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Galanos Company Goes Green!

ΌAll Galanos products carry the OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100 label. Taking one step further, our company will be the first in its field to gradually have its products carry the Made in Green label, an extremely important certification, especially significant within the EU these days.

Also, our company will be using biodegradable polybags for all of our products. Biodegradable bags can be decomposed by bacteria or other living organism, thus being environmentally friendly.

The OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100 LABEL

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The OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100 is one of the world’s best-known labels for textiles tested for harmful substances. It stands for customer confidence and high product safety.
What does the label mean?
If a textile article carries the STANDARD 100 label, you can be certain that every component of this article, i.e. every thread, button and other accessories, has been tested for harmful substances and that the article therefore is harmless for human health. The test is conducted by our independent OEKO-TEX® partner institutes on the basis of our extensive OEKO-TEX® criteria catalog. In the test they take into account numerous regulated and non-regulated substances, which may be harmful to human health. In many cases the limit values for the STANDARD 100 go beyond national and international requirements. The criteria catalog is updated at least once a year and expanded with new scientific knowledge or statutory requirements. It is not easy for manufacturers and customers to keep an overview of the legal situation concerning harmful substances every day. Our experts from the OEKO-TEX® institutes do this for you.
What products can be certified?
In principle, all textile articles in every stage of processing are suitable for a STANDARD 100 certification, starting from the threads to the finished fabrics and finished articles. According to a modular system we test every single component and ingredient before the final article is allowed to carry the STANDARD 100 label. This includes threads, buttons, zippers and linings. The prints and coatings applied to the outer material are also tested for harmful substances according to the criteria applicable to them.

MADE IN GREEN by OEKO-TEX®

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OEKO-TEX® MADE IN GREEN is a traceable product label for all kinds of textiles and leather products that have been manufactured in environmentally friendly facilities under safe and socially responsible working conditions. The MADE IN GREEN label also reassures consumers that the textile or leather product is made of materials that have been tested for harmful substances.

More specifically, the MADE IN GREEN label ensures:

1) Environmentally friendly production

  • optimisation of chemical management (e.g., risk management during dying and printing, ban and substitution of hazardous chemicals)

  • responsible handling of wastewater and emissions (e.g., reduction of carbon footprint and water usage)
  • protection of resources (e.g., use of renewable energies and best-available technologies)
  • waste management (e.g., recycling of textile waste)
2) Product and consumer safety
  • health safety: testing of products for harmful substances (e.g., carcinogenic dyes, heavy metals, and pesticides)
  • testing of all components of an article, i.e. every threads, buttons and other accessories
  • testing of product quality (e.g., colourfastness)
  • annual update of criteria in line with the most recent scientific findings and statutory requirements
3) Social responsibility
  • fair working conditions (e.g. check working hours and wage payments)
  • ban of forced and child labor
  • occupational safety (e.g. through fire protection, building safety and protective equipment)
  • health protection (e.g. inspection of working conditions for noise, dust and heat).
4) Traceability & transparent supply chains
  • Τransparent traceability using a unique product ID or QR code
  • Information about the production facilities, the textile and leather article, the stage of production to which the facility belongs and the countries in which production took place

Track your MADE IN GREEN labeled products using the unique product ID or QR code. Scan the QR code or enter the product ID in the OEKO-TEX® Label Checker. At www.oeko-tex.com Find out in which production facilities and in which country your textile or leather product was manufactured.

What are the requirements for MADE IN GREEN?

One prerequisite for MADE IN GREEN is that the product is tested for harmful substances and certified in accordance with the OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100 or OEKO-TEX® LEATHER STANDARD.

To ensure that the textile or leather product has been manufactured using environmentally friendly processes and under socially responsible working conditions, the production facilities must be certified in accordance with OEKO-TEX® STeP.

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