TOC Academy

6.1 Why + Which packaging

Fruit, clothes and kitchen items must be wrapped in some kind of protective packaging. Like a box, bag or similar. Clothing and other textiles must be protected against 2 things mainly; fruit and...

5.1 The health of our ecosystem

Biodiversity is typically a measure of variation at the genetic, species and ecosystem level. Biodiversity is richest in the tropics, but the balance of the same is equally important everywhere....

4.1 Earth Day

Earth Overshoot Day Earth Overshoot Day (EOD) marks the date when humanity's demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what the earth can regenerate in that year. ...

3.3 GOTS and trust

There is a huge difference between standards. Some standards are purpose-based and some are inspected. Some cover only a few levels of suppliers and a few cover the entire supply chain. GOTS is b...

3.2 More about GOTS

GOT's mission: Our vision is that organic textiles become an essential part of everyday life, which will strengthen people's lives and the environment. GOTS consists of four reputable member o...

3.1 Basic information about GOTS

GOTS is the global organic textile standard. A standard in organic textiles (made from cotton, linen or wool) covering the entire supply chain: from the farmer to the mill for cleaning and proce...

2.2 TOC and organic farming

What does TOC do? We, The Organic Company, believe that organic farming is the future, a must, and that conventional farming is destructive and should be banned. So we have to deal with th...

2.1 Ecosystem

What does organic mean? Ecological is an adjective and refers to an organism or an anatomical organ. In our view, it is the organism part and reference to ecology. Ecology means organic lifestyl...

1.1 Goals for sustainable development

Sustainability is defined through 3 overall and interconnected areas: Environment, social and economy. That was the definition from the Brundtland report from 1987. And it is still used around...