AIAB – tessuto biologico (AIAB - bio-fibre)
www.aiab.it/nuovosito/campo/marchi/tessuto/index.shtml
www.icea.info
Relevance
voluntary label at national level
Target
- environmental target: avoid hazardous substances in fibres
- product group: textile products
Product/service group
The label covers all textile products and pre-products made with natural fibres
Awarding Institution & criteria
Awarding institution is AIAB (Associazione Italiana per l’Agricoltura Biologica – Italian Association for Biologic Agricolture) and Centrocot (Centro Tessile Cotoniero e Abbigliamento – Centre for Cotton).
AIAB standard criteria to award the certification are:
- raw materials must be certified natural fibres from bio-agriculture without OGM
- raw materials other than natural fibres must be harmless for the environment and human health
- transformation techniques should reduce as much as possible the impact on the environment
- chemical and/or hazardous products must be avoided in transformation processes
- colourings must be of vegetable origin and cannot contain heavy metals or carcinogenic substances.
Last upgrading of criteria in May 2000.
The certification body is ICEA (Istituto per la Certificazione Etica e Ambientale – Institute for the Ethical and Environmental Certification).
Control mechanisms
The certification is valid for five years from issuing date. The control body is ICEA.
Charges
Not available
Relevance on the market
Launched in 1998, at present (January 2006) only 10 firms have obtained the label.
