GOTS REVISION TO v 8.0 & CONSTITUTION OF THE SRC
Global Standard gGmbH is commencing a new cycle of revision to the Global Organic Textile Standard—GOTS—(and Implementation Manual) in 2025. This process begins with the formation of an honorary, multi-stakeholder Standard Revision Committee (SRC).
We invite stakeholders from across the textile value chain to be part of this committee and contribute to taking GOTS forward. (re: Section 2.2.3 / Terms of Reference)
SRC Members’ contributions shall be required primarily during online consultations specifically related to inputs received from stakeholders in the during the public commenting phase. It is expected that the member would need to attend between 5 and 8 virtual meetings in 2025 during the process, each lasting about 90 minutes and provide feedback on documents shared within requested deadlines. Meetings shall be arranged on Microsoft Teams.
Reference GOTS documents are :
- Standard Setting Procedure
- Stakeholder Identification Document
- Terms of Reference for the Standard Revision Committee
The revision process itself shall generally follow the following timeline:
- Invitation to join SRC: Completed, applications publicly requested and received in October 2024. Applications now closed.
- Finalisation and announcement of SRC members: Nov - Dec 2024
- Release of First Revision Draft for public consultation: Jan 2025
- First public consultation period ends: Mar 2025
- Analysis of public inputs received by GOTS standard development unit: Mar-Apr 2025
- Deliberations with the SRC on inputs: May / Jun 2025 (virtual meetings)
- Release of second revision draft for public consultation: Jul 2025
- Analysis of public inputs received by GOTS standard development unit: Aug-Sep 2025
- Deliberations with the SRC on inputs: Sep-Oct 2025 (virtual meetings)
- Finalisation of GOTS version 8.0 by SRC: Dec 2025
- Formal approval of GOTS v 8.0 by Advisory Council: Feb 2026
- Release of GOTS v 8.0: Mar 2026
Applications may please be submitted using this form: https://forms.office.com/e/5nU9bpFnWF, on or before 5th October 2024
Since the SRC can only have a limited number of members, should there be more than 2 applicants from one sector of the value chain. An online poll shall be conducted for applicants to vote for two members of their choice, re: Section 2.2.3.3 /Terms of Reference referred above.