there will be 10 different
"Sofa Sounds Collective" designs.
*strictly limited edition of 100 per design.
*men's sizes S,M,L & XL
*womens sizes S,M & L
*colours with black print : white/yellow/light grey/light blue
*colours with white or yellow print : black/dark green/dark red/dark blue
*ALL t-shirts will be £15 (+P&P) when available for online purchase through various stockists/ the Sofa Sounds Collective website (which will be online by end of April) at events and some retailers across the UK.
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EarthPositive
EarthPositive® Apparel from T Shirt & Sons
The Most Progressive Ethical Clothing on Earth
EarthPositive® Apparel is made to demonstrate the highest possible environmental, social and ethical standards
EarthPositive® is a 100% certified organic product, produced under the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) and certified by Control Union and The Soil Association. EarthPositive® is GM-free.
Fair Trade practices under the organic standard ensure farmers and agricultural workers are protected by stringent social criteria. It gives total traceability across the entire supply chain. It also bans the use of poisonous chemicals that can severely damage the health of farmers and their families. To help tackle the social injustice often seen in manufacturing, commonly known as sweatshop labour, EarthPositive® goes further, making transparent the manufacturing supply chain through an independent audit by the Fair Wear Foundation, which promotes fair labour conditions in the clothing industry.
The primary energy source for EarthPositive® apparel is thirty massive wind turbines that turn wind power into clean renewable electricity.
We guarantee that we do not use cotton from Uzbekistan while the use of forced child labour is endemic. This follows the recommendations of the Environmental Justice Foundation's ‘Clean Cotton Campaign’. The complete traceability of certified organic cotton allows us to make this guarantee.
It can take more than 20,000 litres of water to produce 1kg of cotton, equivalent to a single T-shirt and a pair of jeans. That’s why we chose to work in a region that receives up to 95% of its water from the monsoon rain. This was an important consideration for us, as the monsoon rain reduces the need for large-scale irrigation projects normally associated with conventional cotton farming, which often deprive local villages of scarce water resources by draining lakes and rivers. The processing of the dye effluent takes place in a controlled closed-loop purification system that uses treatment ponds, sand filtration and reverse osmosis to convert the wastewater into clean water.
EarthPositive® is certified by the Oeko-Tex 100 Standard, Class I. The Oeko-Tex Standard is a guarantee of the safety of textiles and dyestuffs to human health and to the environment. It also means we take more care in adopting environmentally friendly production methods throughout the manufacturing process.
Carbon Labelling EarthPositive® apparel has reduced the carbon footprint of a T-shirt by 90%. However, consumers require an independent verification process and a label to confirm the claims of individual companies. The Carbon Trust is trialling such a label with select pilot partners. EarthPositive® was granted the first such label for a textile product. The Carbon Trust's footprinting methodology is to become the single standard for greenhouse gas footprinting in the UK.
T Shirt and Sons are the only certified organic textile printers in Europe. In order for a T Shirt to be certified as organic by the Soil Association we have to be able to trace and record every input of its production from seed all the way through to a finished printed garment. This process is governed by criteria set out by the Global Organic Standards We have to prove the chemical make up of everything involved in its production. The Soil Association’s criteria for what you are not allowed to use in textile printing is very strict, no aromatic solvents (white spirit), no formaldehyde, no pvc, no phthalates, no apeo’s or heavy metals.
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