Awards & Certifications
Verified quality, sustainability, and ethical compliance — merch.am
Sustainability ratings
- EcoVadis Platinum 2024 — top 1% of suppliers worldwide for sustainability performance
- EcoVadis Gold 2023 — earned during initial assessment; upgraded to Platinum 2024
Quality certifications (ISO)
- ISO 9001:2015 — Quality Management Systems (QMS)
- ISO 14001:2015 — Environmental Management Systems (EMS)
- ISO 27001 — Information Security Management (in progress, target 2026)
Material certifications
- OEKO-TEX Standard 100 — textile safety, all 4 product classes
- GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) — organic cotton + fair labor
- FSC Mix and FSC 100% — sustainable forestry chain-of-custody
- GRS (Global Recycled Standard) — recycled content verification
- RCS (Recycled Claim Standard) — alternative recycled content tracking
Social compliance
- BSCI (Business Social Compliance Initiative) Tier B+ rating
- Sedex SMETA 4-pillar audit (labor, health & safety, environment, ethics)
- Fair Trade Certified — for cotton products from Fair Trade-certified farms
Chemical & electronic compliance
- REACH SVHC — declarations on file for all materials
- RoHS — restriction of hazardous substances in electronics
- CE marking — for EU-bound electronics
- ESMA — for UAE-bound electronics
- FCC compliance — for US-bound wireless devices
Industry recognition
- Featured in Conference Board "Sustainability Best Practices" 2024 report
- EcoVadis case study — supplier sustainability transformation
- Listed in PromoMarketing.com top 100 corporate merch suppliers (regional)