GOTS Low Impact Dyeing
Ask most fabric suppliers what their dyeing process involves, and you’ll usually get a marketing line rather than a straight answer. We’d rather give you the straight answer.
At Herbal Fab, every fabric we dye- organic cotton, linen, hemp, Tencel™, Lenzing Modal, EcoVero™, peace silk, and recycled fibres goes through the same GOTS-certified, low-impact, azo-free process. No exceptions, no “premium tier” that’s cleaner than the rest. It’s just how we work.
Comparison of above Dyeing method with conventional textile processing
| Parameters | Conventional Textile Dyeing |
Gots Low Impact Dyeing
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| Dyeing | Chlorine Bleach | Hydrogen Peroxide |
| Scouring & Bleaching | Coal Tar & Azo Dyes |
Azo Free Dyes/Low Impact Dyes With Limitations
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| Dye Fixing | Chemical Fixers | Low Impact Fixers |
| Finishing | Optical Brighteners, Petrochemical Softeners |
Restricted Use Of Finishing Agents
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| Effluent | Compulsory Treatment Of Waste Water Necessary |
Treated As Per Gots Standards
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| Innovation | Almost 8000 Harmful Chemicals Used |
Restricted Use Of Chemicals
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Low Impact, Not No Impact
We’re careful with this language on purpose. GOTS low-impact dyeing isn’t natural dyeing, herbal dyeing, or “chemical-free,” and we won’t claim it is. It still uses dyestuffs and processing chemistry. What GOTS does is restrict which chemicals can be used and how much, cutting out the worst offenders in conventional textile processing: chlorine bleach, coal tar and azo dyes, chemical fixers, optical brighteners.
The result is fabric that’s genuinely safer to produce and wear, backed by a standard your compliance team can actually verify, not a claim you have to take our word for.
Custom Colour, Same Standard
None of this limits what you can develop. We work against Pantone TPX/TCX references for custom dyeing and printing, so your seasonal palette can be built on GOTS-certified base cloth without any compromise on certification.
If you’re sourcing for a compliance-conscious retailer, or just want documentation you can hand straight to an auditor, this is where it starts, not at the finished garment stage, but at the dye vat.
You can check more details at the given link: https://www.global-standard.org/the-standard.html
Where to See It in Practice
This process runs across our entire fabric range, from organic cotton through to linen and our next-generation fibres. If you’re comparing suppliers on processing standards rather than just fibre type, it’s worth asking every one of them the same question we’re happy to answer: what exactly happens to the fabric between greige and finished colour?
Get in touch if you’d like to see swatches, certification documents, or talk through a custom colour development for your next collection.
