SUSTAINABILITY

OUR PATH TO SUSTAINABILITY♻️  

 

HERE AT 4SZN STUDIOS WE STRIVE TO DO THE BEST WE CAN FOR THE WORLD. SINCE 2022, WE HAVE ENSURED THAT WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MINIMISE THE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT. ALL COLLECTIONS RELEASED IN AND AFTER 2022 ARE SUSTAINABLE, ORGANIC AND MADE FROM RECYCLED MATERIALS. WE ADVICE THAT YOU THROW OUR BUSINESS CARDS INTO THE RECYCLING. 

WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS MAKING 4SZN 100% SUSTAINABLE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 

OUR MAILER BAGS ARE DEGRADABLE.

 

PRINTING

 

FAST FASHION PRODUCTION MAKES UP 10% OF HUMANITY’S CARBON EMISSIONS, DRIES UP WATER SOURCES AND POLLUTES RIVERS AND STREAMS. WHATS MORE, 85% OF ALL TEXTILES GO TO THE DUMP EACH YEAR. HAVING A ‘MADE TO ORDER’ STSTEM PREVENTS THIS FAST FASHION WASTE AS THERE ARE NO STOCK LEFT OVER TO DISPOSE OF.

OUR DTG PRINTERS USE ONLY WATER-BASED INKS (NEOPIGMENT™️). THEY'RE OEKO-TEX® APPROVED WHICH MEANS THEY DO NOT CONTAIN ANY REGULATED OR UNREGULATED CHEMICALS HARMFUL TO THE ENVIRONMENT. THEY ARE ALSO ABSOLUTELY FREE OF HEAVY METALS, FORMALDEHYDE AND ALKYL-PHENOL ETHOXYLATES , MAKING THE INK NON HAZARDOUS, NON TOXIC AND BIODEGRADABLE. ALL PRODUCTS THAT HAVE FAILED PRINTS ETC. ARE EITHER DONATED TO CHARITY OR SOLD AT A DISCOUNTED PRICE. 

 

ABOUT OUR SUPPLIER

 

OUR SUPPLIER MANUFACTURE CONTEMPORARY CLOTHING MADE WITH RESPECT FOR BOTH PEOPLE AND THE PLANET. THIS ETHICAL APPROACH ENSURES THAT ALL PRODUCTS ARE PRODUCED IN A ENVIRONMENT WHICH RESPECTS THE RIGHTS OF MEN AND WOMEN THAT THEY EMPLOY. THE MATERIALS USED IN OUR PRODUCTS ARE 100% ORGANIC COTTON.

 

TRANSPARENCY IS KEY THEREFORE, ALL FACTORIES ARE CLOSELY MONITORED EVERYDAY TO CHECK THAT THE WORKING ENVIRONMENTS ARE SAFE AND HEALTHY FOR THE EMPLOYEES. 

 

MATERIALS

 

OUR SUPPLIERS SOURCE ONLY THE BEST RAW MATERIALS, GROWN AND PRODUCED IN WAHS THAT DO NOT HARM PEOPLE, ANIMALS OR THE ENVIRONMENT. 

 MOST OF OUR CLOTHING IS MADE FROM 100% ORGANIC COTTON AND RECYCLED MATERIALS. ORGANIC COTTON IS A NATURAL, GMO-FREE FIBRE THAT USES LESS WATER THAN STANDARD COTTON. 

THE PRODUCTION DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY CHEMICALS. THE COTTON IS ALSO GOTS CERTIFIED. THIS IS THE GLOBAL ORGANIC TEXTILE STANDARD LABEL. THEY TRACK THE ENTIRE CHAIN OF PRODUCTION FROM FARM TO FACTORY,  ALSO ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH THE LABOUR STANDARDS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION THROUGHOUT THE CHAIN OF PRODUCTION.

THE PHRASE WE USE “TAKING YOU TO A BETTER PLACE” IS OUR WAY OF PRESENTING THAT SHOPPING WITH US WILL TAKE YOU TO A NEW LEVEL OF COMFORT AND KNOWING THAT OUR PRODUCTS ARE SUSTAINABLE HELPS YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL TO TAKE THAT STEP IN HELPING OUR PLANET BECOME A BETTER PLACE.