Sourced reference · verified 14 September 2026
Seven certification marks, five dimensions, almost no overlap — and three jurisdictions that each test your wording differently.
| Scheme | Fiber | Chem | Social | Chain | Circ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOTS | assessed | assessed | assessed | assessed | not assessed |
| OEKO-TEX | not assessed | assessed | not assessed | not assessed | not assessed |
| GRS | assessed | assessed | assessed | assessed | assessed |
| RCS | assessed | not assessed | not assessed | assessed | assessed |
| FSC | not assessed | not assessed | not assessed | assessed | partial |
| bluesign | not assessed | assessed | not assessed | partial | not assessed |
| C2C | not assessed | assessed | assessed | not assessed | assessed |
Filled is assessed, half is partial, empty is the scheme saying it does not cover that. Read the full matrix.
Neither moves. The first one decides what you may print in the EU; the second decides whether your supply chain still has valid certificates.
European Union
— days
27 September 2026
Generic environmental claims you cannot demonstrate, sustainability labels not based on a certification scheme, and neutrality claims bought with offsets all become prohibited practices.
Before this date
Inventory every label and generic word on EU packaging and product pages. For each one, name the scheme behind it or take it off.
Textile Exchange
— days
31 December 2027
Every Tier 4 audit moves to the new standard, and the certificates behind GRS, RCS and the Organic Content Standard stop being issued in their current form.
Before this date
Build the supplier certificate inventory with expiry dates now and work backwards. Audit capacity is finite and the date does not move.
Change alerts
Standards get revised, registers change, and corrections get published. If you quoted a figure from this site last quarter, nothing tells you when it stops being true. This does.
Typically less than once a month. One click to stop. Never sold, rented, or used for anything else.