South Asia Textiles receives GOTS

South Asia Textiles Industries Lanka (SAT), a premier fabric manufacturer in Sri Lanka and subsidiary to Ceylon Leather Products PLC CLPL) under Environmental Resources Investment PLC (ERI), recently received certification in the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS).

With consumer demands for ecologically and socially responsible textile production ever-increasing, the GOTS certification of SAT could not be more timely or appropriate.

For the socially and environmentally conscious consumer, the GOTS certification ensures that garments are made based on internationally defined and accepted norms and standards, while also guaranteeing the organic status of a product. For SAT, GOTS provides world-wide recognition that products have been made to conform to certain ecological and social criteria that meet consumer demands for organic quality products.

SAT manufactures high quality knitted fabrics for domestic and international markets, through processes of dyeing, printing, brushing, sueding, and finishing. SAT's state-of-the-art processing plant produces upwards of 630,000 kilos of finished fabric per month for buyers such as M&S, Victoria Secret, NEXT, JC Penney, GAP, Tesco, PVH, H&M, George/Azda, Levis, etc.

Under this certification, SAT is being recognized for its compliance to GOTS's extensive requirements for fibre production.

In brief, the criteria include:products contain a minimum of 70% organic fibre, chemical inputs such as dye and auxiliaries must meet certain environmental and toxicological requirements for biodegradability and eliminability.