity of plants that we use every day but often don’t get to see, planted in soil made from ‘waste’ materials, watered by the rain, in giant conservatories and buildings that drew inspiration from nature. Behind this vision, a dedicated team was brought together
Amnesty International are a campaigning organisation; it's what they do. Their purpose is to protect people wherever justice, fairness, freedom and truth are denied. They defend individuals from human rights abuses. They work to bring change for people across the globe.
Amnesty International help teachers bring human rights to life for young people with educational resources, professional development, visiting speakers and the TeachRights network.
A community that can collectively accomplish what no individual or company can do alone. They develop, manage, and promote a suite of leading industry standards, as well as collect and publish critical industry data and insights that enable brands and retailers to measure, manage and track their use of preferred fibre and materials.
Textile Exchange is the driving force for urgent climate action on textile fibre and materials with a goal of 45% reduced CO2 emissions from textile fiber and material production by 2030. By benchmarking the industry and providing actionable tools for improvement
In 1992 they became the first UK organic certification body to be approved by the Government and now certify over 30% of the UK organic sector.
OF&G was formed in 1973 as a marketing cooperative for organic produce but they are now a dedicated organic control body and certifier for a number of other sustainable land use schemes.
Since the seventies, they have spread their expertise to enable them to widen the OF&G certification portfolio.
OF&G certify over 1400 farmers, who farm more than half of the UK’s organic land, as well as companies ranging from small, independent processors to major multinationals.
Greenpeace was founded in 1971 by a small group of concerned individuals, who set sail to Amchitka island off the coast of Alaska to try and stop a US nuclear weapons test. Their old fishing boat was called “The Greenpeace”.
Today, Greenpeace is present in over 40 countries around the world. Our movement is growing every day and our commitment to realising our vision is as strong as ever.
NERC - the Natural Environment Research Council - is the driving force of investment in environmental science in the UK. NERC advances the frontier of environmental science by commissioning new research, infrastructure and training that delivers valuable scientific breakthroughs. We do this because understanding our changing planet is vital for our well-being and economic prosperity.
We invest public money in world-leading science, designed to help us sustain and benefit from our natural resources, predict and respond to natural hazards and understand environmental change. We work closely with policymakers and industry to make sure our knowledge can support sustainable economic growth and wellbeing in the UK and around the world.
WWF is the world’s leading independent conservation organisation. Our mission is to create a world where people and wildlife can thrive together.
To achieve our mission, we're finding ways to help transform the future for the world’s wildlife, rivers, forests and seas; pushing for a reduction in carbon emissions that will avoid catastrophic climate change; and pressing for measures to help people live sustainably, within the means of our one planet.
We’re acting now to make this happen.
Showing practical solutions to environmental problems to carry us into the twenty-first century
Mission Statement:
CAT is concerned with the search for globally sustainable, whole and ecologically sound technologies and ways of life.
Within this search the role of CAT is to explore and demonstrate a wide range of alternatives, communicating to other people the options for them to achieve positive change in their own lives.