Reversible Blanket by Organics for Kids

Brand: Organics for Kids

Attributes: Fair Trade, Non-Toxic, Organic

Description: Organics for Kids Reversible Blanket for babies and kids has dog prints on one side and stripes on the other. The blanket is made from organic cotton, and the size is 70cm by 70cm.

The organic cotton is certified according to the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) and the Soil Association, and the dyes used does not include harmful substances.

Organics for Kids carries a range of organic clothes and gifts for babies, made exclusively from fairly traded textiles and manufactured in the UK.

Organics for Kids products are distributed by Eccogekko. You can buy from their online store.

The product is awarded a Green Rating of 5 stars based on 13 points in the following 6 criteria (updated on 24 Apr 2012):

Business Sustainability

1. Does the company, product or service have a third party certified green business or green product label?

The company is certified according to the Soil Association and the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), which is recognised as the leading processing standard for textiles made from organic fibres, and defines environmental criteria along the supply chain and social criteria as well.

2. Does the company have a sustainability policy or publish a sustainability report?

In the GOTS, one of the environmental criteria is to have a written environmental policy.

5. Has the company, product or service won any environmental or sustainability awards?

The company was a winner of the Natural and Organic Awards 2011 for the category “Best Organic Textile Product“.

Energy and Climate Change

9. Does the company measure its energy consumption, carbon dioxide or greenhouse gas emissions?

In the GOTS, one of the environmental criteria is to have data on energy consumption, target goals and procedures to reduce energy consumption per kg of textile output.

10. Has the company set an energy consumption, carbon dioxide or greenhouse gas reduction target?

In the GOTS, one of the environmental criteria is to have data on energy consumption, target goals and procedures to reduce energy consumption per kg of textile output.

11. Has the company taken steps towards reducing its energy consumption, carbon dioxide or greenhouse gas emissions?

In the GOTS, one of the environmental criteria is to have data on energy consumption, target goals and procedures to reduce energy consumption per kg of textile output.

Materials and Waste

19. Has the company taken steps to reduce the material and packaging used for the product, or to reduce the waste generated in the production of the product or service?

In the GOTS, one of the environmental criteria is to have procedures to minimise waste and discharges.

Water

22. Has the company taken steps to reduce the water usage or wastewater generated in the production of the product or service?

In the GOTS, one of the environmental criteria is to have target goals and procedures to reduce water consumption per kg of textile output.

Chemicals and Health

23. Does the product or service use natural ingredients or use no harmful chemicals?

Based on the GOTS criteria for fibre production, a textile product carrying the GOTS label grade ‘organic’ must contain a minimum of 95% certified organic fibres.

The GOTS criteria for processing and manufacturing also includes the prohibition of critical inputs such as toxic heavy metals, formaldehyde, aromatic solvents, functional nano particles, and genetically modified organisms.

24. Is the product or service certified organic and have a credible third party certification or label?

The company is certified organic according to the Soil Association and the GOTS.

25. Has the company taken steps to reduce the chemicals used in the product or service?

Based on the GOTS criteria, all chemical inputs must be evaluated and meet basic requirements on toxicity and biodegradability/eliminability.

The GOTS criteria for processing and manufacturing also includes the prohibition of critical inputs such as toxic heavy metals, formaldehyde, aromatic solvents, functional nano particles, and genetically modified organisms.

Social and Ethical

27. Does the company have a corporate social responsibility (CSR) policy?

In the GOTS, one of the social criteria is to have a policy for social accountability to ensure that the social criteria can be met.

The company also uses certified Fairtrade cotton when it is available, and when it is not available, they ensure that the cotton is fairly traded (meaning that farmers are paid a reasonable and normally premium price for their cotton, and are not exploited in the process).

29. Does the company have a no child labour or non-discrimination policy?

In the GOTS, the social criteria includes child labour must not be used, and no discrimination is practised.

“My little boy is not so little anymore (he’s going on 7) but he loves this little blankie and enjoys having it over his tummy when he’s in bed – just nice for sleeping with the fan on.  The doggy print is not sticky and the general texture of the blanket is soft and remains so even after washing.”

- Agy

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