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
Our 100% organic cotton & botanical dying suppliers hold the following 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. Hemp has the ability to regenerate soils, sequester carbon & promote biodiversity in the way it's grown - giving back what it takes to Earth.
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, unbleached & regeneratively grown cotton - sourced from Spain.
They are printed using transfer printing techniques in Sydney Australia, the dyes are water based & OEKO-TEX certified.
They are sewn together using 100% organic cotton thread sourced & grown in Europe.
Organic cotton sourced from: Organic Cotton Colours
Thread sourced from: Scanfil
Printing rolled out with: Nine Lives Printing Co
Sewing of care labels: Freelancer based in Australia
Our care label & DTG ink suppliers hold the following certifications:
Organic cotton colours: OCC Guarantee, GOTS, Textile Exchange Member, Certified B Corp
Scanfil: GOTS
Nine Lives Printing: OEKO-TEX
THREAD
Our threads 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.
These thread suppliers hold the following 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
James Tailoring UK holds the following certifications:
OEKO-TEX & EU compliant certified
PRINTING
Our 100% Hemp pieces are printed in Sydney, Australia using water based OEKO-TEX certified dyes. NineLivesCo, prints our pieces using a direct to garment method. Providing a modality which doesn't require water to clean the screens & subject water run off to harmful chemicals.
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 ) and Australia post for all online orders. Australia post offsets carbon emissions for most parcels* with each delivery.