Our Standards & Memberships

GOTS

Cradle to Cradle

Fair Wear Foundation

amfori

Vegan

Ecoprofit

Global Recycle
Standard

GOTS
Cradle to Cradle
Cradle to Cradle Certified® is one of the world’s most widely recognized seals of approval for the circular economy. The standard was developed by the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute and evaluates products not only based on individual characteristics but holistically—from the materials used to the production conditions. The goal is to design products so that they can remain either in a biological cycle (e.g., through composting) or in a technical cycle (e.g., through recycling), rather than becoming waste at the end of their useful life.
Our Cradle to Cradle Certified® Gold products are made from organic cotton. From the fabric to the sewing thread to the woven and product labels, the materials were developed for the biological cycle and can be returned to nature without leaving any residue. The University of Innsbruck (2021) confirmed the biodegradability of our organic cotton fabric in laboratory tests. The material was completely biodegraded within 35 days. One exception is our Cradle to Cradle Certified® Gold fitted sheet, as it contains 3% ROICA™ V550. This fiber is one of the most innovative on the market and is Cradle to Cradle Certified® Material Health Gold. The difference: Conventional spandex hardly degrades over centuries and increasingly breaks down into microplastic particles that remain in the environment. In addition, problematic chemicals and solvents are often used in its production. ROICA™ V550, on the other hand, has been proven to degrade under industrial composting conditions without releasing harmful substances. In this way, we consistently pursue our goal of developing circular products throughout our entire Cradle to Cradle Certified® Gold lineup.


Fair Wear Foundation
Since 2016, we have been a member of the Fair Wear Foundation, an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving working conditions in the global textile and apparel industry. It helps member companies identify risks in their supply chains, implement improvements, and have their progress regularly reviewed. However, membership is not a product or factory certification and cannot guarantee a risk-free or harm-free supply chain. Fair Wear’s methodology focuses on our internal processes, including our purchasing practices, which directly impact working conditions.
Specifically, this includes, for example, safe workplaces, reasonable working hours, living wages, and opportunities for employees to file complaints. If, for instance, unpaid overtime or occupational safety and health deficiencies are identified, these issues are to be investigated jointly with the manufacturing facilities and addressed step by step.
Our progress is assessed as part of Fair Wear’s annual “Brand Performance Check” (BPC) through a structured review of our management systems and practices. This allows us to evaluate the extent to which our human rights due diligence and our sourcing practices are actually improving working conditions in our supply chain and protecting human rights. Our most recent “Brand Performance Check” was conducted in May 2026, and we received a “Leader” rating with a score of 76/100. This category is reserved for member companies that demonstrate exceptional performance and operate at an advanced level. The full report is publicly available here.
amfori - Compliance with social standards
PAPTEX GmbH & Co KG (Wholesale Mary Rose), undertakes as a amfori-member for compliance with social standards in the factories that manufacture our products.The aim is to continuously and sustainably improve working conditions in production facilities outside of Europe and to ensure that legal regulations are adhered to. To this end, amfori has developed a code of conduct to which its members are committed.
Compliance with these provisions and the implementation of agreed improvement measures are regularly monitored by external auditing institutes.


Vegan
Textiles are often NOT vegan - Would you have known that? Our Cradle to Cradle certified® GOLD certified products are - in contrast to many other textiles - vegan. This is because textiles are generally rarely completely free of materials of animal origin, as animal fats, uric acid, etc. are often added to them as processing aids during production. As such processing aids usually do not have to be declared, the impression is created that textiles are vegan. We do not use any materials of animal origin in our Cradle to Cradle products and have therefore been awarded the international V-Label.Ecoprofit
Our company has always set itself the goal of integrating sustainability into all our business activities. We firmly believe that companies have a responsibility towards the environment and society and that sustainability should be an integral part of our business activities.The environmental program of Ecoprofit aims to reduce operational emissions, conserve natural resources, increase eco-efficiency and raise awareness of the environment and sustainability within the company.
The site-specific Ökoprofit certification enabled us to further strengthen and refine our sustainability concept through technical and organizational measures. By forming an internal environmental team, we are now also benefiting from the input of our employees, whose ecological awareness has been heightened during the process.Video: Mary Rose at Ökoprofit
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global Recycle Standard
Durability, ecological home textiles production and the consideration of socially fair standards - this is what we are committed to: Being awarded the GRS not only shows that we are on the right track, but also that our efforts, especially in the area of social fairness and our standards in environmentally friendly production, do not go unseen.





