#  GOTS Tops the 3,000 mark in 2012

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The number of facilities becoming GOTS-certified increased by 11 percent and surpassed the 3,000 mark in 2012, growing from 2,714 facilities in 2011 to 3,016 facilities in 2012, according to new data from the [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>") International Working Group. Please see the [press release](https://gots.vorschau.website/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=143:gots-annual-press-releases&catid=60:information-centre&Itemid=128) for the globe and with additional region-specific facts from the GOTS Representatives for China, Germany-Austria-Switzerland, India, Japan, UK and USA for more information.

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