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B Corporation assesses companies on their entire environmental and social performance.

Something that breaks down or decays naturally without any scientific treatment.

Global product certification system that is focused on safe use and sustainability labeling of chemicals used in fabrics.

An innate affinity of humans to seek connections with nature.

To achieve a carbon-neutral building, the usage of green electricity is a sustainable way of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

To lower your carbon footprint, consider avoiding car journeys as each litre of fuel burnt in a car engine emits over 2.5 kg of CO2 and choose walking or cycling.

A certified product, process, material or service has been verified (usually by an external body) and is guaranteed to have certain attributes.

The company wants to accelerate the transition to a circular economy.

When a group of people takes action together in order to accomplish a shared objective.

Global product certification

Cradle to cradle has emerged as another term for circularity.

he rapid rise of fast fashion and its industrial processes has led to the decline of some traditional craftsmanship.

Designing a material or product whilst considering environmental sustainability.

When a product or material has reached the full potential of its current use, it enters a phase called end of usage and it could be disposed of.

Fair and decent working conditions, covering areas including health and safety, equality and anti-discrimination, unionization, and employee wellbeing.

The brand partnered with a female empowerment charity to support and educate marginalised girls.

A standard that focuses on organic fibre production,

Greenhouse gases are gases naturally present in the athmosphere like water vapour (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), and ozone (O3) among others.

Healthy Seas Members are helping drive consumer awareness of plastic pollution in the seas.

Local production is a key way to foster skill and employment, as well as reducing the carbon footprint of a product.

A traceable product label for a variety of textiles and leather products including non-textile/-leather components

A prestigious label that indicates a product has been designed and produced in Italy

Plastic debris can come in all shapes and sizes, but those that are less than 5 millimetres long (or about the size of a sesame seed) are called “microplastics”.

The modular concept of the bag means that if the bag strap is worn out, it can be easily mended by an identical bag strap replacement.

It refers to a total absence of packaging on a product, or the use of very minimal packaging.

When products are treated with natural fertilisers and without pesticides, they are organic.

PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS (PETA)

To take an existing material and process it into a new product, through chemical or mechanical processes.

RCS certified recycled fibres is verified

Energy that has been derived from earth’s natural resources

To repurpose something is to adjust the use of an item and extend its useful life

Packaging intended for consumers and businesses

When a product is designed to adhere to one or more of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.

A second-hand item is a product that has already been owned or used by others.

An economic model focused on sharing or providing access to underutilised goods and services, generally facilitated through online platforms.

Sizing that is representative of a wider range of body types

The entire journey from raw material to final product or service including the sourcing

Engaging with communities locally or remotely through a range of socially beneficial initiatives,

The ability to track a supply chain or material back to its origins to see the movement of materials and the locations of production and manufacturing facilities.

The triple bottom line Is a sustainability-based accounting method focused on people and the planet as well as profit.

When a product is vegan

An aspirational approach to recycling where items that cannot be recycled

A set of principles devised to prevent waste through design