Clothing industry bigs up to Climate Change

Most people now accept that the climate change debate has shifted from whether we need to act to what we must do and how best to do it - and the clothing industry has been in the forefront of both innovation (organic and sustainable clothing) and criticism (sweatshops and carbon footprints).  The Climate Change Summit 2008 is notable for the input that is being given by big hitters in the garment and textile industries.  Taking place at the Regent’s Park Marriot Hotel between 12 and 12 February, the Summit offers delegates opportunities to explore the enormous changes that lie ahead and aims to help them discover how to make a virtue out of necessity.

Key topics include: climate initiatives that achieve both environmental and business objectives; designing climate change messages to win the support of sceptical consumers (in other words, how to communicate with your customers without being accused of ‘greenwashing’); a complete guide to using offsets and taking advantage of carbon trading; ways to report a company’s climate change objectives and achievements for maximum impact; and most crucially - how to manage the many risks of climate change. Speakers who have a major stake in the garment and textile industries include:

• Anabel Drese from Timberland
• Mike Barry, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility for Marks & Spencer
• Philip Charles Gamett, Director of the Continental Clothing Company. 

National insights will be provided by:

• Jane Milne , Director of Business Environment at The British Retail Consortium
• Ellen Gladders, Manager for the Community and the Environment at Tesco. 

Learn more at: http://www.ethicalcorp.com/climate/
International Conference Delegates courtesy of Oxfam

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Doing Our Bit for the Environment

At Polo-shirts we are doing what we can to help protect the environment. 

Minimum Additional Packaging.

We avoid unnecessary packaging. We have stopped individually packaging our T-shirts, polo-shirts, sweatshirts and other items. We use the minimum packaging to protect customer orders and to keep items clean. So normally each order or carton will contain only one inner bag. Our garments do not carry unnecessary swing tags.

Recycling.

Wherever possible we will reuse supplier cartons to send out customer orders. In this way cartons are reused rather than discarded.

Reduced Prices – Reduced Emissions.

We encourage our customers to buy in bulk and enjoy the benefits of quantity discount scheme. By buying and delivering in bulk there are fewer journeys required by the royal mail / courier companies which reduces carbon emissions.

Organic T-shirts.

We now offer organic T-shirts. Buying Organic T-shirts help to protect the environment. Organic cotton production avoids the use of harmful chemicals and pesticides which pollute the environment. Our men’s and women’s organic T-shirts have been produced without the use of these chemicals and bleaches.

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