【重磅资讯】纺织品交易对检测有机棉欺诈做出了回应

纺织品交易对检测有机棉欺诈做出了回应

TEXTILE EXCHANGE RESPONDS TO DETECTION OF FRAUD IN ORGANIC COTTON

Textile Exchange has been working in collaboration with the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) for many years in both policy alignment as well as being recognized as an acceptable input into our Organic Content Standard (OCS). Recently, an investigation by GOTS resulted in the discovery of fraudulent organic cotton. The full press release from GOTS can be found here.

Textile Exchange worked collaboratively with GOTS and they provided the transaction certificate numbers that were withdrawn. Textile Exchange notified our certification bodies of the fraudulent transaction certificate numbers. The certification bodies were then required to notify all certified site clients that used these transaction certificates as inputs.

Another consequence of the investigation was that the related companies involved in the fraud were banned by GOTS and have also been banned by Textile Exchange. A certification body involved has also had its licensing contract with Textile Exchange terminated. The full Textile Exchange banned list is always available here https://textileexchange.org/documents/list-of-banned-organizations/.

As standard-setting bodies, Textile Exchange and GOTS set the rules for the standard that certification bodies then enforce through an auditing protocol. To remain unbiased, both Textile Exchange and GOTS do not have the authority to directly grant or withdraw certification of sites or their transaction certificates – this remains solely with each certification body. However, both standard-setting bodies authorize accreditation bodies to monitor and assess the certification bodies, and it was through this assessment process that the fraud was detected.

This is a positive sign that the assurance model did detect the deficiency before the product was processed further. Any withdrawn transaction certificates may not be used as inputs for GOTS or OCS products, thus stopping the products from being further certified by another transaction certificate. Of course, banned companies cannot be certified at all.

For Textile Exchange, the use of standards drives the adoption of best practices and elevates the value of the finished product by protecting the intrinsic value of the fiber and delivering confidence to consumers.

以上是TE官网原文，翻译为以下：

多年来，纺织品交易所一直与全球有机纺织品标准（GOTS）合作，在政策上保持一致，并被认为是我们有机成分标准（OCS）的可接受输入。最近，GOTS的一项调查发现了假冒的有机棉。GOTS的完整新闻稿可以在这里找到。

纺织品交易所与GOTS合作，他们提供撤销的交易证书编号。纺织品交易所通知我们的认证机构欺诈交易证书编号。然后要求认证机构通知所有使用这些交易证书作为输入的认证站点客户端。

调查的另一个结果是，涉及欺诈的相关公司被GOTS取缔，纺织交易所也对其取缔。一家认证机构也终止了与纺织品交易所的许可合同。完整的纺织品交易所禁售名单可在这里查找https://textileexchange.org/documents/list-of-banned-organizations/。

作为标准制定机构，纺织品交易所和GOTS为认证机构通过审核协议执行的标准制定规则。为了保持公正，所有的认证机构、纺织品交易所均无权直接授予或撤销网站认证或其交易证书-这仅限于每个认证机构。然而，这两个标准制定机构都授权认证机构监督和评估认证机构，正是通过这一评估过程，才发现了欺诈行为。

这是一个积极的迹象，表明在产品进一步加工之前，保证产品确实检测到了缺陷。任何撤销的交易证书不得用作GOTS或OCS产品的输入，从而阻止产品通过另一个交易证书进行进一步认证。当然，被禁公司根本无法获得认证。

对于纺织品交换而言，标准的使用推动了最佳实践的采用，并通过保护纤维的内在价值和向消费者传递信心来提升成品的价值。

从原文中可了解到：

1、Textile Exchange与GOTS合作，他们提供了已撤销的交易证书编号。纺织交易所将欺诈性交易证书编号通知了我们的认证机构。然后要求认证机构通知所有使用这些交易证书作为输入的认证站点客户。

2、参与欺诈的关联公司被GOTS禁止，也被Textile Exchange禁止。所涉及的认证机构还终止了与Textile Exchange的许可合同。