The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) aims to transform cotton production worldwide by developing Better Cotton as a sustainable mainstream commodity. The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) is a not-for-profit organization that exists to make global cotton production better for the people who produce it, better for the environment it grows in, and better for the sector’s future.
BCI has since made significant progress. In the 2016-17 cotton season, Better Cotton was grown in 21 countries by 1.3 million licensed BCI Farmers and accounted for 14% of global cotton production. We are truly a joint effort – encompassing organizations all the way from farms to fashion and textile brands, and civil society organizations – driving the cotton sector towards sustainability.
Better Cotton Standard in Australia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, China, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, India, Israel, Kazakhstan, Madagascar, Mozambique, Pakistan, South Africa, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, USA, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, in the 2016-17 season, cotton was produced. By 2020, our goal is to train 5 million farmers worldwide on more sustainable agricultural practices, and ensure that Better Cotton accounts for 30% of global cotton production.
We are proud to be certified by Fair Trade International as Fair Trade Organization by Flo Cert a global Certification and verification body. Our aim is to follow Fair Trading practices in all areas of our supply chain from Farmers to Fashion buyers. Which is duly supported by Fair Trade Certification. We are also into the process and supply of 10096 Fair Trade Organic Cotton Fabrics, Baby Textiles, bags, and Home Textiles items.
We work with organic cotton farmers’ producer’s groups who typically grow organic cotton with an aim to provide fair wages, technical knowledge, Financial support, till marketing their produce, which ensures Farming a Sustainable and profitable occupation for farmers and their families. Fairtrade works with 19 producer organizations growing Fairtrade cotton in seven countries. Fairtrade enables consumers to demand a better deal for those that produce our food.
10 Principles of Fair Trade
1. Create Opportunities for Economically Disadvantaged Producers, 2. Transparency and Accountability, 3. Fair Trading Practices, 4. Payment of a Fair Price, 5. Ensuring no Child Labour and Forced Labour, 6. Commitment to Non-Discrimination, Gender Equality, Freedom of Association, 7. Ensuring Good Working Conditions, 8. Providing Capacity Building, 9. Promoting Fair Trade, 10. Respect for the Environment.
The Global Recycle Standard (GRS) was originally developed by Control Union Certifications in 2008 and ownership was passed to the Textile Exchange on 1 January 2011. The GRS is an international, voluntary, full product standard that sets requirements for third-party certification of recycled content, chain of custody, social and environmental practices, and chemical restrictions.
The GRS is intended to meet the needs of companies looking to verify the recycled content of their products (both finished and intermediate) and to verify responsible social, environmental, and chemical practices in their production.
The objectives of the GRS are to define requirements to ensure accurate content claims and good working conditions, and that harmful environmental and chemical impacts are minimized. This includes companies in ginning, spinning, weaving and knitting, dyeing and printing, and stitching in more than 50 countries.
Through third-party verification, we motivate your (quality) claim independently towards your clients. Furthermore, traceability and contamination risks can be managed better by certifying your management system and/or your product. With 200+ certification programs, we are able to conduct combination audits saving time and expenses for our customers.
As a result, you will benefit from a ‘front runner’ position in the eyes of investors, rating agencies, and other analysts and have improved stakeholder communication. Our network of offices in more than 70 countries allows us to make certification more efficient and cost-effective, whilst upholding the same stringent professional auditing and certification procedures.
Product class 1
Sri Kalyan Export Pvt Ltd., as achieved OEKO-TEX Standard100 – Product class l for adopting and using ecological production materials, processing as per Oeko-Tex standard for producing Fabrics which can be used for Baby Care, bedding & Garments, Home Textiles, Bags, etc., OEKO-TEX testing for harmful substances always focuses on the actual use of the textile. The more intensive the skin contact of a product, the stricter the human-ecological requirements to be met. Textile items for babies and toddlers up to 3years (clothing, toys, bed linen, terry cloth items, etc.) which is the highest standard in Oeko-Tex.
The Standard 100 by Oeko-Tex product label, introduced (as Oeko-Tex Standard 100) in 1992, certifies adherence to the specifications of the standard by the same name, a document of testing methods, and limit values for potentially harmful chemicals. This independent testing and certification system may be applied to textile materials, intermediate products at all stages of production, and ready-made textile articles. Examples of eligible items for certification are raw and dyed finished yarns, raw and dyed finished fabrics and knits, and consumer goods (all types of clothing, home and household textiles, bed linen, terry cloth items, textile toys, and more).
Textile products can only be certified according to the Standard 100 by Oeko-Tex if all components comply with the required criteria – for an item of clothing, in addition to the outer fabric, this might include threads, linings, prints as well as non-textile accessories such as buttons, zip fasteners, rivets or any other accessory parts.
The extent and requirements of Oeko-Tex testing for harmful substances depend on the intended use of a textile product. There are four product classes:
• Product class I – Items for babies and infants (up to 36 months of age)
• Product class II – Items with direct prolonged or large-area skin contact
• Product class III – Textiles without or with little skin contact
• Product class IV – Furnishing materials for decorative purposes (curtains, table linen, carpets, etc.)
Product class I requirements are more rigorous for most potentially harmful substances, and there is an additional test for saliva resistance.
Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) is an internationally recognized standard for sustainable cotton from Africa. Since 2005, CmiA has been committed to protecting the environment while improving working and living conditions for smallholder farmers and ginnery workers. Southern and Eastern Africa is the largest organic cotton production region in Africa.
The following Southern and Eastern African countries produce organic cotton: South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. In the past Uganda has regularly been the largest producer of organic cotton fiber in Africa. In Africa, cotton is almost exclusively grown by smallholder farmers, and there are very few large plantations.
