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Sustainable fashion & responsible textile manufacturing
Eco-design, upcycling, CSR, traceability: our guides to build a genuinely sustainable kidswear brand with verifiable evidence.
Updated August 2026 · Written by the LOI Confection technical team
Upcycling & circularity
What to do with textile scraps? Our patchwork and upcycled raffia solutions.
CSR & social impact
Our verifiable social commitments: health, canteen, lactarium, 74% women in the workforce.
Environment & energy
Solar, rainwater harvesting, 1600m² garden. Target 75% solar by end of 2026.
Traceability & non-financial reporting
Fibre traceability, CSRD, ESG data: what EU regulation demands from kidswear brands.
Trends & positioning
2026 trends in sustainable kidswear: formats, materials, storytelling.
Who writes this guide
Shop-floor expertise, not theory
This guide is written and reviewed by LOI Confection’s methods, quality and sales teams, based on technical files actually produced in our Madagascar workshops. Figures come from our day-to-day production and certification audits.
30 years
of manufacturing in Madagascar
1 000+
workshop employees
19 lines
across 2 workshops
GOTS · BSCI · WRAP
audited certifications
Sources: internal technical files and certification standardsLearn more about LOI Confection
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Open the guideFrequently asked questions
Does CSRD apply to my kidswear brand?
Directly at 250 employees or €50M revenue. Indirectly already today, because your buyers (retailers, marketplaces) already ask for your suppliers' ESG data.
Is a "sustainable" brand without certification credible?
Less and less. Without GOTS, OEKO-TEX or verifiable evidence, brands face greenwashing risk and the new EU rules against unsubstantiated environmental claims.
Can upcycling be industrialised?
Yes, provided the constraint is integrated from the cutting stage. Our scraps are sorted by material and colour, then assembled into patchwork or provided to Sobika raffia artisans.
Certification information
Global Organic Textile Standard – certificate issued by Ecocert Greenlife, no. GOTS-13200 — valid until 2026-09-30
Organic Content Standard – certificate issued by Ecocert Greenlife, no. TE-00004788 — valid until 2026-09-26
Only products covered by a valid transaction certificate are certified; they are labelled separately. This scope certificate is not proof that delivered goods are certified.
