{"id":588,"title":"SUSTAINABLE FASHION","description":"Shopping ethically can be confusing, it can be hard to know if the clothes you\u2019re buying are truly sustainable and ethically made even when some brands market themselves as such.  Knowing exactly how your organic cotton t-shirt is made is hard to trace. Sustainable fashion is new buzz word and it ca","content":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.teemill.com\/5d1b2a53b554d6.25744341.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=auto\" alt=\"\" title=\"33861254\" \/><\/p><p>Shopping ethically can be confusing, it can be hard to know if the clothes you\u2019re buying are truly sustainable and ethically made even when some brands market themselves as such. Knowing exactly how your organic cotton t-shirt is made is hard to trace.<\/p><p>Sustainable fashion is new buzz word and it can have many interpretations. Generally, we consider it to be about reducing the environmental impact throughout the supply chain and consideration for the social impact by ensuring safe, ethical labour conditions and a fair wage for those that work within the production process.<\/p><p>Firepower Clothing is an <a href=\"https:\/\/firepowerclothing.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">eco clothing brand<\/a> and we want fashion to be better for the planet &amp; better for you. which is why we use the TeeMill Store (part of Rapanui) for all our organic clothing production and printing. This means we hold the same values as them when it comes to ethical fashion. By cutting out harmful chemicals used to make clothes, and ensuring ethical guidelines are in place when it comes to safe working practices in factories you can be certain of our sustainability.<\/p><p>All our clothing is made from certified organic cotton in an ethically accredited, renewable energy powered factory. Using low-waste digital printing technology and inks that conform to the GOTS\/Soil Association organic criteria.<\/p><h3>How Are Your Sustainable T-shirts Made?<\/h3><p>You can find out more about the journey of you t-shirt by taking a look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/firepowerclothing.co.uk\/traceable-organic-clothing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">traceability maps<\/a> (also available on each product page in our online store) or you can watch the video below.<\/p><div class=\"youtube\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZTXWjsYVW-o\/?modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;vq=highres\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>","urlTitle":"sustainable-fashion","url":"\/blog\/sustainable-fashion\/","editListUrl":"\/my-blogs","editUrl":"\/my-blogs\/edit\/sustainable-fashion\/","fullUrl":"https:\/\/firepower.teemill.com\/blog\/sustainable-fashion\/","featured":false,"published":true,"showOnSitemap":true,"hidden":false,"visibility":null,"createdAt":1562061110,"updatedAt":1605110939,"publishedAt":1562240045,"lastReadAt":null,"division":{"id":15241,"name":"Firepower | Ethical & Sustainable Clothing"},"tags":[{"id":164,"code":"fashion","name":"Fashion","url":"\/blog\/tagged\/fashion\/"}],"metaImage":{"original":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/5d1b2a5436d6f9.53989558.jpeg","thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/5d1b2a5436d6f9.53989558.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/5d1b2a5436d6f9.53989558.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"metaTitle":null,"metaDescription":null,"series":[],"similarReads":[{"id":582,"title":"WHY WEAR SUSTAINABLE CLOTHING?","url":"\/blog\/why-wear-sustainable-clothing\/","urlTitle":"why-wear-sustainable-clothing","division":15241,"description":"Why should we change to buy more sustainable clothing?Fashion is one of the worlds most environmentally damaging and exploitative industries. 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