FEATURE
Some of the steps that Snickers Workwear is taking to improve its environmental performance include:
● Prioritising the use of materials of the highest quality to make garments last longer, replacing conventional materials with more sustainable alternatives.
● Prioritising Preferred Fibres, such as REPREVE and SORONA, which have more sustainable properties in comparison to conventional options.
● Recycling man-made materials, such as nylon and polyester fabrics, to create new, Preferred Fibres.
● Ensuring that Preferred Fibres deliver high levels of durability and comfort to guarantee a long product lifetime – the key to reducing waste.
● Using materials that can easily be recycled to create new raw material with the same performance level as the original virgin material.
● Driving demand for Better Cotton, an initiative which positively impacts farmers and the environment.
● Committing to conscious cotton choices – in 2022 an impressive 65% (846 metric tonnes), of Snickers Workwear’s total cotton uptake was sourced as Better Cotton.
● Using more sustainable colouring processes that significantly reduces water, chemicals and energy use – commonly referred to as dope dye.
● Using ʻmulesing-free’ Merino wool to prevent animal cruelty.
Snickers Workwear’s philosophy is to 'Reduce, Reuse, Recycle'. This approach involves reducing the resources used during a garment’s production; turning waste into workwear by incorporating recycled fibres into its garment materials technology; and developing harder- wearing workwear using sustainable fabrics to keep the garments in effective use for as long as possible.
Snickers Workwear’s vision is to be at the forefront of sustainable workwear by using smarter solutions and technologies that include sourcing the highest quality, most hardwearing products in its clothing ranges with as little environmental impact as possible.
WHAT CAN YOU DO? As workwear manufacturers navigate the complex
and challenging transition to more sustainable business models, you can support them by asking how sustainable the garments that you’re buying actually are? Also, by choosing those brands that are committed to improving sustainability. Things you can do include avoiding fast workwear and cheap protective wear products. Invest in better quality workwear - select products that are built to last that can be kept in use as long as possible. Identify workwear brands that are extending the lifespan of their workwear.
FINALLY Increasing levels of awareness about the impact of
waste on our environment will surely have an impact on the clothes people choose for working on site in years to come.
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For Snickers Workwear, sustainable product development and the initiative for turning waste into workwear is being applied to every new product in the Snickers Workwear collection. It brings additional assurance that the Snickers Workwear Hallmarks of design, comfort, functionality, durability and now sustainability will not be compromised in any way.
Snickers Workwear’s objective is to ensure that by 2030, 70% of the fabrics it uses are Preferred Fibres – those with sustainable properties and a lower environmental footprint. The target for 2023 - that the company will be at 40% has already been reached - a significant achievement by any measure. It’s a process that will deliver full manufacturing transparency and garment lifecycle traceability, thus reducing our climate impact and preventing fast workwear from going into landfill.
Sustainable garment manufacturing aligned with well- informed buying decisions will play a significant part in helping us to achieve our climate goals and securing the health of the planet for future generations. But we must make conscious decisions to be successful in accelerating positive change.
As the Voice of the Daily Mirror recently said: “We are what we wear to some extent and paying a little more – even in a cost-of-living crisis – for clothes we’ll keep longer and wear more often would be a cultural change that would benefit the earth.”
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