Today, the CCS serves as the standalone chain of custody standard, and it will continue to do so in the future. The CCS is mandatory for all supply chain participants, including brands, which take custody of certified material after the first processing stage. Conformance with the CCS continues to be necessary to sell certified products and make claims about them. Once the Materials Matter Standard is in use, it will operate with the CCS the same way as the current Textile Exchange input standards (GRS, RCS, OCS, RWS, RMS, RAS, RDS). 

Our supply chain taxonomy includes first processors in tier 4, such as wool scourers, recyclers, pulp manufacturers, and gins. For first stage processors that are not already certified to the GRS, the Materials Matter Standard does create significant change in terms of including environmental and social criteria as defined in the principles for human rights & livelihoods and processing facility. 

Under the Materials Matter system, brands will also need to be certified to the CCS to make use of claims and labeling as they are now.

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To promote closed-loop recycling we have introduced a new leadership criterion that requires that feedstock for recycling come from reclaimed pre- and post-textile inputs; in other words, organizations are encouraged to promote textile-to-textile recycling.

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Yak is not included in the rollout of the Materials Matter Standard for 2025, but we are discussing internally if and how we will expand the scope of our standards systems in the long term. The Materials Matter Standard currently includes the animal fibers that are already covered under the Responsible Animal Fibers as well as other strategic materials. As we learn from the initial piloting and rollout of the Materials Matter Standard in 2024/25, we will revisit and align the Materials Matter Standard scope with our overarching strategic decisions. Textile Exchange is currently developing a strategic approach to establish a more comprehensive material scope by material category across our portfolio of tools and resources.

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Latex processing at the initial phases of manufacturing is complex and mandates specific expertise when it comes to standards development and writing criteria that are credible for audit evaluations. The extent of research for criteria across all other materials in the Materials Matter Standard scope is vast and has resulted in a decision to focus on certain priority materials.

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