The Mission
Care for people + our planet
How often have you received a branded t-shirt at a sporting or trade show?
The number is likely so high you can't count. Unfortunately, this creates significant issues for our planet and its people.
These shirts are often made in overseas factories with poor conditions and are typically worn only 2-4 times before being donated, eventually ending up in landfills.
What sets us apart? We are an ethical Canadian manufacturer using fabrics like natural cotton, bamboo and TENCEL..
IMPACTS OF TEXTILE WASTE
THE STATS
92 million tons of fabric waste is produced each year
That is the equivalent of a 1 tonne dump truck releasing a load in our landfills every second
"Many of our old clothes, donated to charities, end up in rotting textile mountains in West Africa.This is a story about how our waste is creating an environmental disaster" - ABC
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VIEW DOCUMENTARY HERE
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Discarded fabric contributes to the 92 million tons of waste produced by the fashion industry each year.
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According to the United Nations Environment Programme, the fashion industry is responsible for over 10% of the world's carbon emissions - more than the shipping and international flights combined.
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The average American throws away 70 lbs to 80 lbs of clothing every year.
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The fashion industry remains the second largest industrial polluter,
second only to oil.
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It's estimated that humans are using natural resources 1.7 times faster than ecosystems can regenerate. In other words, consuming 1.7 Earths.
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The Environmental Affects of The Clothing Industry
The Clothing Industry: Safety and Human Rights Violations
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Fast Fashion refers to the clothing brands who outsource manufacturing of their garments with speed and cost at the forefront of their decisions. Often this means the health of humans and our planet is disregarded.
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In the mid 90s, the United States was producing 95% of their clothing. Today, they produce around 2% (Ndubisi & Nygaard, 2018). This shift came after the World Trade Organizations amended trade agreements, significantly reducing quotas on clothing (Taplin, 2014). Now, the three largest clothing manufacturers are China, India and Bangladesh.
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The industry boom that these countries faced required them to lower production cost and increase production time. We continue to see little industry regulations. Therefore, fair wages and workplace health and safety fall through the cracks.
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The Rana Plaza disaster of 2013 provides an example of human rights and workplace safety violations that come from poor regulation. Rana Plaza was an 8-story factory that collapsed, killing over 1000 workers. The plaza collapsed due to structural flaws. "While businesses in the building’s lower floors had immediately closed when structural cracks were discovered a day earlier, thousands of factory workers were forced — either directly by their superiors, or indirectly by the pressure to earn a day’s wage — to return on the day of the collapse, despite many of them raising concerns" (Holland, CNN Report, 2023).
The Team
“If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”– Isaac Newton
We are thrilled to have some of Canada's best seamstresses and expert designers on our team.
All of our employees are paid a competitive wages and work in a safe, healthy and fun working environment.
FOUNDER | CEO
SEAMSTRESSES | DESIGNERS | CUTTERS