OEKO-TEX®

The OEKO-TEX® association has updated its testing criteria, limit values and guidelines for its certifications, reflecting the latest scientific and legal developments which will come into force on 1 April 2025.

The managing directors of the 17 member institutes of OEKO-TEX® recently gathered at AITEX in Alcoy for the Annual Association Meeting.

OEKO-TEX® presents the annual report 2023/24 and the number of certificates and labels exceeded 50,000, an increase of 22% compared to the previous year.

OEKO-TEX® Association is again publishing updates to the applicable test criteria, limit values and guidelines for its certifications.

OEKO-TEX® issues more than 43,000 certificates between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023, an increase of 21% compared to the previous fiscal year.

The OEKO-TEX® Impact Calculator provides an evaluation of the materials and processes that contribute the most to the environmental impact for the reduction of efforts.

OEKO-TEX® launches the new regulations for its certifications for 2023: The integration of the BHive® into STeP, the new OEKO-TEX® ORGANIC COTTON certification and the voluntary self-assessment mandatory for all production sites from April 2023.

OEKO-TEX® presents its new carbon and water footprint tool, which shows the amount of carbon emissions and impacts on water that can be associated with the different fibers produced in the facility

OEKO-TEX ® presents its Annual Report 2021/2022: Values from the past 30 years are more relevant than ever and are reflected in recent growth

The OEKO-TEX® Association has released its annual updates to test criteria, limit values and requirements for its certification. All new regulations will come into force after the transition period on 1 April 2022.