The Organic Content Standard (OCS) is a voluntary standard that sets requirements for third-party certification of certified organic input and chain of custody. 

Supplies of organic cotton have been tight over the past year due to increased demand, limited supply and supply chain disruptions such as bans on using cotton from Xinjiang, and the fraud found in India’s organic cotton chain.

Steve Maggard, president of Cone Denim, said: “We are seeing tremendous interest in organic cotton as we continue to move towards building more sustainable components into Cone’s most authentic denims. 

“Supplies of certified organic cotton are limited, given the strict standards and increased demand. We have worked aggressively with our suppliers to secure additional inventory. Limited supply is currently available across Cone’s global platform, with greater availability out of our China mill.” 

All Cone Denim mills are OCS certified to make organic yarns and denim fabrics. Cone’s certified Organic Cotton fabrics are made using organically grown cotton without pesticides, herbicides and synthetic fertilisers. 

Organic cotton is grown using methods and materials that are certified to organic agricultural standards and have a low impact on the environment thus sustaining the health of soils, ecosystems and people by using natural processes rather than artificial inputs.

Image: Cone Denim offers denim in 15% to 100% organic cotton.