internationaler verband der naturtextilwirtschaft e.v (ivn)

Name

internationaler verband der naturtextilwirtschaft e.v (ivn)

Legal name

Internationaler Verband der Naturtextilwirtschaft e.V.

Website

https://naturtextil.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Stuttgart

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: IVN is funded primarily through membership fees from its approximately 100 member companies in the sustainable textile sector. Additional revenue streams include paid workshops and webinars offered through the IVN Academy and certification consulting services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

IVN is a registered non-profit industry association (e.V.) that develops, administers, and promotes independent quality certification labels — IVN BEST (natural textiles), NATURLEDER (natural leather), and the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) — for sustainable textile and leather companies. It also runs the IVN Academy, which delivers paid workshops, webinars, and consulting on sustainability performance, supply chain due diligence, the Digital Product Passport, and circular economy topics to its approximately 100 member companies.

Product overview

IVN is a professional association for the natural textile industry with approximately 100 member companies. The organization offers a portfolio of quality certification labels (IVN BEST, GOTS, and NATURLEDER) that set the highest global standards for responsible natural products. Additionally, IVN provides professional development through its Academy, which delivers workshops and seminars on topics including sustainability performance of fibers, digital product passports, supply chain due diligence, and sustainable packaging. The organization also runs initiatives such as the IVN Initiative for Sustainable Packaging to address environmental concerns in the textile industry.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• IVN BEST: Quality label for natural textiles
• IVN NATURLEDER
• IVN Academy
• GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard)

Products and services

• IVN BEST Quality Label
• NATURLEDER Quality Label
• GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard)
• IVN Academy
• IVN Initiative for Sustainable Packaging
• IVN Membership

Named customers7 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• InnatexcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 January 2023IVN serves as the patron (Schirmherr) of Innatex, the leading international trade fair for sustainable textiles. IVN maintains a Pop-Up Store on the partner floor at Innatex to showcase member companies. IVN representative Franziska Kuntze participates in event activities and provides opening remarks.
• beyond Fashion BerlinminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 January 2023IVN served as a partner at the inaugural beyond Fashion Berlin trade show (January 17–19, 2023) for sustainable fashion labels held at Atelier Gardens, Berlin. IVN collaborated with beyond Fashion and AMD Hochschule to develop a 5P System for exhibiting labels to communicate their sustainability aspects. Several IVN members (Lanius, Feuerzeug, Alma&Lovis) exhibited at the fair.
• Helpdesk Wirtschaft & MenschenrechtecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 October 2021IVN and the Helpdesk Wirtschaft & Menschenrechte (a free support service of the German government that advises companies on implementing human rights due diligence) jointly organized an introductory workshop on the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz) on October 6, 2021. The workshop addressed what the law means for SMEs in the natural textile sector. The Helpdesk provided a presentation on concrete requirements and support offerings.
• Prof. Dr. Maike Rabe (Hochschule Niederrhein / Forschungsinstitut für Textil und Bekleidung)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProf. Dr. Maike Rabe, Professor for Textile Finishing and Ecology at Hochschule Niederrhein and Head of the Research Institute for Textiles and Clothing (FTB), serves as an expert presenter for IVN Academy workshops on sustainability performance of natural fibers and fiber innovations.
• Marie Jennißen (Hochschule Niederrhein / FTB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMarie Jennißen, M.Sc., doctoral researcher and research associate at the Research Institute for Textiles and Clothing (FTB) at Hochschule Niederrhein, co-presents IVN Academy workshops on natural fiber sustainability and innovation.
• Angelina Schock (GCS Consulting GmbH)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAngelina Schock, Managing Partner of GCS Consulting GmbH, is an expert presenter for IVN Academy workshops on digital transformation of companies and the Digital Product Passport, providing specialized consulting knowledge to the IVN Academy program.
• GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIVN is one of the founding organizations and stakeholders of GOTS. IVN representatives (Franziska Kuntze, Christian Hamri, Jürgen Schweikardt, Markus Krüger, Heike Hess) participate in GOTS annual meetings to contribute to the continuous development of GOTS social and environmental criteria for its next decade.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• ZDHC Foundation: ZDHC drives zero-discharge of hazardous chemicals in the textile and footwear industry. It is a peer industry coalition addressing similar sustainability compliance topics for the same fashion and textile manufacturers.
• GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard): GOTS is the leading international standard for organic textiles. IVN is one of GOTS's founding stakeholder organizations and contributes to its criteria development, making GOTS the closest peer operating in the same textile certification category.
• OEKO-TEX: OEKO-TEX is a globally recognized association offering independent textile certification labels (Standard100, Made in Green, Leather Standard). It competes with IVN's BEST and NATURLEDER labels for the same sustainable textile and leather certification customers.
• Textile Exchange: Textile Exchange is a non-profit global standards organization focused on preferred fibers and materials (e.g., GRS, RCS, OCS). It is directly comparable as a non-profit standards-setting body serving the same textile sustainability ecosystem.
• Bluesign Technologies: Bluesign certifies textile chemical management and resource efficiency for mills and brands. It serves the same textile certification market as IVN and competes for the same brand and manufacturer sustainability budgets.
• Better Cotton Initiative: Better Cotton Initiative is the largest cotton sustainability standard globally. It operates as a comparable non-profit standards body in the natural fiber space that IVN's members intersect with on fiber sourcing.
• Sustainable Apparel Coalition: The Sustainable Apparel Coalition is an industry coalition that developed the Higg Index for measuring apparel and footwear sustainability. It is a peer industry body addressing overlapping sustainability measurement and standards needs.
• Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute: Cradle to Cradle Certified is a multi-attribute product certification for material health, circularity, and social fairness. It competes with IVN BEST and NATURLEDER for sustainability-branded certification of consumer textile and leather products.

Broad incumbents

• Fairtrade International: Fairtrade operates a broader fair-trade certification across multiple commodities including cotton textiles. It is comparable as a large, established sustainability standards organization but serves a wider scope than IVN's natural-textile focus.
• B Lab (B Corporation): B Lab certifies B Corps for verified social and environmental performance. Several IVN members could also pursue B Corp certification, making B Lab a broader sustainability standards peer for the same purpose-driven fashion brands.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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