Our Textiles & Supply Chain

100% ORGANIC COTTON 

 

Our 100% Organic Cotton, is grown, spun, botanically dyed, embroidered & crocheted/knitted in Peru. 

 

The companies in which we work with to cultivate our organic cotton pieces are as follows:

Cotton Grown: Berman Riveria 

Cotton Spun: Creditex

Cotton Botanically Dyed: Pichinku  

Cotton hand knitted, crocheted & embroidered: Solid International 

 

Certifications:

Berman Riveria: GOTS, USDA Organic, Fair For Life, Certified B Corp

Creditex: Oekotex 100 Class 2, GOTS, Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production

Pichinku: for information about this company, see here

Solid International: Guaranteed Fair Trade Certified, you can read Solid's impact reports here

 

 

100% HEMP 

Our 100% hemp, is sourced locally from a supplier in Sydney called Hemp Gallery. Hemp Gallery, sources their hemp from Northern China, where it is grown GMO free & with little man made irrigation.

The Hemp fabric has been softened with fruit enzymes, hot washed and rinsed to preshrink. It has no surface treatments & is naturally antibacterial.

You can read all about Beatrice, owner of Hemp Gallery's values & mission here

 

CARE LABELS

Our care labels are made out of 100% organic cotton sourced from Spain. 

They are printed using transfer printing techniques & water based dyes in Sydney Australia.

They are sewn together using 100% organic cotton thread sourced from Europe. 

Organic cotton sourced from: Organic Cotton Colours

Thread sourced from: Scanfil

Printing rolled out with: Nine Lives Printing Co 

DTG printing inks: Innobella 

Sewing of care labels: Freelancer based in Australia 

Certifications:

Organic cotton colours: OCC Guarantee, Textile Exchange Member, Certified B Corp

Scanfil: GOTS

 

THREAD

The threads used for our Contrast Stitched Robe, Garden Scene Tee & care labels are sourced between Scanfil & Sewpure. Scanfil is based in the Netherlands and produces their threads in Europe. Sewpure produces their threads from seed to spool in India.

Certifications: GOTS ( global organic textile standard)

 

ELASTIC

Our elastic is sourced from James Tailoring UK it is crafted from a blend of natural tree rubber & organic cotton. 

The elastic is biodegradable & void of chemical pre shrinking.

Made in Austria from organic cotton & natural rubber.

Certifications:

OEKO-TEX

 

PRINTING 

Our 100% Hemp pieces are printed in Sydney, Australia. NineLivesCo, prints our pieces using a direct to garment method. 

The inks used being Innobella inks, are water-based and have been ECO PASSPORT by OEKO-TEX® certified, as confirmed by product literature.

 

PACKAGING 

We source our packaging from Noissue & Heaps Good packaging.

Tissue paper: Soy based inks, acid free, FSC certified, biodegradable & compostable

Boxes: Compostable, recyclable, water based inks, acid free & FSC certified  

Packing cards: Compostable, recyclable, soy varnished, acid free, soy based inks, FSC certified

Water activated tape: Water reactive, natural starch adhesive made from potatoes, compostable, recyclable made out of paper

Stickers: Soy based inks, compostable, acid free, FSC certified 

 

SHIPPING 

We use DHL 'Go Green' shipping ( a dedicated solution to help businesses reduce their "inset" carbon emissions associated with their shipments through the use of sustainable aviation fuel ) Australia post & Royal Mail for all online orders. Australia post offsets carbon emissions for most parcels* with each delivery.