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Aerial view of a green cotton picker harvesting rows of cotton in a field

Sustainability at Source: Farm & Factory

4 min read

Cotton, bamboo, hemp, polyester, nylon and rPET: what each fibre costs the environment and the people who make it, from the field to the mill.


Understanding the uniform journey

By the time a fabric reaches the garment factory, it has already passed through a long chain of processes. Natural fibres start life in a field. Manmade fibres like polyester start in a melt-spinning factory. Either way, knowing where that fibre came from — and how it was produced — matters more than most uniform buyers realise.

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