Paris – January 20, 2026 – OEKO-TEX®today announced a full collaboration with TextileGenesis
a Lectra company, to digitally trace and authenticate organic cotton, strengthening fraud
prevention across the supply chain. This announcement follows a successful pilot and brings
together OEKO-TEX®’s certification expertise and closed testing system with TextileGenesis’
digital traceability platform to deliver a secure, end-to-end solution for managing certified
organic cotton flows. At its core is the digitization of Transaction Certificates, bringing physical
material movements and certification data together on a single solution and replacing
fragmented, paper-based processes.
Organic cotton continues to gain strategic importance in the global textile and apparel industry as
brands, regulators and consumers increasingly demand credible sustainability claims and verified
supply chains. This trend is reflected in the rapid expansion of the OEKO-TEX® ORGANIC COTTON
certification, which recorded a 381% year-over-year growth by 31 December 2025.
As volumes grow, so does the need for credible, fraud-resistant certification systems. Against this
backdrop, OEKO-TEX® chose TextileGenesis to take a future-facing approach to organic cotton
certification, tackling one of the industry’s most pressing challenges: fraud prevention through the
digitization of Transaction Certificates in organic cotton supply chains.
From fiber to data: Building a secure digital chain of custody
A key component is TextileGenesis’ token-based fibercoinTM technology, which links each physical
shipment of organic cotton to a unique digital token within a closed-loop system. This approach enables
transparent, tamper-resistant traceability from fiber to finished product, while significantly reducing
administrative effort for ginners, spinners, manufacturers and brands.
“OEKO-TEX® plays an important role in setting trusted standards for organic cotton across the textile
industry, and we’re pleased to collaborate with the OEKO-TEX® Organic Cotton Standard on this
initiative.” says Amit Gautam, CEO of TextileGenesis.
“By using TextileGenesis’ pioneering
Fibercoin™ technology, we are creating a digital chain of custody for OEKO-TEX® certified organic
cotton and eliminating pdf/paper-based Transaction certificates. This collaboration helps ensure that
organic cotton claims are easier to manage and verifiable at scale.”
The initiative builds on OEKO-TEX®’s established in-house GMO testing, conducted exclusively within
its 17 international testing institutes. Both raw fiber and raw yarn are tested, ensuring that organic
standards are verified at the very beginning of the supply chain and consistently upheld throughout.
From a strategic perspective, the cooperation marks an important milestone in OEKO-TEX®’s broader
digital roadmap. According to OEKO-TEX® CEO, Dr. Alfred J. Beerli, the collaboration is a natural next
step: “Working with TextileGenesis is a key part of how we are moving our certification system into the
digital future. Secure, transparent and data-driven processes strengthen the integrity of OEKO-TEX®
while making certification more efficient and scalable – especially for organic cotton certified by us.
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The digitization of Transaction Certificates for OEKO-TEX® ORGANIC COTTON is intentionally
designed as a starting point. “We see this as a pilot with much wider potential,” Dr. Beerli
explains. “Once established, this approach can be extended step by step to other OEKO-TEX®
certifications and product groups.”Laying the groundwork for the next phase of certification
This next phase in the collaboration builds on the success of a traceability pilot launched in 2025
involving eleven supply chain actors. It enabled OEKO-TEX® to trace selective organic cotton supply
chains across India and Bangladesh, involving ginning, spinning mills, fabric mills and certification
bodies. Feedback from suppliers demonstrated strong acceptance of the digital approach, highlighting
high usability, effective training and comprehensive support. Companies such as KKP Spinning Mills
Pvt. Ltd., Milan Ginning Pressing Limited and Atlas Export Enterprises agreed that the collaboration
strengthened compliance and trust across the certified supply chain.
OEKO-TEX® and TextileGenesis will now continue to jointly develop the platform, with the aim of scaling
digital Transaction Certificates across additional organic cotton supply chains.
Looking ahead, digital platforms will play a central role in safeguarding trust in textile certifications.
“Real-time transparency and interoperability will be essential going forward,” predicts Dr. Beerli. “Our
ambition is not only to keep pace with industry developments, but to actively help shape future-ready
certification standards.”
About TextileGenesis:
Founded in 2018, TextileGenesis, a Lectra company, provides a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform that enables
fashion brands and sustainable textile manufacturers to ensure a reliable, secure and fully digital traceability of their
textiles, from the fiber to the consumer, and thereby guarantee their authenticity and origins. The platform provides
traceability for textiles, leather and footwear, employing fiber forwards traceability for sustainable and certified
materials and Supply Chain discovery approach to traceability for conventional materials.
Its innovative traceability mechanism, which addresses both ends of the textile value chain, as well as its network
of partners for material certification, and its technology platform guarantee the exchange and tracking of reliable
and secure data throughout a material’s life cycle. TextileGenesis platform also identifies and flags supply chain
compliance/legal risks across the value chain from tier 1-4 for brands.
About Lectra:
At the forefront of innovation since its founding in 1973, Lectra provides industrial intelligence technology solutions—
combining software in SaaS mode, cutting equipment, data, and associated services—to players in the fashion,
automotive and furniture industries. With boldness and passion, Lectra accelerates the transformation and success
of its customers in a world in perpetual motion thanks to the key technologies of Industry 4.0: AI, big data, cloud
and the Internet of Things.
The Group is present in more than one hundred countries. It operates three production sites for its cutting
equipment, located in France, China and the United States. Lectra’s 3,000 employees are driven by three core
values: being open-minded thinkers, trusted partners and passionate innovators. They all share the same
commitment to social responsibility, which is one of the pillars of Lectra’s strategy for ensuring sustainable growth
for both the company and its customers.
The company is listed on Euronext, and is included in CAC All Shares, CAC Technology, EN Tech Leaders and
ENT PEA-PME 150 indices. For more information, please visit lectra.com.
About OEKO-TEX®
For more than 30 years, OEKO-TEX® has offered standardized solutions that companies in the textile and leather
industry can use to transparently and sustainably optimize their manufacturing processes. Based on scientific
principles, OEKO-TEX® contributes to bringing high-quality, safe and sustainable products to the market. 35,000
manufacturers, brands and trading companies, in more than 100 countries are currently working with OEKO-TEX®.
At the same time, millions of consumers around the world use the OEKO-TEX® labels as a guide for their
responsible purchasing decisions. Products and suppliers certified by OEKO-TEX® can be found in the online
OEKO-TEX® buying guide at https://www.oeko-tex.com/en/buying-guide.Follow OEKO-TEX® on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and WeChat
