Content Claim Standard

The Content Claim Standard is a chain of custody standard that provides companies with a tool to verify that one or more specific input materials are in a final product. It requires that each organization along the supply chain take sufficient steps to ensure that the integrity and identity of the input material is preserved. CCS 2.0 was released January 1, 2016 after a multi-stakeholder review. Certification Bodies and Certified Organizations will have until January 1, 2017 to comply with the new requirements. This will affect all Textile Exchange Standards that rely on the CCS chain of custody requirements.

The goal of Textile Exchange’s Content Claim Standard (CCS) 2.0 is to ensure the accuracy of content claims. It provides a strong chain of custody system from the source to the final product and is certified by an accredited third-party certification body. It requires that each organization along the supply chain take sufficient steps to ensure that the integrity and identity of the input material is preserved.

Scope: The CCS provides a strong chain of custody system from the source to the final product and serves as the chain of custody foundation for Textile Exchange’s existing standards. It is a globally applicable standard and it’s used across the supply chain, from manufacturers, brands and retailers, traders, certification bodies, and organizations supporting specific raw material initiatives. The CCS is certified by an accredited third-party certification body.

The Content Claim Standard is used across the supply chain and serves as the chain of custody backbone to all of our standards. As such it is crucial that it stays relevant and inclusive of intricacies of all of our supply chains across the Organic Content Standard (OCS), The Recycled Claim Standard (RCS), the Global Recycled Standard (GRS), the Responsible Down Standard (RDS) as well as the Responsible Wool and the Responsible Mohair Standard (RWS/RMS).