Choose Eco-friendly Textile Merchandise

Cost
LOW
Cost
MEDIUM
Cost
HIGH
EFFORT
low
EFFORT
medium
EFFORT
HIGH
IMPACT
low
IMPACT
MEDIUM
IMPACT
HIGH

If you do not have yet a sustainable procurement policy, see above solution "Set up a Green Procurement Policy" on how to implement one and our sustainable procurement page on how to write one.

• Avoid non-bio cotton textile

• Prefer recyclable or biodegradable material:
     - Bio-cotton
     - Up-cycled fabrics
     - Recycled material: coffee grounds, polyester
     - Natural material: seaweed, linen, hemp…

• Prefer eco-certified products: Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS)…

• Logistics: go for local sourcing

• For clothes production, choose manufacturers with social-consciousness:
     - Safe work environment to prevent work accidents or illness
     - Employees wellbeing
     - Ethical work conditions (minimum salaries levels, no forced labor, no child work...)

200%

Innovative technologies can turn coffee grounds into fabrics that offer up to 200% faster drying time compared to cotton.
(S. Café®)

2,700L of water

are used to produce a non bio t-shirt.
(pSEau.org)

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES