Sustainability

Introducing our supplier: Teemill

Teemill makes products from natural materials, using renewable energy, and print products on-demand, in the seconds after they are ordered. By only producing what people need when they need it, Teemill creates efficiencies that, when reinvested, make sustainability an affordable, accessible reality.

Unlike 99% of clothing that eventually goes to landfill, every product Teemill makes is designed to come back to them at the start to be remade. Instead of creating waste, they create new products from it.

Once the product is worn out, simply scan the QR-Code on the washing label and follow the instructions, so Teemill can make it into new high-quality products. That right there is circular fashion.

 

When it comes to sustainability, climate change, the plastic crisis - we do not have much time.

Modern production

One of the key Teemill values is transparency. They guarantee ethics and fairness in the supply chain through certifications like GOTS for our organic cotton. Thanks to the automation in their supply chain, the efficiencies created can be reinvested into working conditions and the people who make the products. In all their factories and offices, the environment in clean, light, modern and positive. 

Plastic-free packaging

By 2050 there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. This is bad. Instead of plastic packaging, Teemill uses a rip and splash-proof mailer bag made out of paper. Big orders come in cardboard boxes, with paper-based tape

Carbon Neutral

Clean, renewable energy is a vital tool to reduce the worst effects of climate change. Throughout their supply chain, renewable energy is used. Their manufacturing operations run on solar power and, in India, the factory owns two wind farms and a 150kw PV array. Renewable energy is affordable, reliable and something they are committed to using.

Water clean enough to drink

Wastewater from dyehouse effluent is a major source of pollution in the clothing industry. Where Teemill's products are dyed, the water is recovered, cleaned and recirculated. After settling and skimming, the water is filtered using reverse osmosis and distillation. This is basically sucking up water through really fine sand over and over, then boiling it.

Salt is added back in so that the dye adheres and all the cruddy mulchy stuff left over is dried out and used for road markings. About 95% of the water is recirculated and recovered.

At the end, the water coming out of the filters and going back round to be reused again is crystal clear, literally clean enough to drink. Once it has been cleaned, it is then used at the input for the next batch. It is a closed loop system.

Learn more about Teemill here

Carbon Neutral Shipping

BITS Clothing partnered up with Shopify Planet. This means that we contribute a small percentage of each sale directly towards the support and acceleration of carbon removal technologies. The millennium plan which we are subscribed to allows us to:

• Ship carbon neutral
• Remove atmospheric carbon
• Store carbon for 1000+ years
• Support solutions like ocean-based removal and direct air capture

Learn more about Shopify Planet here

1 tree planted for every product you purchase

As forests are destroyed, wildlife species lose their natural habitat, forcing them to relocate, limiting their ability to survive. That's why BITS Clothing is collaborating with theGoodAPI and Eden Reforestation Projects in order to revive natural habitats, improve coral reef health and in the fight against climate change by extracting CO2 from the air.

Learn more about theGoodAPI here

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