Certification

The Fairtrade foundation provides an independent certification of the trade chain, licensing use of the FAIRTRADE Mark as a consumer guarantee on products that are in accordance with internationally agreed Fairtrade standards. All goods carrying the Fairtrade logo must be produced by suppliers with a Fairtrade license.

The Foundation is the UK member of Fairtrade Labelling Organisations International (FLO), which unites 21 labelling initiatives across Europe, Japan, North America, Mexico and Australia/New Zealand as well producers worldwide. Fairtrade seeks to transform trading structures and practices in favour of the poor and disadvantaged.

Only registered companies holding a current FLO-CERT certificate are allowed to apply the Fairtrade label onto products. All Fairtrade certified bags shown on this website are supplied by a Registered Fairtrade Certificate holder and licensee. And only those items are certified independently to Fairtrade standards.

Everything Environmental is a Fairtrade UK licensee: License number E0585 (FLO-ID 23735)

GOTS is recognised as the leading processing standard for textiles made from organic fibres worldwide. It defines high level environmental criteria along the entire supply chain of organic textiles and requires compliance with social criteria as well as environmental.

Only textile products that contain a minimum of 70% organic fibres can become certified according to GOTS. All chemical inputs e.g. dyestuffs and auxiliaries used must meet certain environmental and toxicological criteria and also the choice of accessories is limited under ecological aspects.

Sedex was launched in 2004, with members in over 150 countries, and has over 38,000 organisations using it as their platform of choice for exchanging data. It is dedicated to driving improvements in ethical and responsible business practices in global supply chains. It is the largest collaborative platform for sharing ethical supply chain data.

The main aims of Sedex are to ease the burden on suppliers facing multiple audits and certifications, and to drive improvements in the ethical performanace of world wide supply chains. Sedex Advance is an online, secure database which enables members to store and share information about labour standards, health and safety, the environment and business ethics.

Sedex is a not for profit membership organisation, it is not a standard setting body or code of conduct.

PEFC was founded in 1999 and is the world’s leading forest certification system and an internationally recognised brand devoted to ensuring that forests are managed according to environmental, social and economic criteria.

PEFC has recognised certification systems in 36 countries. Together these account for over 264 million hectares of certified forests, making PEFC the world’s largest forest and wood product certification system.

In line with its commitment to transparency, PEFC makes its entire documentation of national forest certification system, including the independent assessments, publicly available.