What We Do

Sustainable manufacturing

We manufacture our products with minimal negative impact on the environment.

Starting with the sourcing of raw materials, we ensure full traceability of all fibres, choosing 100% certified organic cotton in the Earth Positive® range. Our garments are made from organic cotton, hand-picked and grown without the use of harmful chemicals, ensuring healthy soil and farmer well-being

Our factory is powered only by clean renewable energy, using wind turbines and solar panels, and our water is treated and reused with ZERO discharge, keeping local systems free from harmful chemicals.

Our footprint is around 90% less than that of standard clothing producers.

We are an active contributor to the International Working Group on the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS). We are certified under the Global Organic Textile Standard, Organic Content Standard and the Global Recycled Standard.

Yarns and fabrics

The quality of our yarns and fabrics is the foundation to delivering the highest quality garments.

We control the spinning process of almost seventy percent of all the yarns used in production as part of its vertically-integrated manufacturing structure, with the remainder being carefully sourced externally. All the yarns used by our company are fully combed and ring spun.

All the fabrics are knitted at our in-house facilities, and dyed with GOTS approved chemicals, using low-water and controlled waste discharge processes, certified to OekoTex 100 Class I standard and conforming to REACH.

Organic certified fabrics are dyed in our zero-discharge dyehouse, where all the water is recycled in a closed-loop system.

Earth Positive is a multi-award-winning consumer brand of low carbon apparel created to help combat the climate crisis.

FAIR WEAR

We are leading members of the Fair Wear Foundation and have been working with the organization since 2006.

Our manufacturing facilities are regularly audited for social compliance and are running active monitoring programmes in accordance with standards advocated by the International Labour Organisation, the Ethical Trading Initiative and other international bodies.

Fair Wear Foundation carries out an annual brand performance check, and produces a comprehensive report and a score rating. Read the most recent Brand Performance Check here.

We operate a Responsible Business Conduct Policy which applies equally to the internal operations as well as to all suppliers in relation to human rights due diligence (HRDD).

We have signed special Supplier Agreements with all the suppliers to ensure responsible business practices, fairness, long-term financial stability and predictability of business, and facilitate HRDD processes. A template of the Supplier Agreement.

- Important information about Fair Wear communication policy for Resellers and Retailers please read. -

FWF is governed by the following organisations:

  • Modint (business association for manufacturers and distributors of fashion, interior design, carpets and textiles)
  • CBW-MITEX (business association for retailers of interior design, fashion, shoes and sportswear)
  • FNV Bondgenoten (federation of trade unions - service industry)
  • CNV Dienstenbond (Christian trade union - service industry)
  • Clean Clothes Campaign

Carbon footprint reduction

Having taken the greenhouse gas emissions to pre-industrial levels, all the Earth Positive® products carry the registered mark “Climate Neutral”.

The carbon footprint (CO2e) is the total carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and other greenhouse gases emitted during the cultivation and harvesting of cotton, fibre processing, textile production, packaging, transportation and warehousing.

We do not use carbon offsets and our footprint calculations were certified by the Carbon Trust Certifications in the U.K. between 2007-2009.

We have reduced the carbon footprint of Earth Positive® products by around 90% through a combination of innovative product design, low impact organic agriculture, efficiency in manufacturing, and by replacing standard grid electricity with renewable wind power.

It has been calculated that a single Earth Positive® T-shirt saves around 7 kilograms of CO2e compared to a conventional T-shirt, whereas a hooded sweatshirt saves up to 28 kgs.

Printing suitability

The high quality surface finish, our garments perform particularly well with digital direct-to-garment (DTG) printing

All our products are designed and manufactured specifically for garment decorating, and, with the exception of un-dyed bags, are suitable for all screen-printing techniques and all ink types, including discharge printing.

We strongly urge the use of ink types and printing processes with a low environmental impact, without phthalates or aromatic solvents, non-PVC, water-based, compliant with environmental and organic standards.