Why Ditching Fast Fashion for Ethical Clothing is the Most Impactful Change You Can Make

One of the easiest ways to reduce your impact on the world is to ditch the culture of fast fashion and buy clothing responsibly. According to a UN report, the fashion industry is the second biggest polluting in the world. It accounts for 10% of the worlds carbon emissions and 20% of industrial water pollution, truly frightening statistics. (https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/03/1035161)

Neutral has partnered with your student union to bring a range of merchandise that is made to the strictest environmental and ethical standards in the world. A conventional cotton t-shirt needs 3000 litres of polluted water to produce, a Neutral t-shirt, just 87.

100% ORGANIC IS NOT ENOUGH!

But don’t just take our word for it, global organisations have independently certified the Neutral merchandise at UWE to ensure that it adheres to these strict standards:

GOTS: Certify the cotton is 100% organic. Biological fertilisers and earthworms instead of chemicals. Enriched biodiversity and toxic free.

EU Ecolabel: Wastewater treated and re-used and all waster recycled. Biodegradable and non-toxic dyes.

Fairtrade: Farmers who grow cotton for Neutral receive a fair price for their crop and workers receive the Fairtrade premium to invest in their communities.

Energy: 100% green energy is used in production.

SA8000: Factory workers have clean, safe working conditions

Okeo-Tex 100: The final product is clean, safe and ready to wear, free of any toxins

TIGER COTTON

Your SU shop also contains garments from the Neutral Tiger Cotton range. Tiger Cotton is a programme in India where conventional farmers are being converted to organic practices. The first Tiger Cotton farmers lived and worked side by side with the Great Bengal Tiger in Madyha Pradesh, India. Tiger Cotton is named after them and the tiger is a symbol of all the biodiversity and wildlife that regenerate when a conventional farmer converts into organic.

AVAILABLE NOW IN YOUR SU SHOP

You can find the new range of Neutral x UWE merchandise in your SU shop. T-shirts and hoodies are currently available and printed with eco friendly water based ink. Represent your university and be the change.