#  [GOTS](https://gots.vorschau.website/resources/glossary/gots "<p>The worldwide leading voluntary sustainability standard for the post-harvest textile value chain for certified organic fibres, covering environmental criteria, human rights, social criteria and business conduct.</p>") 'Faces from Field to Fashion' Film launched

Manufacturing filmed in Tirupur in Tamilnadu, India. Meet Maridos, Sample Master Cutter at the GOTS certified Armstrong Knitting Mills in Tirupur India. Hear about his story and how he benefits from working in a GOTS certified company. Stories like these encourage us to take GOTS vision 'making [organic](https://gots.vorschau.website/resources/glossary/organic "<p>'Organic' is a regulated term used to distinguish systems of managed production and products derived therefrom that adhere to principles of health, ecology, fairness and care, and which are certified compliant to an organic standard's regulations by an Approved Certification Body. <br>GOTS defines organic textiles as being made with fibres from organic agriculture systems that are certified to one of the IFOAM Family of Standards, and that are processed in socially and ecologically responsible ways, in alignment with organic principles.</p>") textiles become a significant part of everyday life, enhancing people´s lives and the environment' further.

 [![](https://gots.vorschau.website/images/gots-images/gots-news-images/maridos-start-image.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EGqvOY5x8Q&ab_channel=GlobalOrganicTextileStandard)
