{"id":3941,"title":"#WhoMadeMyClothes - Stories from the Teemill supply chain for Fashion Revolution Week","description":"#WhoMadeMyClothes? Great question. While you can talk about traceability and Teemill any time, Fashion Revolution Week is a great time to spread the word about how your brand's clothing is made.","content":"

#WhoMadeMyClothes? Great question. While you can talk about traceability and Teemill any time, Fashion Revolution Week<\/a> (around April every year) is a great time to spread the word about how your brand's clothing is made.<\/p>

In this blog we'll answer that question as well as some other important ones that aren't often talked about. We'll also share some of our favourite staff stories so you can talk traceability with your customers confidently. Feel free to use these staff stories on your social media and download behind the scenes images from Drive <\/a>for your marketing.<\/p>

To see a list of all Teemill's certifications and accreditations check out our traceability page.<\/a><\/p>

Who, what, where?<\/h3>

Out there in business-as-usual, a handful of massive brands take resources from our environment for the purpose of creating products that bring big profits at the expense of people and planet. But clothes shouldn't cost the Earth.<\/p>

\"\"Who made your clothes?<\/strong><\/p>

We make it our business to personally live and work in every part of the supply chain. For us traceability is about working directly alongside our colleagues and constantly improving.<\/p>

Your whole supply chain is digitised, which leads to efficiencies and savings. These are reinvested into our facilities, working conditions and teams so the environment in our workplaces is clean, light, modern and positive. That's true for everyone from organic cotton farmers like Natubi (top left) and quality managers like Shakti (top right) in India, to packers like Anabelle (bottom left) in our factory in the UK, through to people like Omar(bottom right) who remake old products into new.<\/p>

\"\"What are your clothes made from?<\/strong><\/p>

Your products are made from organic cotton using renewable energy and eco-friendly materials like recycled or calendarised paper. Even your packaging is made from plants, not plastic. Organic cotton farming methods are better for producers and the ecosystem around the farms. Instead of more toxic pesticides and fertilisers, co-planting and insect traps are used along with the special ingredient - cow poo. It encourages biodiversity and leads to the extra soft feel of your products.<\/p>

\"\"Where do they go when they're worn out?<\/strong><\/p>

Each product is designed to be sent back to us and the material reprocessed, respun and made into new products. This is what we call the Remill process and stores can add remilled products to their stores and keep the cycle going.<\/p>

Approximately 7.23kgof CO2 and 4478 litres of water are saved per tee that has been remilled. Your customers can find instructions on how to send their products back on the washcare label of every item.<\/p>

We can also recover clothing from other brands, as long as it's 100% cotton and it not denim or underwear. Find more details about this at teemill.com\/threadnotdead.<\/p>

When stores have their Remill plugin <\/a>enabled, they can offer up to \u00a35 off the customer's next order for every item they send back to be remade.<\/p>

Find out more about the circular economy in our TED talk<\/a> and on our Journey page.<\/a><\/u><\/p>

What can you do about it?<\/strong><\/p>

Whilst it's important to share your sustainability<\/a> credentials with customers all year round, Fashion Revolution Week is a great time to emphasise your brand's values. Here's a few ideas for getting involved:<\/p>