Download User Manual

EU ECOLABEL TEXTILE PRODUCTS USER MANUAL
Commission Decision of 5 June 2014 for the award of the EU Ecolabel for textile products (2014/350/EU)

Third Party verification of factory sites to the following standards and codes of conduct shall be
recognised as their core criteria reflect the ILO standards:
Equivalent codes of conduct:
- OECD Guidelines for Multi-National Enterprises: Recommendations on human rights and on
employment and industrial relations
- The United Nations Global Compact: Principles on Human rights and Labour
- The Joint Initiative on Corporate Accountability and Workers Rights (JO-IN): the Draft Code of Labour
Practice
Equivalent standards:
- ISO 26000: Human rights and Labour practice components
- Social Accountability 8000 (SA8000)
- Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI)
- Fair Wear Foundation (FWF)
- Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI)
- Fair Labor Association (FLA)
Required documentation for Assessment and verification: Criterion 26

The applicant shall demonstrate third party verification of compliance, using independent
verification or documentary evidence, including site visits by auditors during the EU Ecolabel
verification process for cut/make/trim production sites in the supply chain for their licensed
products.

This shall take place upon application and subsequently during the licence period if new
production sites are introduced.

Declaration template: fundamental principles and rights at work (Criterion 26)
Version 1.0
Page 76 of 225