As preferred fibers and material commitments in the textile industry continue to grow, the role of core material standards supporting preferred materials becomes increasingly important. If you don’t know the truth – you can’t tell the truth!

The auditing and certification process is often misunderstood by many key stakeholders, including sustainability leads, product development staff and compliance and sourcing professionals.

Brand Perspective: Patagonia

NSF is pleased to have Nick Allen, Traceability Manager at Patagonia, as a guest on the webinar, providing the brand perspective and experience of the process, including lessons learned, best practices and advice on the effective management of transaction certificates.

Topics Covered

  • Review of the fundamentals of the process steps for certification
  • Information needed for each step
  • Details of scope certificates (SCs) and transaction certificates (TCs)
  • Overview of NSF’s different textile standards
  • How TCs and SCs are issued and how they should be managed effectively