Sustainability

My first step towards sustainability started with education. Over the past few years I've been participating in industry seminars, workshops and readings from both Canadian and global resources including; Fashion Takes Action, the WEAR conference, SHIFT Responsible Fashion Series, B Corp, Fashion Revolution, UN Sustainable Development Goals and more. You can read more about our approach thus far to the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals here. Before beginning to address the subject of sustainability, this education period was an essential first step for me in order to participate in the larger conversations and I intend to continue learning more on an ongoing basis.

My personal experience of spending time in nature’s backcountry has allowed me to see with my own eyes, just a glimpse of what we as humans stand to lose from the threat of climate change. This is why I set out to understand how I can at least do my part to contribute to the greater good of our planet. We want to ensure that our activities protect our beautiful world and the beautiful people in it.

"Sustainability is not about being perfect but about making progress towards systemic change." - UCLA

What does sustainability mean to us?

• Considering the way clothing is designed

• What materials are used

• How those materials are sourced

• How clothing is manufactured

• What is the environmental impact

• Who is involved in these processes and what economic and working conditions they are facing

• How products are transported across the world

• How we look after our clothes

• How quickly we are consuming and discarding our clothes

• What happens when we don't need the garment anymore

 

These are the guiding principles that we reflect on when making decisions on our activities. By sharing these points with you, we hope that it will inspire others and raise awareness to the issues at hand in our industry and let you know where our focus is.