OEKO-TEX®

With its new claim, “Trust in every thread”, OEKO-TEX® aims to communicate its core principles more directly: clarity, consistency and transparency, together with a proactive, positive and solution-oriented approach.

The OEKO-TEX® Annual Report 2025/2026: Traceability is no longer an option – new regulatory requirements are driving change in the textile industry

Learn how OEKO-TEX® ORGANIC COTTON helps ensure traceability, prevent greenwashing and meet market demands for organic cotton. Discover certification requirements, digital traceability tools and real industry insights. Thursday 23th July 2023 10:00 – 11:00 am CEST. Register now.

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.