The aim of this article is to promote brands that are less harmful for the environment.
If you must buy something, check out these brands:
Patagonia
Thought:
- They use natural, sustainable fibers (bamboo, hemp, natural wool, organic cotton, recycled polyester, rayon)
- “From first to final stitch, we make each piece of our collection in the same country so it’s never shipping from place to place. When it is time to transport our clothing, we do it slowly. And with great consideration for the environment.”
The reformation
- They grade all their materials from A to E -> Our goal is to make 75% of our products with A & B fibers.
- They tell you what the material is like for every piece of clothes (e.g. Eco Cinch Lite is a lighter weight stretch knit fabric with a soft handfeel made with 90% TENCEL ® lyocell, 10% spandex. TENCEL™ Lyocell comes from Eucalyptus trees, which take only half an acre to produce one ton of fiber. It’s closed loop production means 99% of the non-toxic solvent is reused.)
- And also the exact impact in some cases (e.g. 9.0 lbs. of carbon dioxide savings, 1.3 gal. of water savings, 11.0 lbs. of waste savings)
Peopletree
- Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS)
- Soil Association
- Fairtrade International
- WFTO
- PETA
- They use only natural fibers or fibres that follow closed loop processes and they recycle the water they use
- A pioneer in sustainable Fair Trade fashion, our story started in 1991. The core mission has stayed the same over the past three decades since award-winning social entrepreneur Safia Minney founded the company. Every product is made to the highest ethical and environmental standards from start to finish.
DL1961
- They sell denim jeans that uses 8 gallons of water in average, instead of the 1500 as the world average :O
- They sell denim that impacts the environment less than the normal denim making process
- They use long staple cotton that is Global OrganicTextile Standard (GOTS), Global Recycled Standard(GRS), Organic Content Standard (OCS) or Recycled Claim Standard (RCS).
Allbirds shoes
- Sustainable footwear brand that focuses on both the materials and the production cycle
- They use recycled plastic bottles, recycle cardboards, castor bean oil and merino wool
- To source the wool they work with organisations like ZQ Merino to ensure our wool is held to high standards of farming, land management and animal welfare.
- They are overall really conscious about their carbon footprint, throughout their end to end production cycle
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