Ensuring duediligenceWhat advantages does OEKO-TEX®
RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS offer?
✓ Trust:✓ Business opportunities:

Benefit from a trusted and known
brand with over 30 years market
experience.

With an OEKO-TEX® RESPONSIBLE
BUSINESS certification, you document
your commitment to human rights andenvironmental due diligence and cancommunicate your commitment toyour partners and customers.

✓ Quality assurance:
Each certified company is checked andaudited according to strict criteria.
The certification is valid for 3 years andwill be validated by annual compliance
audits.

✓ Expertise:
OEKO-TEX® RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS
supports you in adressing yourresponsibility towards authorities.

✓ Modular structure:
OEKO-TEX® RESPONSIBLE
BUSINESS is structured in two
consecutive modules:• An initial self-assessment•	and an optional second step that
includes the certification process✓ Status evaluation:
The self-assessment allows you toevaluate the status of due diligence
implemented in your company.

Responsibility in global
business operations
A certified company looks beyond its own operations and considers
human rights and environmental standards in global supply chains.
A company awarded this management process certification isdedicated to practising due diligence, protecting both human rights
and the environment.
The OEKO-TEX® RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS certification assesses
the extent to which due diligence in relation to human rights andenvironmental criteria is implemented in the company and its supplychains.

OEKO-TEX® RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS is designed forbusinesses in the textile and leather industry, ranging
from retailers and brands to raw material extraction
companies.
Human rights due diligence in global textile &leather value chainsEnvironmental due diligence in global textile &leather value chains

RESPONIBLE BUSINESS:
The elements
OEKO-TEX® RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS certifies the due diligence
management processes of a company and assesses to which extent
due diligence obligations with regard to human rights andenvironmental criteria are implemented in the company and in its
supply chains.
The following due diligence elements are the subject of evaluation:

Element 7
Climate related strategies

Element 1
Responsible business policy

Element 2
Risk assessment

Element 6
Access to remedy

Element 3
Integration ofappropriate actions

Element 5
Transparent
communication
Element 4
Continuous monitoringOEKO-TEX® RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS:
Modular system

1. Self-assessment

2. Certification

Possible as standalone tool•

Fulfil the self-assessment process••

Audit: to evaluate and validate theinformation given through theself-assessment•

Certificate and verified report

Evaluate the status quo of
implemented human rights andenvironmental due diligence inyour own company and in yoursupply chains,•

By completing the questionnaireand uploading documents•

Receive an unverified report•

Identify areas for improvementNo external communication allowed

External communication is possible

Get certified

1. Application
Application form on
OEKO-TEX® website

4. On-site audit
RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS
auditor verifies the data as
provided during an on-sitevisit

2. Self-assessment
Complete the self-assessment

5. Certificate & final report
After successful completion,a final report and certificate
will be issued

3. Analysis and evaluation
Evaluation by OEKO-TEX®
RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS
auditors

Official OEKO-TEX® RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS
labels can include the following elements:

Product brandlogo
XX.XXX.XXXXInstituteWeb address

Product ID (individual)
and responsible instituteQuestions?
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