Organic Cotton
ImseVimse puts high demands on all of our suppliers and producers. The organic cotton in the assortment of ImseVimse comes from different suppliers, where all of them are controlled and certified according to Control Union Certifications, formerly known as SKAL International. This organisation has established criterions for organic production, documented in “Skal International standards for sustainable textile production”. For organic textile production Control Union Certifications has established a special symbol, EKO Sustainable Textile. This symbol is a guarantee for our fulfillment of the GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) requirements.
More info: http://www.controlunion.com/certification/default.htm
Organic cotton is differentiated from conventional cotton in many ways. The organic process begins already at the stage of cotton fibre. To achieve organic certification, the whole production process must be taken into account and according to established rules, concerned responsibility for the environment and social responsibility.
Certification of organic cotton is based on two principles:
1. The fibre should be natural and have to be grown in an organic way, based on the production standard (laid down in the EEC-Regulation 2092/91).
2. Second, the entire production process should be taken into account. This means that every processing step must meet certain criteria. The criteria for the production process are laid down in the Global Organic Textile Standards (GOTS). They encompass every process-step of textile production (spinning, weaving, washing, etc) and for every step it is laid down which processing aids may (not) be used, in order to gain as much environmental profit as possible.
More info: http://www.controlunion.com/certification/default.htm
In the product range of ImseVimse there are flannelette products made of certified organic cotton. These products are also certified according to the EU flower. The EU flower is the European Union’s environmental quality mark. The EU flower is a symbol of superior environmental quality. This symbol is a guarantee of an environmental friendly product during the whole life cycle.
More info: wec.europa.eu/environment/ecolabel/index_en.htm
ImseVimse proudly presents the product range made of organic, colour grown cotton, Fox Fibre®. The cotton fibre grows natural brown and natural green. This special cotton is taken care of and there are no dyes added in the production process.
More info: www.bio-inspekta.ch
As mentioned above the organic cotton in the assortment of ImseVimse comes from different suppliers, which all are certified by different certifying organisations (all of them approved by Control Union Certifications). ImseVimse want to bring out the value of organic cotton and have chosen to put special symbol as a feature of ImseVimse, to guarantee certified organic cotton. The products have this symbol as textile label or a printed symbol on the package paper.
