Little Planet by Carter's: claim versus record
What Little Planet by Carter's says about organic certification, set beside what the certification schemes' own public records show, each with the page it was read from and the date it was read. The GOTS database was re-read in full on 2026-09-06.
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The finding for Little Planet by Carter's
| What was checked | What was found |
|---|---|
| The brand's own words | Little Planet was made to gift and to hold on to in GOTS certified organic cotton and recycled materials. |
| Claim read on | |
| How the page was read | rendered-browser capture: the page answers an ordinary request with HTTP 403 |
| Certificates confirmed | none confirmed |
| Verdict | Parent company only |
| Note | — |
| Read against | brand site, GOTS database |
| Brand site | carters.com |
| Last verified |
The GOTS record
| What was checked | What was found |
|---|---|
| GOTS licence number | GOTS-10243 |
| Certificate holder on record | The William Carter Company DBA The Genuine Canadian Corp DBA Carter’s Brands S.A. de C.V. |
| How the brand was matched to it | the record is this brand's corporate parent, and does not name this brand line |
| Certification body | Oregon Tilth, Inc. |
| Certified scope of operation | No processing, Packing, Warehousing, distribution of non-final products |
| Certified product categories | Babies' apparel, Children's apparel, Children’s denim apparel, Home textiles, Unisex apparel, Women's apparel |
| GOTS certificate valid to |
Numbers the brand publishes, and the OEKO-TEX record
| What was checked | What was found |
|---|---|
| Number the brand publishes itself | none published |
| Where that number leads | — |
| OEKO-TEX certificate number | none published, so none can be checked |
| What that certificate is | — |
| Type of certified article | — |
| OEKO-TEX claim without a number | — |
Questions about Little Planet by Carter's
Is Little Planet by Carter's GOTS certified?
This directory reports only what the public record shows. The row above gives the GOTS licence number found for Little Planet by Carter's, the body that issued it, the scope it covers and the date it expires — or says that no record was found. A brand absent from the public database is not proven uncertified; it is unconfirmed, and that is a different thing.
How current is this?
The claim was read on the date shown above; the GOTS database was re-read on September 6, 2026, and each scheme record on this page carries its own read date beside its link. A GOTS scope certificate expires: the row gives the expiry date so the finding can be checked against today rather than against the day it was gathered.
What was read, and where
Every finding on this page cites the exact page it was read from for Little Planet by Carter's (a brand or certification body page), each with the date it was read beside it. Certificate numbers, scopes and expiry dates come from the scheme's own record, and each record carries the date it was read beside its link below; each claim comes from the brand's own site and carries its own read date on the card. Nothing is inferred from one to the other.
- https://global-standards.org/suppliers/certified-suppliers/details?gtbid=SCO000369 — GOTS Certified Suppliers Database — record for The William Carter Company DBA The Genuine Canadian Corp DBA Carter’s Brands S.A. de C.V. (fetched 2026-09-06)
- https://www.carters.com/b/littleplanet — Little Planet by Carter's — the line's own page on carters.com (fetched 2026-08-24)
How a brand is matched to a record, and what “not found” does and does not mean, is set out on the methodology page.