CHECKED PRODUCT EVIDENCE
Use this guide to understand the certifications and responsible-production programmes shown across the Print Clever catalogue.
Each product page only shows evidence currently linked to that style or brand. We keep product, material, factory and brand-level claims clearly separated.
HOW TO READ THIS GUIDE
Our simple line icons are Print Clever navigation aids rather than replicas of certification marks. Follow the source on each entry for the scheme owner’s definition and current rules.
STANDARDS & PROGRAMMES
Product applicability can vary by style, colour, factory, production run and region.
Material standard
The Global Organic Textile Standard covers certified organic fibre content and environmental and social requirements throughout textile processing. The certification applies to the blank garment and its certified supply chain.
Read the Global Standard sourceMaterial standard
GRS verifies recycled content and follows it through the supply chain. It also includes requirements covering processing, chemicals and social practices.
Read the Textile Exchange sourceMaterial standard
RCS verifies recycled input and maintains chain-of-custody records from the recycler to the final business-to-business transaction.
Read the Textile Exchange sourceProduct standard
STANDARD 100 tests textile components against limits for more than 1,000 potentially harmful substances. A valid product label and certificate number provide the precise scope.
Read the OEKO-TEX sourceBrand programme
This brand-level programme identifies ranges whose manufacturers state that animal-derived materials are not used. Decoration materials must be checked separately when a finished vegan claim is required.
Read the PETA UK sourceManufacturing programme
Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production certification covers lawful, humane and ethical manufacturing at individual facilities. It is a factory certification rather than a product material claim.
Read the WRAP sourceManufacturing programme
The Fair Labor Association assesses participating companies’ systems for protecting workers and improving labour conditions across supply chains.
Read the Fair Labor Association sourceManufacturing programme
The amfori Business Social Compliance Initiative gives businesses a common system for assessing and improving social performance in global supply chains.
Read the amfori sourceManufacturing programme
Sedex provides tools, data and SMETA auditing methods that businesses use to assess labour, health and safety, environmental and ethical practices in supply chains.
Read the Sedex sourceBrand programme
Better Cotton uses chain-of-custody models including mass balance. A mass-balance claim supports the programme but does not mean that Better Cotton is physically traceable inside an individual garment.
Read the Better Cotton sourceBrand programme
Beechfield Brands states that Beechfield, BagBase and Westford Mill are covered by its membership and annual sales pledge.
Read the Beechfield Brands sourceManufacturing programme
The brand reports independent factory assessment or participation in recognised social-compliance programmes. The exact audit and factory can vary by style and production run.
Read the brand ethical statements sourceBrand programme
AWDis reports replacing virgin-plastic bags with recycled material, removing much of its packaging and moving remaining packaging towards certified compostable bags.
Read the AWDis sourceEVIDENCE BY BRAND
These source pages and documents are used to apply the indicators shown on individual products.
AFTER DECORATION
A certified blank does not automatically make every decorated product certified. The decoration process, consumables, packaging and the certification status of the decorator can affect the claim that may be made. Tell us which standard matters to your brief and we will confirm the complete route before production.
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