Fact Checking Process

1. How a Claim Gets Checked

Here is what has to sit behind a claim, and what does not count:

• Certificates: OEKO-TEX Standard 100, BSCI and GRS are the certificates JaceApparel holds. A claim that rests on one of them is read off the certificate itself, never off a summary of it.
• Inspection records: Quality statements follow the final inspection for that order, which is carried out at AQL 2.5.
• Tech packs: Where a guide describes a construction, a finish or a measurement, it follows the buyer’s tech pack or our own sample record for that run.
• Supplier statements: A mill’s brochure, a product page or an unqualified “eco” label is not evidence on its own. Where that is all that exists, the guide says so rather than repeating the claim.

2. What We Do Not Claim

Certain claims are common in apparel marketing and are more than this factory can evidence. They do not appear here:

• Farm-level traceability: JaceApparel buys yarn and fabric. We cannot follow a finished garment back to the farm that grew the fibre, so no guide claims to.
• Standards we do not hold: Where a guide names a standard such as GOTS or SEDEX, it is explaining what that standard covers. It is not a certificate JaceApparel holds — ours are the three listed above.
• Scores and rankings: This site carries no sustainability score, no star rating and no ranking of other factories or brands. Nothing here rates a competitor.

3. When a Claim Turns Out to Be Wrong

Correction policy

A figure that does not match the document behind it is corrected on the page, the corrected sentence stays in place rather than being deleted, and the date under the title is updated. A challenge raised by a buyer is treated the same way as one we find ourselves: both are re-checked against the tech pack, certificate or inspection record for that order before anything changes.