Coloring agents and pigments
Level: Core
The purpose of the requirement is to limit environmentally and health-hazardous dyes and pigments in textiles.
Details
- Type:
- Technical specification
- ID:
- 10007:3
- Group:
- All textiles
- Swedish:
Criterion text
The dyes and pigments listed in the table below shall not be present in the tendered products in levels higher than 50 mg/kg textile for each individual substance.
|
Substance |
CAS-no |
|
Disperse dyestuff |
|
|
C.I. Disperse Blue1 |
2475-45-8 |
|
C.I. Disperse Blue 3 |
2475-46-9 |
|
C.I. Disperse Blue 7 |
3179-90-6 |
|
C.I. Disperse Blue 26 |
3860-63-7 |
|
C.I. Disperse Blue 35 |
12222-75-2 |
|
C.I. Disperse Blue 102 |
12222-97-8 |
|
C.I. Disperse Blue 106 |
12223-01-7 |
|
C.I. Disperse Blue 124 |
61951-51-7 |
|
C.I. Disperse Brown 1 |
23355-64-8 |
|
C.I. Disperse Orange 1 |
2581-69-3 |
|
C.I. Disperse Orange 3 |
730-40-5 |
|
C.I. Disperse Orange 11 |
82-28-01 |
|
C.I. Disperse Orange 37/76 |
13301-61-6 |
|
C.I. Disperse Orange 149 |
85136-74-9 |
|
C.I. Disperse Red 1 |
2872-52-8 |
|
C.I. Disperse Red 11 |
2872-48-2 |
|
C.I. Disperse Red 17 |
3179-89-3 |
|
C.I. Disperse Yellow 1 |
119-15-3 |
|
C.I. Disperse Yellow 3 |
2832-40-8 |
|
C.I. Disperse Yellow 9 |
6373-73-5 |
|
C.I. Disperse Yellow 23 |
6250-23-3 |
|
C.I. Disperse Yellow 39 |
12236-29-2 |
|
C.I. Disperse Yellow 49 |
54824-37-2 |
|
Acid dyestuff |
|
|
C.I. Acid Red 26 |
3761-53-3 |
|
Basic (cationic) dyestuff |
|
|
C.I. Basic Blue 26 |
2580-56-5 |
|
C.I. Basic Red 9 |
569-61-9 |
|
C.I. Basic Violet 3 |
548-62-9 |
|
C.I. Basic Greeen 4 (oxalate) |
2437-29-8 |
|
C.I. Basic Greeen 4 (chloride) |
569-64-2 |
|
Mordant dyestuff |
|
|
Sodium dichromate |
10588-01-9 |
|
Direct dyestuff |
|
|
C.I. Direct Black 38 |
1937-37-7 |
|
C.I. Direct Red 28 |
573-58-0 |
|
C.I. Direct Blue 6 |
2602-46-2 |
|
C.I. Direct Blue 15 |
2429-74-5 |
|
Pigment |
|
|
Cadmium sulphide |
1306-23-6 |
|
Lead orange |
1314-41-6 |
|
Sodium chromate |
7775-11-3 |
|
Potassium dichromate |
7778-50-9 |
|
Acetic acid, lead salt, basic |
51404-69-4 |
|
Pigment Red 104 |
12656-85-8 |
|
Pigment Yellow 34 |
1344-37-2 |
|
Navy Blue |
118685-33-9 |
Verification
The supplier shall, upon request, be able to present any of for example the following:
- Valid license for any of for example the following labels:
- Ökotex Standard 100 (product class I, II, III, IV) 2021-2023
- EU Ecolabel for textile products 2014/350/EU
- GOTS version 6.0 (2020) or version 7.0 (2023)
- bluesign APPROVED – BSSL (bluesign system substance list, usage range A, B, C), version 13 or 14
- Technical documentation, for example an analysis report from an accredited laboratory, that contains information verifying that the requirement is met.
- The supplier’s self-declaration including technical documentation of compliance verified by an accredited verification body, accredited for the task in accordance with ISO/IEC 17029 or equivalent standard.
Proposed follow-up
Labelling
If the requirement has been verified with a label, check that there is a valid license for the product in question. This can be checked on each website: Ökotex, EU Ecolabel, GOTS.
If the requirement has been verified with bluesign a valid certificate can be requested from the supplier. The Supplier can receive a certrificate from its “bluesign system partner” in the supply chain. bluesign APPROVED covers the different textiles. If bluesign APPROVED is used as verification a certificate for each ingoing textile in the product is needed.
Analysis report
If the requirement has been verified with analysis reports, perform spot-checks on the analysis reports and check that the values are below the requirement limit value for each dye or pigment. Also check that the analyses were performed by an accredited laboratory.
Self-declaration verified by an accredited verification body
If a verified self-declaration is used to prove that the requirement is fulfilled, request the supplier’s self-declaration, including documentation showing that the requirement is met. The self-declaration shall be verified by a verification body accredited for the task in accordance with ISO / IEC 17029 or equivalent standard.
Information about the criterion
Keep in mind that the choice of color on the textiles that are procured affects which pigments and dyes are included in the textile. When choosing specific colors, it can be good to have a dialogue with the supplier to avoid environmentally and health-hazardous pigments and dyes.
There are currently a limited number of accredited verification bodies according to ISO / IEC 17029 (Conformity assessment - General principles and requirements for validation and verification bodies), as it is a relatively new standard. However, this may change, especially if the demand for verifying compliance in this way increases. This possibility is therefore included in the list of possible verifications. More information about the standard is available at www.swedac.se.
Environmental goals
Versions history
The version date indicates when the sustainability criterion was created or last updated. Last reviewed dated tells when we last checked that the sustainability criterion still is relevant.
- Current ID
- 10007:3
- Version date
- 2021-05-25