Established in 1989, Clean Clothes Campaign is a global network dedicated to improving working conditions and empowering workers in the global garment and sportswear industries.
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) was enacted by the federal government of the United States of America to “establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children’s products and to reauthorise and modernise the [U.S.] Consumer Product Safety Commission.”
The Content Claim Standard is a voluntary certification standard that can be used to trace a material through the supply chain. It can be used to back-up content claims for materials if other verification methods are not available.
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is a voluntary, international agreement between participating governments. It aims to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten species survival. This is accomplished through a permitting and/or licensing system to monitor and control the import and export/re-export of protected species, as identified in the appendices to the CITES Convention.
Cotton Made in Africa is a project based on standards and criteria designed to help the socio-economic development of smallholder cotton farmers in sub-Saharan Africa through trade and to improve the social, ecological, and economic living conditions of these agricultural communities.
Council Directive 98/58/EC of July 1998 concerns the protection of animals kept for farming purposes and applies to the European region.
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