DutchCraft

How eco is DutchCraft?

Dutch­Craft only works with 100% orga­nic cot­ton of good ori­gin and with the GOTS® qua­lity mark. This also means that the fabric feels finer and lasts lon­ger. Glo­bal Orga­nic Tex­ti­le Stan­dard® is an inter­na­tio­nal qua­lity mark for clothing that con­sists of at least 95 per­cent (iden­ti­fied by the text Orga­nic) orga­ni­cally pro­du­ced mate­rials. Dutch­Craf­t’s T‑shirts con­sist of 100% orga­ni­cally pro­du­ced cotton.

No che­mi­cal-synthe­tic crop pro­tec­tion pro­ducts, no gene­ti­cally modi­fied orga­nisms and no arti­fi­cial fer­ti­li­zer are used in the cul­ti­va­tion. The stan­dard impo­ses requi­re­ments on fac­to­ries regar­ding the use of harm­ful che­mi­cals. In addi­tion, fac­to­ries are obli­ged to use a sus­tai­na­ble was­te water sys­tem and to use water and energy sparingly.

Fair production in our own country

Pim has selec­ted the sus­tai­na­ble stu­dio they work with with the utmost care. At Dutch­Craft, they are com­mit­ted to fair pro­duc­tion in their home country (The Nether­lands), with rock-solid qua­lity. The seams­tres­ses are well paid for their arti­sa­nal work, but of cour­se the pri­ce is a bit higher. 

Dutch­Craft also does everything it can to redu­ce its car­bon foot­print. Almost all pro­duc­tion takes pla­ce in the Nether­lands. The workshop is not a lar­ge fac­tory, the emis­sions are low and the per­cen­ta­ge of sus­tai­na­ble rene­wa­ble energy sour­ces is currently abo­ve 50%. They aim to use fully green rene­wa­ble energy within 10 years.

Becau­se their T‑shirts can pass through the let­ter­box, the T‑shirts are sent in a PostNL let­ter­box pac­ka­ge, which means that the emis­sions from trans­port are much lower than a tra­di­tio­nal pac­ka­ge. The card­board is made of recy­cled paper and they re-use all the pac­ka­ging from orders that are retur­ned. This is a step in the right direc­tion towards a bet­ter world.

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