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Our commitment
The James&Co sustainability journey has involved a series of organisational pivots to harness sustainable changes in textiles that will eradicate plastic from fashion. We started as a cruelty-free vegan non-leather brand for women's fashion tailored in the textile used for faux/ vegan leather viz polyurethane (PU). Harmful textile to environment and workers as its composition contains chemicals and fossilfuels. Some years later innovators developed leather-look without the chemical using plant waste-pineapples, cactus leaves etc. James&Co ditched PU and tailored in plantbased textiles. More sustainable but not biodegradable as they contain fossilfuels-that is, still plastics. In 2022 a 100% plantbased leather-look textile MIRUM®came onto the market. James&Co has ditched partially plantbased textiles and, pending full transition to our leather-look products tailored in MIRUM®, tailors only in plantbased textiles such as bamboo.Watch this space for our MIRUM®Chelsea boot next year!
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Our Sustainability Framework
What is your company doing to reduce your emissions or combat key environmental issues (e.g. waste (packaging, end of life product strategy or recycling), biodiversity, land use, water, chemical use, energy use, and natural resource use etc.)?
The textiles we use are made by manufacturers who employ environmental measures in their factories. We use paper or non-woven materials for packaging. We are partnered with AirRobe for end-of-life re-purposing. Our Corporate Values, Mission & Vision set out our commitment We have a Sustainability Policy and set annual Sustainable Goals which we publicly report on. We are aligned with the UN Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact Our founder wrote a book to raise awareness about the harmfulness of synthetic leathers which is published on Amazon: For The Planet By 2030: Why We Need To Switch To Sustainable Leather
Learn more →How are the products your company offers made from environmentally friendly materials (e.g. recycled, organic materials)?
Central to our business is timeless fashion pieces that do not contain plastic. We do not use synthetic leather at all currently because traditional PU vegan leather contains both harmful chemicals and fossilfuels, and partially plantbased synthetic leather contains fossilfuels. That is, they are still plastics. We have a working relationship with the organisation that has developed 100% plantbased synthetic leather called MIRUM® and are transitioning all our classic leather-look apparel & accessories to MIRUM® with our manufacturers.
Learn more →Do you partner with ethical factories that meet international labor standards? What processes have you implemented to make your supply chain more sustainable?
Yes we do. We have a Supplier Code Of Conduct for compliance with our manufacturers.
Learn more →How does your company give back to the community (e.g. financial donations, volunteering, partnerships etc.)?
We are partnered with Handprint. 1% of every purchase price goes to cleaning the Ganges River, India.
Learn more →How has your company made a commitment to achieve and maintain inclusion & diversity (e.g. Gender / Race / Ethnicity / National Origin / Sexual Orientation / Religion / Disability / Age)?
This has not been a focus to date due to the very small nature of the company.
How does your circular model or circular initiative work?
We are partnered with AirRobe for end-of-life re-purposing of our products. And talking with Terracycle about other ways we can get PU fashion products out of landfill and oceans.
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