GRS

The Global Recycled Standard (GRS) is a voluntary, third-party-audited standard developed by Textile Exchange. It exists because "made from recycled materials" is an easy claim to make and a hard one to prove — GRS closes that gap.

To be certified, a product's recycled content has to be documented at every stage: from the recycled input itself, through every supplier that touches it, to the finished item. That's called chain-of-custody tracking, and it's verified independently rather than self-reported.

Beyond the paper trail, GRS also sets baseline requirements for chemical safety and for the environmental and social practices of the facilities involved in production — so the recycled-content claim isn't the only thing being checked.

For us, this matters because most of our drinkware and bag ranges are built around recycled stainless steel, recycled aluminum, and recycled fabrics. GRS is how that material story gets backed by an actual audit trail instead of a marketing line.