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Our Fabric Certifications
Global Recycled Standard
The GRS is intended to meet the needs of companies looking to verify the recycled content of their products (both finished and intermediate) and to verify responsible social, environmental, and chemical practices in their production. The objectives of the GRS are to define requirements to ensure accurate content claims and good working conditions, and that harmful environmental and chemical impacts are minimized. This includes companies in ginning, spinning, weaving and knitting, dyeing and printing, and stitching in more than 50 countries.
Textile Exchange
Textile Exchange is a global non-profit that works closely with brand members to drive industry transformation in preferred fibers, integrity, standards, and responsible supply networks. They identify and share best practices regarding farming, materials, processing, traceability, and product end-of-life in order to reduce the textile industry’s impact on the world’s water, soil and air, and the human population. Textile Exchange inspires and equips people to accelerate sustainable practices in the textile value chain. They focus on minimizing the harmful impacts of the global textile industry and maximizing its positive effects.
Organic Cotton Standard
The Organic Content Standard (OCS) is a standard for tracking and verifying the content of organically grown materials in a final product. The benefits of this Standard are that organic claims made on final products can be fully backed up through third-party certification, transparency is increased, and consumer trust is improved. The Industry has a clear and uniform process, leading to greater consistency, efficiency, and integrity. It is the responsibility of each operation to demonstrate compliance with all applicable laws and regulations related to marketing, labor, and business practices.
The Leprosy Project
Our fabric mill participates in several humanitarian efforts including garment donations to the Leprosy Project. As hemp is antibacterial, there are hopes that these textiles can assist those affected with Leprosy. The mill works strategically with The Leprosy Project’s unique approach. They run a comprehensive set of programs. Developed in full consultation with the village communities. This integrated approach addresses not only the medical and health issues of the sufferers themselves but the essential community issues of nutrition, education, infrastructure, and self-sustaining economic activity.
The Fair Wear Foundation
Fair fashion is about fundamental rights. Therefore, together with trade unions and other NGOs, are pushing towards a new normal—creating change that goes far beyond reach. Fair Wear audits factories to find out how well they comply with the Fair Wear Code of Labour Practices and then follow up to see how successful they have been at making changes. This practice significantly changes working conditions. The Fair Wear Foundation is committed to paying their workers a living wage. To do this they engage directly with factories, trade unions, NGOs, and governments to find answers to problems others think are unsolvable.