Organic Wool

What is Certified Organic Wool?:
This is wool, which has been processed and/or transformed in accordance with the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS-Version 1.1 or subsequent). The product must be pure wool as defined by GOTS or by local legislation. All processors must be certified by any IFOAM accredited or internationally recognised (according to ISO Guide 65) certifier and must meet the trade waste requirements of the local environmental control authority.

The Common Objective:
Together with our partners, to develope and promote an Organically certified wool-chain from harvesting of the raw materials, through environmentally and socially responsible manufacturing up to labelling in order to provide a credible assurance to the end consumer. Processors and manufacturers shall be enabled to export their organic products with one certification accepted in all major markets.

Our Work:
The BWK in Bremen has been involved in the development of Organic wool for more than a decade. We have pioneered the promotion of organic tops and are at the forefront of organic processing in our field.
The BWK are the ONLY combers of Organic tops in Europe certified for GOTS by IMO. Additionally the BWK are also certified for: Ökotex 100, Euroflower, IVN and EMAS2.

The Governing body in Europe for GOTS and IMO Organic certification is: The IMO Institute for Marketecology contact www.imo.ch for details. For more information about The Global Organic Textile Standards or "GOTS", contact www.global-standard.org for details.