ECOS | Environmental Coalition on Standards

24 July 2023

Technical paper – Voluntary certification schemes in textiles – three cases and lessons learned

Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) prescribe a set of social, economic, and/or environmental requirements that producers, traders, manufacturers, retailers, or service providers can voluntarily comply with to make their production and processing practices sustainable. Understanding the strengths and weaknesses of VSS can help us to learn lessons. Read our new technical paper to find out more!

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