New Oeko-Tex leather standard applies to shoes too
13/01/2017
Mr Dieners explained that detailed discussions had taken place inside the Oeko-Tex organisation about this question because shoes are already covered by the Swiss body’s established Standard 100 certification. “We discussed this for a long time,” he said, “but shoes are in the scope of the leather standard.”
He explained that shoes with more than 50% leather content will be certified under the Oeko-Tex leather standard, whereas shoes with less than 50% leather content will continue to be certified under Standard 100. However, the leather components of those shoes will be tested according to the leather standard and he made it clear that a product could fail its Standard 100 certification if the leather component does not meet the requirements of the leather standard. “All parts of an article have to meet the criteria that apply to them,” Mr Dieners said.
All the criteria for the Oeko-Tex leather standard are based on science, the secretary general emphasised, and because the organisation is independent, he argued that his organisation’s approach is more objective than some others. There are 18 testing institutions around the world that are accredited so far to carry out testing against the leather standard.
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