When I first came up with the idea to create Bloom Evolution, I decided to only print my designs on apparel manufactured by companies who had strong environmental and social ethics. At first I stuck to only organic or recycled pieces, but then opened up my offerings to any company that expressing that they are aware of the need to “green” clothing manufacturing and are taking strides to do so, even if they aren’t 100% there yet.
I go through a printing and fulfillment company called Spreadshirt. So, I must choose from the variety of apparel they offer. On of the main reasons I chose Spreadshirt over its main competitors was because of the assortment of brands appealing to my needs. In the next few days I will highlight a different brand used in my shop.
Continental Clothing Co & Earth Positive: Continental Clothing and it’s organic line Earth Positive are leaders in making positive changes to one of the most damaging industries: textile manufacturing. They have a strict policy against child labor, discrimination and overworking. They make sure factory workers are paid a fair wage and also ban the use of cotton from Uzbekistan. Craig Murray, former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan, as noted on the companies website, states,
Uzbek cotton is a state monopoly, relying on slave labour and the forced labour of hundreds of thousands of children working in appalling conditions for little, or often no pay. Continental are to be congratulated on this initiative.
In addition to it’s regular cotton line, Continental has a 100% organic line, Earth Positive. The company also boast that this line is 90% reduced CO2.
The 90% reduction has been achieved by a combination of low-impact organic farming, efficiency in manufacturing and transportation, and the use of renewable energy instead of the fossil fuel based grid electricity.
It has been calculated that a single EarthPositive T-shirt saves around 7 kilograms of CO2, whereas a hooded sweatshirt saves up to 28 kgs of greenhouse gases.
These are actual reductions achieved in the manufacturing, without any carbon offsetting.
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