CmiA Project countries include the West African states of Benin and Burkina Faso as well as Zambia – and since April 2008, also Mozambique. These four countries are amongst the poorest on the planet. The Project reaches around 130,000 smallholder farmers in these regions and their efforts produce some 85,000 tonnes of raw CmiA cotton from a cultivation area of some 160.000 hectares.
GOTS – Global Organic Textile Standard
The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) was developed by leading standard setters to define world-wide recognised requirements for organic textiles. From the harvesting of the raw materials, environmentally and socially responsible manufacturing to labelling, textiles certified to GOTS provide a credible assurance to the consumer.
OCS 100 – Organic Content Standard 100
The Organic Content Standard (OCS) OCS 100 applies to the textile product containing a minimum of 95% and more organic material. It verifies the presence and amount of organic material in a final product. And tracks the flow of raw material from its source to the final product. This process is then certified by an accredited third party.
OCS Blended – Organic Content Standard Blended
The Organic Content Standard (OCS) Blended applies to the textile product containing a minimum 5% of organic material and blended with Conventional or any Synthetic Material. It verifies the presence and amount of organic material and other material in a final product. And tracks the flow of raw material from its source to the final product. This process is then certified by an accredited third party.
ISO 9001:2015 – Quality Management Systems
ISO 9000:2015 describes the fundamental concepts and principles of quality management which are universally applicable to the following: organizations seeking sustained success through the implementation of a quality management system, customers seeking confidence in an organization’s ability to consistently provide products and services conforming to their requirements, organizations seeking confidence in their supply chain that their product and service requirements will be met, organizations and interested parties seeking to improve communication through a common understanding of the vocabulary used in quality management, organizations performing conformity assessments against the requirements of ISO 9001, providers of training, assessment, or advice in quality management, developers of related standards.
ISO 14001:2015 – Environmental Management Systems
ISO 14001:2015 is applicable to any organization, regardless of size, type, and nature, and applies to the environmental aspects of its activities, products, and services that the organization determines it can either control or influence considering a life cycle perspective. ISO 14001:2015 does not state specific environmental performance criteria. ISO 14001:2015 can be used in whole or in part to systematically improve environmental management. Claims of conformity to ISO 14001:2015, however, are not acceptable unless all its requirements are incorporated into an organization’s environmental management system and fulfilled without exclusion. Enhancement of environmental performance, the fulfillment of compliance obligations, the achievement of environmental objectives.
(Social Accountability International Standard)
SA 8000 is the first Social & Ethical Standard for Corporate. And we are proud to be Certified and Assured that Sri Kalyan Export Private Limited operates. As per procedures and standards set by SA-8000 which ensures workers Safety, Sanitation, ventilation, Fair “wages, No child labor, Fire Safety Standards, Good Water facility, CCTV Surveillance, Good Working conditions are met in the factory and office. The Social Working Standards are maintained as per rules and regulations of Indian Labor Law and International Labor Organization (ILO) & Social Accountability Accreditation Services. And we are also engaged in various Social activities in creating awareness about Tree planting, Rainwater harvesting, Organic Farming, Child labor, Fair Trade Practices, etc., So as Social Corporate Company we ensure Quality products and Quality Work Life & Social Life is met as per buyer requirements.
Sedex is one of the world’s leading ethical trade membership organizations, working with businesses to improve working conditions in global supply chains. SMETA (Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit) is an ethical audit methodology that encompasses all aspects of responsible business practice. As a multi-stakeholder initiative, SMETA was designed to minimize duplication of effort and provide members and suppliers with an audit format they could easily share. Sedex is an online database that allows companies to store and view data on ethical and responsible business practices. Sedex does not set any standards or determine the policy of its members.
It is purely a tool for facilitating access to information. Sedex is a global non-profit membership organization that prides itself on making it simpler to do business that’s good for everyone. We’re home to the world’s largest collaborative platform for sharing responsible sourcing data on supply chains, used by more than 43,000 members in over 150 countries. The certification body must accept the application and needs to b record or maintain all the information on the SEDEX database. Review of Application:- The application received shall be reviewed by the team to ensure that the compliance requirement has been fulfilled.
Most of our production-related works are done by Women Workers about 70% We are committed to industry-leading working conditions in terms of Safety, Healthy, and Fair labor practices. We promote fair and Living wages. We conduct health camps, educational awareness drives, and initiatives for community development beyond livelihood opportunities, We work with NGOs, Social & Green Organizations for the promotion of awareness and implementations.
We are one of the Fastest developing Company with an aim to be a leader in Organic Textiles, Fair Trade, Social & Environmentally responsible ensuring Sustainability & Ethical values. which is being ensured with our GOTS, Fair Trade, SA 8000, and Oeko-Tex Certifications. We handle a diverse range of textile products which required a high labor force. We provide interest-free Small loans to our workers in order to save them from money lenders who charge high-interest rates.
As an Ethical Textile Business organization we always want to be sure our products are made according to Socially, Economically, and Ecologically responsible business practices. The textile industry plays an important role in Women’s Empowerment in India. And at Sri Kalyan Export most of our floor works, checking, packing, etc., Is done by Women workers and we provide Sanitation, Safety, convenient work timing, etc., for women workers to balance their Work and Homelife. And the fair wages paid to them helps to maintain a quality life and to save money for their future, which makes them economically independent.
Sri Kalyan Export Pvt Ltd was established in 1978 in South India and entered into Woven Fabrics, Home Textiles, and Woven Garments industry with latest technology weaving machines imported from ITALY for superior quality woven fabrics production.
