The consultation on the Green Button Standard 3.0 has closed – Thank you for your participation!
On June 17, 2026, the three-month consultation period for the Green Button Standard 3.0 came to a close. More than 170 stakeholders provided feedback on the draft, thereby actively shaping the future of the Green Button. We would like to express our sincere thanks to all participants in the consultation process for their valuable contributions. It is only through their commitment that the Green Button remains feasible, effective, and future-proof!
Your Participation
To ensure the standard is robust and to minimize the need for corrections, the consultation process involved as many stakeholders as possible from across the entire textile supply chain. A wide variety of feedback formats were used to address the availability and needs of different stakeholders.
As part of the public online consultation, detailed feedback could be submitted via the website or by email throughout the consultation period. An interactive webinar facilitated dialogue with international stakeholders along the supply chain. In-person roundtable discussions were held in Brussels with FairWear, in Bonn with the Helpdesk for Business and Human Rights, in Berlin with Dialogue and Impact for Sustainable Textiles, in Faisalabad with the Sustainable Terms of Trade Initiative and the Pakistan Textile Export Association, and in Lahore with GIZ Pakistan.
This allowed representatives from brands, producers, standards organizations, labor unions, nongovernmental organizations, and consumers, as well as stakeholders from civil society and academia, to directly contribute their perspectives on the future of the Green Button.
What happens next?
Following the consultation, the scheme owner, the BMZ, will decide on the final requirements based on the Green Button Standards Committee recommendations. The final Green Button 3.0 is scheduled to be presented in 2027, followed by a one-year implementation period for businesses.
Read more information about the revision process here: Revision | Grüner Knopf