Test seal & certificates

Our test seals & certificates

Here you will find an overview of our certificates and seals of approval, because your trust is very important to us.

Social criteria

Because the working conditions of our producers are also important to us, we place great importance on regularly auditing the social criteria in our production facilities. For an insight, we would like to share some of our certifications with you:

Amfori Bsci

The Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI) is an initiative that aims to improve working conditions worldwide. Sterntaler is a BSCI member, which allows us to have our suppliers audited according to the code. The requirements of the BSCI Code of Conduct can be found here:
amfori BSCI

Icti "Ethical Toy Program"

On a voluntary basis, some of Sterntaler's toy production facilities are certified according to the ICTI Ethical Toy Program. The ICTI program defines the working conditions in the Asian production facilities. The respective testing criteria can be found here:
ICTI “Ethical Toy Program”

Gots

The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) requires compliance with social criteria. The underlying social criteria are based on the core standards of the International Labor Organization (ILO). These standards prohibit, among other things, child and forced labor, provide workers with a safe working environment, and pay a living wage. Further information can be found here:
Global Organic Textile Standard “GOTS”

Product certificates

You can find these certifications on our products, among others:

UV protection

UV protection identifies clothing and shading textiles with functional UV protection that filters out harmful natural UV radiation. The label is awarded in UV protection factor levels with UPF (Ultraviolet Protection Factor) from 15 to 50+, which indicates how much more the clothing protects the skin from direct sunlight. The material has been tested according to the European standard DIN EN 13758-1 and classified according to the Hohenstein Quality Label "UV Protection" program.
UV protection

Oeko-Tex Standard 100

STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX® is one of the world's most recognized labels for textiles tested for harmful substances. It stands for customer trust and high product safety. The comprehensive catalog of measures for testing for harmful substances covers current legal regulations and reviews future developments for relevance.

• The regulations on prohibited azo dyes, formaldehyde, nickel, etc. are included in the test catalogue.

• Chemicals that pose a health risk are tested even if they are not yet regulated by law.

• Requirements of Annexes XVII and XIV of the REACH Regulation and the ECHA SVHC candidate list are covered by the testing procedure.

• The OEKO-TEX® laboratory tests include around 100 test parameters and take into account the intended use of the textiles. The more intensive the skin contact of a textile product, the stricter the limits for each product class.
Oeko-Tex

Gots

In both the toy and textile sectors, we have products certified according to the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS). The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) is recognized as the world's leading standard for the processing of textiles (clothing, home textiles, and textile hygiene products) made from certified organically produced natural fibers. It sets strict environmental requirements for the entire textile production chain and simultaneously requires compliance with social criteria (see GOTS Social Criteria). Further information can be found here:
Global Organic Textile Standard “GOTS”

PSA in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/425 - Personal protective equipment

Our rain jackets and rain pants for children are equipped with retroreflective stripes to signal the user and have therefore been tested according to HOHENSTEIN Test Principle 2019/1, RevSta 4, "Protective Clothing - Personal Protective Equipment with Signaling in Medium-Risk Situations for Professional and Non-Professional Use - Test Methods and Applications" and EN ISO 13688:2013 "Protective Clothing - General Requirements" and certified according to Regulation (EU) 2016/425. The respective products are marked accordingly with the CE mark and manufacturer's information.

Organic Content Standard (OCS)

The Organic Content Standard is a certification that allows companies to record the exact percentage of organic material in a product and track the raw material from source to the finished product. Certification provides traceability all the way back to the field.https://textileexchange.org/standards/organic-content-standard/

Special editions

Additional special awards are important to us, and we place great importance on regularly reviewing the criteria. For your convenience, we would like to share some of the special awards:

game good

The Ulm-based association "spiel gut" (Working Committee for Children's Play + Toys) tests and evaluates toys. It also provides information about the importance of play for children's physical, mental, and social development. The working committee consists of approximately 40 experts from the fields of education, psychology, sociology, medicine, design, technology, environmental protection, and other professional groups. In regular jury meetings, they select and recommend good toys. The individual toys are tested with children and evaluated and awarded according to strict criteria. The "spiel gut" seal is the only educationally oriented design award.

Top10 baby & child

TOP10 Baby & Child We are one of the winners - the Sterntaler wooden play arch has been voted among the TOP10 Baby & Child 2020 by the Federal Association of Toy Retailers (BVS).