Plastic Free July is officially upon us! Whether you are just beginning your sustainability journey, or if you are already a valued partner of ours, we wanted to let you know a couple of actions we take to support the Global movement, not only this month, but every month of the year. Our Boxes Whilst […]
Fair Wear vs Fairtrade Purchasing ethically sourced clothing can feel like a minefield. With so many accreditations and different brands to choose from, how do you know which products meet your ethical standards? Two of the ethical accreditations that you will come across frequently in the clothing industry are Fair Wear Foundation and Fairtrade. They […]
Unfortunately, this is quite confusing. So to paraphrase the great Sheldon Cooper: “all Fairtrade is fair trade, but not all fair trade is Fairtrade”. And “fairly traded” that’s a term all on its own. Fairtrade is a brand of the Fairtrade Foundation, the organisation that governs the fair trade movement in the UK. In other […]
This Fairtrade Friday, we’re want to introduce you to People Tree, a brand that you have quite possibly heard of before, as a result of them being leaders in the Fair Trade movement, through fashion. The brand was founded by Sofia Minney who’s journey began in advertising, within this industry she got to see the […]
Fairtrade Friday has come round once again. This week we want to introduce you to a pioneering Fairtrade cosmetic company of which we recently discovered, called ‘Fair Squared’, based in Newcastle and Cologne. They’re firm believers that doing ‘just enough’ isn’t enough, so as a brand they strive to go that extra bit further, which […]
It’s Friday! Time for our weekly Fairtrade Friday blog post, introducing you to a Fairtrade brand you may not already know about! This week we want to introduce you to Tropical Wholefoods. Tropical Wholefoods was founded in the early 1990’s, by Kate Sebag and Adam Brett, while they were working in Uganda. The pair wanted […]
Last week was a busy one, in fact busy is possibly an understatement. Despite copious amounts of caffeine, we just didn’t have enough time to get our Fairtrade Friday blog post in, however thankfully this week it’s back! It’s that time of the week when we tell you about another Fairtrade brand that we love […]
Normally on Fairtrade Friday we ramble about the Fairtrade food and drinks we love, however this week we thought we’d mix it up, and want to introduce to you Visionary Soap! Visionary Soap are the UK’s leading Fairtrade body care company, with 38 products in their Fairtrade range, which stands at more than any other […]
Friday has come around again, so it’s time for us to introduce you to another one of our favourite Fairtrade brands! As you may have guessed the team here at A.M. Custom Clothing are big foodies and have a bit of a sweet tooth. On that note we felt it was only fair, to award […]
