OEKO-TEX Standard 100
The OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 with its product label “Confidence in textiles” is the most well-known and most widespread independent certification worldwide for textiles tested for harmful substances. The Sustainable Textile Production (STeP) certification can be awarded to production facilities along the textile chain whose production conditions have been proven to comply with environmentally friendly and socially responsible criteria. The label OEKO-TEX® Standard 100plusidentifies textile products which were tested for harmful substances and produced under these sustainable conditions uncompromisingly during all stages of textile processing.
EWG VERIFIED
Since 1993, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) has shined a spotlight on outdated legislation, harmful agricultural
practices and industry loopholes that pose a risk to our health and the health of our environment. Whether it’s on Capitol Hill or in communities across America, we make our voices heard, changing the debate over environmental health and putting the most important people – you and your family – at the center of the conversation. EWG’s team of scientists, policy experts, lawyers and communications and data experts work tirelessly to reform our nation’s broken chemical safety and agricultural laws. We push industries to adopt our standards and stand against chemicals of concern. We educate consumers with actionable information and inspire demand for safer products. Mattresses that carry the EWG certification must meet the following criteria; They must be; Made with transparency, with all ingredients and materials used publicly disclosed. Made with safer product materials and lower-emitting volatile organic compounds. Prohibited from using harmful chemical flame retardants and fiberglass. Prohibited from using PVCs and PFAS chemicals.
- The criteria: https://static.ewg.
org/ewgverified/docs/EWGV_ LicensingCriteria_Mattress_11. 23_PP01.pdf - The list of unacceptable chemicals in adult and crib mattresses: https://static.
ewg.org/ewgverified/docs/EWGV_ List_Mattress_Unacceptable_11. 23_C02.pdf - The list of restricted chemicals in mattresses: https://static.
ewg.org/ewgverified/docs/EWGV_ Lists_Mattress-Restricted_11. 23_C01.pdf
Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS)
The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) is one of the world’s foremost processing standards for textiles made from organic materials. It requires adherence to strict environmental compliance regulations, as well as social criteria (i.e., humane business practices). The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) is recognized as the world’s leading processing standard for textiles made from organic fibres. This refers to certified organic cotton, organic wool, and other fibers. It defines high-level environmental criteria along the entire organic textiles supply chain and requires compliance with social criteria as well. The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) was created to ensure that manufactured textiles — from raw-material sources through manufacturing practices all the way to the finished product — are processed and handled in such a way that organic integrity is maintained every step of the way. It assures that employees are paid and treated fairly and work in a safe, clean environment, and provides customers with credible assurance that organic integrity that is respected internationally.
Our manufacturers Savvy Rest and Naturepedic all carry multiple GOTS certifications.
GOLS
The Global Organic Latex Standard (GOLS) is a materials and processing standard for organic latex and finished latex foam. IF a latex mattress does not have this certification, then it is NOT an organic latex mattress. This certification firstly guarantees that no synthetic or man made latex (SBR, or styrene butadiene) is in the product. Only 100% all natural latex milk sap out of a hevea brasiliensis tree. The certification also certifies that no chemicals were used on those trees for three years into their past. No DDT, for example. It also certifies no toxic chemicals were used to wash the latex when it was transformed from a liquid into a solid product. Finally, it guarantees that no chemically toxic land was within a fifty mile radius of the plantation grown hevea brasiliensis rubber trees that the latex milk was tapped from.
Our manufacturers Savvy Rest and Naturepedic both carry the GOTS certification.
USDA Organic
The organic standards describe the specific requirements that must be verified by a USDA-accredited certifying agent before products can be labeled USDA organic. For specific accredited certifying agents, see below. Overall, organic operations must demonstrate that they are using only approved substances, protecting natural resources, and conserving biodiversity.
Organic cotton is the purest form of cotton, grown without toxins, synthetic pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, or GMO’s (genetically modified organisms). Organic cotton farmers have developed creative ways to grow cotton without these chemicals. This is accomplished by the use of natural fertilizers, beneficial insects, and innovative weeding techniques. Certified organic cotton means the following:
NO synthetic pesticides
NO synthetic fertilizers
NO genetically modified organisms
NO carcinogenic, mutagenic, teratogenic chemicals
NO endocrine disruptors
NO non-biodegradable detergents, degreasers, or surfactants
NO chlorine bleach
NO plastisols
NO other synthetic chemicals
A brief summary is provided below. USDA Organic Regulations
Our manufacturers Savvy Rest and Naturepedic both carry the Greenguard Gold Standard.
Oregon Tilth Certified Organic
Oregon Tilth Certified Organic (OTCO) is an internationally recognized symbol of organic integrity. OTCO provides a system that combines strict production standards, on-site inspections, and legally binding contracts to protect the producers and buyers of organic products.
