Working to minimise our industries

impact on the planet

To be a positive force for change and aim to give more than we take

Vision

To deliver more sustainable products and help create a better future.

Mission

To have a business model that achieves our goal of improved sustainability without compromising quality or style.

Value

To be a positive force for change and aim to give more than we take.

UK operation

How to reduce your environmental impact in the office:

Tap water not bottled
Less travel – teams meeting
Solar panels
In office recycling
Use natural light wherever possible
Less printing and waste paper
Turning electronics off
Recycle batteries and ink catridges
Heating – reduce the need

Solar panels on roof

Solar power being installed in spring 2024.

Recycling

Our bins and where the waste goes.

Energy Saving

Working towards premises energy saving.

Our factories

Haddow are committed to reducing the footprint of our UK and overseas operations, and factory partners.

On a recent visit we observed a number of:

Factories work towards 40-60% green energy
Planted 27,000 trees to date
Installation of wind and solar projects
ZMaintains a cow refuge for 150 cows
20% of production is recycled
Adopts production processes which reduces water use
Creating recycled polyester yarn from collected waste plastic from rivers

Our Sustainable Products

As a business we consider the following factors every day and as a result we automatically are offering our customers more sustainable products.

Our efforts towards sustainability:
-Reduction of waste fabrics by producing accessories and products from cut off fabrics
-Introduction of sustainable fabric textures and recycled/natural trims
-Digital printing used to reduce water consumptions and the use of harmful chemicals
-Clever use of prints in family sets, sibling ranges and multi products allows for higher MOQs to be met on recycled fabrics

Sustainable fabrics

Polyester

Commonly using 84% recycled polyester and 16% elastin
Recycled threads
Fully dull/Hi Shine
Reprieve & Reborn brands
Recycled textured fabrics

Polyamide

82% recycled polyamide & 18& Elastin 190GSM

Natural Fibres

Recycled cotton
Viscose
Rayon
Silk
Hemp

Recycle Threads

Dissolvable threads
Biodegradable and compostable

Factors to consider when using recycled fabrics:

Yarn supplier
Fabric comp
Weight
Cost
MOQ
Lead time
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Sustainable trims

Like many brands, Haddow work’s hard to recycle trims as much as possible and reduce the environmental impact of trims, sequins, glitter, eyelets and draw strings.

For example, in 2019 Oxfam estimated around 1.7m sequin items ended up in landfill after each festive period.

Options we have implemented to make trims more sustainable are:

Sequin alternatives such as sequin look foil prints or clever printing alternatives to mimic sequins
Organic cotton drawcords
Natural wooden trims
Metal trims over plastic trims
Replacement of plastic clasps and trims with self-fabric ties

Sustainable packaging

One of the key principles of a responsible packaging future is to move from a linear take-make-waste model to a circular model. This needs materials to be retained in the economy or easily biodegraded into nature.

We do:

Recycled hygiene stickers for swin and intimates
Recycled poly bags across all clothing and customers and interiors

We are working towards:

Refillable packaging
Returnable packaging
Regenerative materials
How to recycle poly bags after use
Bio degradable hygiene stickers for swim and intimates
Bio degradable moisture packets for shipment

Our sustainability actions

New sustainable fabrics / printing methods / threads and trims
New sustainable products and processes within our mills and factories – Clean energy
Energy savings and the use of more sustainable energy sources
Reducing / reuse and recycle waste to reduce our carbon footprint