STeP by OEKO-TEX认证标准范围的英文版。

　　STeP by OEKO-TEX addresses facility performance across the en-tire textile production chain, including：

　　Weaving, knitting, production of non-wovens and related pro-cesses.

　　Dry spinning, twisting and related processes.

　　Making up of products through cutting, sewing and related pro-cesses).

　　Manufacturing of accessories (e.g. zippers, buttons, labels).

　　Wet spinning, twisting and related processes.

　　Dyeing, printing, finishing, coating and related processes .

　　Manufacturing of foams and mattresses .

　　Others (e.g. non-agricultural fibre production) .

　　Textile logistics for textiles and its accessory only .

　　STeP by OEKO-TEX assesses, audits and certifies the following modules of the textile production chain.

　　Quality management.

　　Health and Safety performance and management.

　　Chemical Management.

　　Environmental performance .

　　Environmental management.

　　Social responsibility.

　　To qualify for certification according to STeP by OEKO-TEX, facili-ties must meet the stipulated criteria in the modules above. Various rankings can be achieved based on the levels of performance de-fined within the standard, which is updated periodically.

　　The textile industry continues to be in a transition from a regional to a global industry. STeP by OEKO-TEX seeks to align itself with the major goals and objectives of NGOs and industry groups that are seeking a path towards greater sustainability in textile produc-tion and lifecycle.

　　The overarching goal of the standard is to help production facilities to measure and improve sustainability, environmental performance,health and safety performance, and social responsibility and to re-port this to the industry and consumers in a transparent and useful format.

　　This standard is to be applied to facilities (production sites) for specified textile products ,their intermediary products as well as textile accesso-ries and textile logistic centres.

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