#GOTS Consulting

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GOTS Certification : Training - Consulting Provider - Global Organic Textile Standard

Global Organic Textile Standard Overview

The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) is the worldwide leading textile processing standard for organic fibers, including ecological and social criteria, backed up by independent certification of the entire textile supply chain. The aim of the standard is to define world-wide recognized requirements that ensure organic status of textiles, from harvesting of the raw materials, through environmentally and socially responsible manufacturing up to labelling in order to provide a credible assurance to the end consumer

In USA the clothing’s certified by GOTS are only termed Organic

Scope And Applicability Of GOTS

Textile products that contain a minimum of 70% organic fibers can opt for GOTS certification. GOTS is applicable to entire textile supply chain.

It is applicable to industries processing, manufacturing, packaging, labelling, trading and distribution of all textiles made from at least 70% certified organic natural fibers.

Textile processing, manufacturing and trading entities.

Retailers selling GOTS Goods to end consumers may also voluntarily apply to become GOTS certified.

textile processing facilities that have processes such as ginning, spinning, weaving/knitting, dyeing & printing and stitching

GOTS Training

Our team of GOTS Consultants offers a customized GOTS training program on GOTS for

GOTS Requirements

SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

GOTS certification requires use of organic fibers certified by standards from IFOAM family (95% for “organic” label and 70% for “made with organic” label) in addition to requirements specified related to:-

Socially responsibilities

Quality Assurance System

Ecological Environment Conditions

Safe Working Conditions

International Labor Organization criteria

Toxicological criteria

DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS

Depending on the processing stages performed, the policy should include procedures such as to monitor and minimize waste and discharges.

A program for continual improvement.

Wet processing units must keep full records of the use of chemicals, energy, water consumption and waste water treatment, including the disposal of sludge.

Benefits Of GOTS Implementation

Processors and manufacturers that receive a GOTS certificate of compliance are authorized to accept orders for GOTS compliant processing / manufacturing in their certified scope.

Certified exporters as well as traders are authorized to trade GOTS textile products that belong to the scope of their granted certification.

Entities that receive a GOTS scope certificate are free to advertise their certified status on the market.

Become listed in the GOTS public database on the website. Gaining End users trust in the products Organic Authenticity.

[certified-bi]

Okay all my thoughts because some people have been saying that not supporting this change is not supporting artist and creators and as an artist fuck that.

1. Audiences owe you nothing. You have to convince them to engage with your creation not the other way around. This is something both the nonprofit theatre I work with recognizes and huge companies realize. It's just part of life. There are so many talented people in the world making amazing art, videos, music, writings, and on and on, and there's only so much time in the day. I'm not saying you shouldn't know your worth, just that being flippant about how little you care about those who can't pay isn't a good move. On that note...

2. PR is everything. If you haven't made a visible effort to push patreon, channel memberships or other avenues of making money, don't be suprised that your creation that was previously accessible to those without extra cash and to those who can't support foreign subscriptions due either to conversions or because it simply doesn't work, being made private isn't popular. There's a big leap from "We want to have more artistic control" to "We can't afford to make our content accessible to most of our audience," and people are smart enough to see this. You either have to make budget cuts or give into sponsors. This isn't unique to Watcher, it's part of literally every production from broadway, to Hollywood, to YouTube. Unless you can fund it yourself or get viewers to pay(which given how many are already strapped for cash...) that's life.

Not to mention they simply do not have enough followers to make the switch to a paid only site(dropping the first epsiode only on YouTube isn't going to draw people in, they're just going to say "oh why start if I'm not going to see the rest" and not watch) especially not one that is buggy and a security risk. Even if the switch had been supported its not going to end well. The only reason services like nebula and dropout work is because of the large amount of series and creators and the fact those creators still are partly on YouTube so new people are drawn in.

3. As for the price, 6 dollars a month is a not a good starting price for only their content and that's as someone who pays for nebula. I'd be paying the same amount for a fraction of the access to others work. Actually it'd be twice as much. And before someone says "it's only a coffee-" that's for you. Not everyone has your lifestyle. And with every other patreon and subscription service that says the same thing, it all adds up and I simply don't think 60 dollars for 48 videos a year on a subscription basis where you don't get to keep the videos if your situation changes, some of which don't appeal to every viewer is a good move. If you were able to buy physical copies of your favorite series they've made that'd be different, but that's not what this is.