Our manufacturers Savvy Rest and Naturepedic both carry the OTCO certification.
GREENGUARD
GREENGUARD Certification is part of UL Environment, a unit of Underwriters Laboratories. GREENGUARD Certification helps manufacturers create–and helps buyers identify–interior products and materials that have low chemical emissions, improving the quality of the air in which the products are used. In essence, consumers can look for the greenguard logo to identify non-toxic products. Greenguard uses vacuum chambers to let products off gass within for a certain amount of time, and then examines to ascertain exactly what is off gassing out of the product. We also use the greenguard vacuum chamber tests to know exactly what is off gassing out of other mattress manufacturers non-organic products…
GREENGUARD Gold Certification (formerly known as GREENGUARD Children & Schools Certification)goes even further and offers stricter certification criteria, considers safety factors to account for sensitive individuals (such as children and the elderly), and ensures that a product is acceptable for use in environments such as schools and healthcare facilities. THESE STRICTER CRITERIA MEAN THAT OFF GASSING LEVELS OF CHEMICALS OF CONCERN ARE TESTED WITHIN THESE PRODUCTS TO BE LESS THAN 1/100TH ESTABLISHED SAFE LEVELS.
REPEAT; THEY ARE TESTED TO BE AT OR BELOW 1/100TH SAFE LEVELS ESTABLISHED BY THE CPSC (United States Consumer Products Safety Commission).
Our manufacturers Savvy Rest and Naturepedic both carry the Greenguard Gold Standard.
Global Organic Textile Standard
The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) is recognised as the world’s leading processing standard for textiles made from organic fibres.This refers to certified organic cotton, organic wool, and other fibers. It defines high-level environmental criteria along the entire organic textiles supply chain and requires compliance with social criteria as well. The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) was created to ensure that manufactured textiles — from raw-material sources through manufacturing practices all the way to the finished product — are processed and handled in such a way that organic integrity is maintained every step of the way. It assures that employees are paid and treated fairly and work in a safe, clean environment, and provides customers with credible assurance that organic integrity that is respected internationally.
Our manufacturers Savvy Rest, and Naturepedic all carry multiple GOTS certifications.
OEKO-TEX Standard 100
The OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 with its product label “Confidence in textiles” is the most well-known and most widespread independent certification worldwide for textiles tested for harmful substances. The Sustainable Textile Production (STeP) certification can be awarded to production facilities along the textile chain whose production conditions have been proven to comply with environmentally friendly and socially responsible criteria. The label OEKO-TEX® Standard 100plusidentifies textile products which were tested for harmful substances and produced under these sustainable conditions uncompromisingly during all stages of textile processing.
Our manufacturers Ivy Organics, Magniflex, Posh and Lavish, Organicpedic and Savvy Rest carry the Oeko Tex Standard 100 certification.
CertiPUR-US® Program
The CertiPUR-US® mark is your assurance that the foam in your mattress has been tested and certified by an independent laboratory to meet specific criteria for indoor emissions, environmental stewardship, and physical performance.
This is not an organic certification. This certification applies to the soy based polyurethane foams, specifically in our MEMORY FOAM and lesser expensive innerspring mattresses. This certification certifies that our polyurethane foams, when used, contain no ozone depleters, no PBDE flame retardants, no mercury, no lead & other harmful heavy metals, no formaldehyde, no phthalates, and are low VOC (less than 0.5 parts per million).
Our manufacturers WorldBed Studio and Austin Natural Mattress Direct carry the CertiPUR-US® certification.
Certified Humane
When you see the Certified Humane Raised and Handled® label you can be assured that the animal products have come from facilities that meet precise, objective standards for farm animal treatment. This pertains to our products in the form of organic wool and cashmere. You can find Certified Humane® products in Brazil, Canada, Peru and the U.S.
Our manufacturers Savvy Rest and Naturepedic both carry the Certified Humane certification.
Green America
Green America is dedicated to harnessing the economic power of consumers, investors and businesses to promote social justice and environmental sustainability. Green America helps people and green businesses connect in the marketplace. Businesses displaying the Green America Seal have successfully earned Green America’s Green Business Certification.
Eco Institut
The UL ECO-INSTITUT marks construction products, floor coverings, mattresses, bedding and furniture meeting even the strictest of requirements on pollutants and emissions with the eco-INSTITUT-Label. You’ll find all products bearing the eco-INSTITUT-Label in their database of Certified Products.
CarbonFree
NSF International, the global testing and certification organization, and Carbonfund.org are joint forces to promote and implement CarbonFree Products Program.