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Fair Trade, Ethical Clothing

We don't want children to be working in a sweatshop all day and night so that our own children can wear nice clothes. We think all kids deserve to be outside riding a bike or at school learning things, not picking cotton in a field full of pesticides or sewing buttons onto clothes in a factory!

Henri meets Chatar and his family

Where the cotton comes from
Last year Henri & Adam went to India and met up with one of our farmers. Chatar converted to organic cotton 5 years ago, and it has completely changed his life. With the better price he receives for organic cotton, and the significantly lower cultivation costs, he and his wife, Sita, are able to provide a better home for their family, and will be able to afford to get their children to college when they're old enough.

The cotton used in our products comes from a fair trade co-operative of 200 organic cotton farmers, like Chatar, that we have worked with since we emerged in the world as Cut4Cloth over four years ago.  They get a fair trade premium price as well as a higher premium for being organic from us.

Lauren and Henri 

 

 

Where the clothes are made
The factory where our clothes are made is a bastion of good practice. All the employees are over 19 years old, and they are paid a fixed salary (not a measly price per piece) and work decent hours (48 hours). 

AND....the employees are free to join a union and the factory provides a GP each week for the employees to bring their families to, free of charge, as well as health insurance.

It really is a great place and because of all this they've gained the prestigious Social Accountability 8000 Standard.


 



 
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