4. I do believe that the employees deserve a livable wage. I also did not hire them. It is not on the viewers that they hired more people than they could afford to. They can charge that much if they want to to try and balance this out. They also shouldn't be suprised if not many can or will sign up. They also don't have to be based in L.A. L.A has ridiculous costs associated with it, and quite honestly it doesn't really add much to the content. I'm not saying they need to move to the middle of nowhere Kansas. Simply that living and basing your studio in a super expensive city and then being suprised money is tight is just weird.

5. Something that occurs to me is that they might get more views if their playlists were better set up. Only some series are given playlists. It'd be easier to find all of the series and binge them if they didn't just show off their more popular shows. Honestly the only draw the streaming site has to me is that the series are actually labeled well.

Do I think the weird ass energy towards Steven is necessary? No. He's not the only one at the company and they're all adults. I actually liked grocery run and homemade, and like to see them back. The parascoial attachment to Ryan and Shane is annoying in people's criticisms, but that doesn't make them completely wrong. If you're going to brand yourself as the anti capalist underdogs you can't get away with being dismissive of your poorer fans. The dissonance is what is causing this backlash and makes you look like hypocrites. I definitely think Steven is turning into the fall guy which is fucked up, his statement and the fact dish granted is one of those shows that make people uncomfortable about wealth flexs doesn't help matters.

[felsicveins]

Alrighty, another ex revealed! Meet Barley! I demanded that @persistenttenderness conjure up a bf for John Dory and this is who they came up with ❤️ 🐎

[yourlocaltoad]

so uh I've been playing corporate clash lately 🧍

[ricky-mortis]

Howdy hello- guess who made a wings au :)

More to come with this eventually- I’m working on my designs for other characters at the moment, but for now we’ve got Red-Tailed Hawk for Curt and Eagle Owl for Owen.

For DMA I had Barn Owl wings because a) Barn Owls are beautiful and I wanted to draw the wings for them, and more importantly, b) Owen would probably want to disguise his wings, and it would make sense if it was as a different type of owl. I just assume he’d dye his feathers in some way or another. Look- just don’t think about it too much.

[kikker-oma]

For the ever lovely @silvercaptain24 for her amazing fic "Extremes" which made me VERY happy☺️

The way you wrote Warriors just absolutely passing out with the words all spaced out made me unreasonably happy! I very poorly tried to replicate it, but it can't compare.

If anyone is looking to enjoy a hurt Wars, GO READ IT NOW

[citric-acid-rain]

[chiprewington]

Hi, frat boy!

[adhd-merlin]

tbh I think Arthur would have been more upset at finding out Merlin let loose a dragon in Camelot than at the fact that he had magic

[colliholly]

Opinions on Chainsetter? :D

I don’t ship them because they would hate each other, but their interactions would be the best

[quartergremlin]

Babysitter.

Jess: ... should i put this baby in my mouth? she moves around a lot. and she'd be safe in there...

Lena: *climbing circles around his hand like a snake

Jess: yeah it's probably fine.

transcript:

Mikey: Thanks for watching Lena for a minute so I could sleep, Jess. She's way more active than we were expecting. Oh. You don't have her. Did she finally conk out?

Jess: Yesh. (Yes.)

[segretecose]

i’m so easily influenced by older women especially if i have no fucking clue what they’re talking about i’ll just agree wholeheartedly and do exactly what they tell me to it’s an issue

[sergle]

I finally left a bad review at that genesis surgery place re: the guy who was rude and awful and lifted my tits by the nipples with ungloved hands etc. yay! nice to get that done! I'm still too much of a wimp to lodge any sort of proper, official complaint though

[unintelligible-screaming]

sometimes i am forcibly reminded that homestuck is actually good

[themagicalghost]

Asking nicely tends to work sometimes

[bossbot-fanclub]

Sometimes I think about how the mod Chip has installed in him is mentioned to be "partially successful". Which in my eyes definately feels like it is the reason why Chip when in Personality Override mode is the way he is...Which in itself really shows how corrupt C.OG.S INC is when it comes to how it does things.

I mean we've seen other stuff with how it cuts corners at the expense of its employee's like with Buck for example in regard of the repairs.

It does make me wonder though why Chip was made to have this mod installed in the first place? it even says on his profile page in the additional notes section. "He'll be onboarded into the position of regional manager once the necessary modifications are finished."

Which I find to be curious considering his past employment history at S.C.R.E.W., B.E.L.T., and C.R.A.N.K. He works well in leadership based positions so why did C.OG.S INC feel the need that he needed this mod?

I feel like it's not really addressed enough when it comes to Chip and what his deal is...but if anyone else found something that I might have missed or have their own thoughts on the matter...feel free to share!!