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The most sustainable garment is the one that lasts.

We'd rather make fewer, better garments than more disposable ones. Here's what we do today, and what we don't claim.

What we do today

Concrete, not vague

GOTS & OCS organic cotton

Our sock range uses 90% organic cotton (GOTS) or 77% organic cotton (OCS), grown without harmful chemicals.

OEKO-TEX Standard 100

Our micro-polyester performance range is certified free from harmful substances at the fabric level.

Recycled polyester

GOTS socks blend 8% recycled polyester for durability without adding virgin plastic.

Our philosophy

Durability is the sustainability lever we control

Cheap apparel is inexpensive to buy but expensive to own. It shrinks, fades, cracks and gets replaced — usually within a year. Every reorder to replace a garment that failed is waste that never had to happen.

So our first sustainability commitment is quality: pre-shrunk fabrics, colourfast dyes, anti-pilling finishes and wash testing before dispatch. A uniform that survives three years of daily washing is better for the planet than a 'green' garment that survives three months.

Certifications

The standards behind our certified ranges

Each certification applies to a specific range, not the whole catalogue. Certificates are shared on request and confirmed per order.

GOTS certification
GOTSOrganic socks — 90% organic cotton

Global Organic Textile Standard: organic fibre content plus environmental and social criteria across processing.

OCS certification
OCSOrganic socks — 77% organic cotton

Organic Content Standard: third-party verification of organic material content from farm to finished product.

OEKO-TEX Standard 100 certification
OEKO-TEX Standard 100Micro-polyester performance range

Every component of the fabric tested for harmful substances against a list updated annually.

GRS certification
GRSRecycled polyester — on request

Global Recycled Standard for recycled content, available on specific polyester constructions when the order requires it.

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Cotton

It starts in the field.

Organic cotton is grown without synthetic pesticides or fertilisers and uses less water in most growing regions. On our GOTS and OCS sock ranges that's verified through the supply chain — not assumed.

For the rest of the range we buy combed cotton from Tiruppur's spinning mills, where quality is controlled at the yarn stage. Better yarn means a garment that lasts longer, which is the sustainability lever we control every day.

Organic cotton fabric bales
What we don't claim

Honesty over marketing

We don't call every product 'eco-friendly' — only certified ranges carry certification names
We don't publish carbon numbers we haven't measured
Certifications are confirmed per order before they appear on your garment or your website
Ask us for certificates and we'll share them

Want a certified range?

Tell us the certification your buyer or market needs, and we'll confirm what's available for your product.