Organic cotton sweatshirts are a great ethical uniform option for a business or organisation, our range at Cotton Roots offers great choice and high quality, and many of our garments are also certified Fairtrade.

We have a huge range of sweatshirts in stock colours which we can match to your branding and we can also add your logo with print and embroidery options.

Pantone Matched Sweatshirts

If you have a very specific Pantone colour which we don’t have a stock match for.  We can make Pantone dyed organic cotton sweatshirts bespoke from a minimum of 100 units.  We provide a Pantone dyed lab dip swatch of fabric for you to approve and then we go ahead and dye the fabric before it is made into organic cotton sweatshirts.  This doesn’t have to be a one colour garment it can be a mixture of contrast colours.

If you select a one of our stock organic cotton sweatshirts you can have Pantone matched logos and branding added to the clothing.

Some examples of Pantone matched clothing is below.

Branding your clothing

We can add logos, texts and images to clothing if you provide artwork.  We will advise you on the best way to do this.  We can match to your Pantone brand colours with print and embroidery thread.  We always sample an embroidery on a swatch of fabric for you to see before we run your order and if you are having print we set up a print proof so you can see the position and size.

If you would like to look at our range of stock organic sweatshirts, please see here. We can provide you with fabric swatches or garment samples if required.

If you would like more information on Pantone dyed bespoke sweatshirts then contact us by phone on 01908 511051 or email sales@cottonroots.co.uk or you can find more information here.

There is a lot of debate about sustainability and and eco friendly and what it means within the textile industry. The best way to reduce the impact on the environment is to use less, make less, buy less. But that is often not possible when it comes to uniform because it wears out and staff change over.  So offering options which help to alleviate textile waste issues can be a compromise.  For sustainable hoodies there are many options to choose from.

Organic Sustainable Hoodies

These are made from cotton which has been grown without the using synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, or GM (genetically modified) seeds. This is good for the soil and nature as it doesn’t strip it of all it’s goodness and good for the people who grow it so they don’t have deal with harmful substances. This all helps to reduce the impact on the land and environment. Clothing can be made 100% organic cotton or a mixture.

Organic in conversion

This is a great way to help cotton farmers to move from conventional farming to organic while being able to charge a fair price. It enables farmers to charge more in the few years that the farm is converting from convential methods of farming to organic methods.

Recycled Sustainable Hoodies

Using recycled fabrics like regenerated cotton or recycled polyester are a way of reusing waste fabrics or used plastics for a new purpose. 

Circular fashion

Something that is also growing is circular fashion, this is where the manufacturers develop a service where they can accept old clothing back to be recycled into new fibres for new clothing, mattresses or insulation. If made into closing this completes the circle as the garment has been completely gone full circle into a new piece of clothing. If a hoodie can be produced and recycled in this way then it can really be called sustainable hoodies.

At Cotton Roots we supply a range of high quality organic cotton hoodies, organic cotton and recycled fibres and completely recycled fibres, you can see our range here.

Looking after our planet is becoming more urgent day by day and industries are look at how they can change their practices to become more sustainable, partly as regulations change and laws come in, but also in response to consumer pressures.

Food

When it comes to restaurants and sustainability the first thing which often springs to mind is the food. Locally sourced ingredients, organic ingredients and local independent suppliers.

Packaging

Packaging and food is a huge problem, nearly everything sold in a super market or wholesalers is in some kind of plastic in both the trade and retail markets.  In addition to the packaging the food comes in, there is also the packaging that is used for food when it is sold, particularly for takeaways.  Single use plastic in the form of polystyrene and plastic-coated card is really difficult to recycle. 

Positive news is that 1^st October 2023 UK government banned single use plastic, which has had a huge impact on takeaway packaging.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/single-use-plastics-bans-and-restrictions

Uniform

One of the items less thought about when it comes to restaurants and sustainability is uniform.

Over many years polyester has been a highly use fabric in the production of clothing in the hospitality industry.  It’s hard wearing and can be laundered at high temperatures, so it is suited to hot, messy environments such as kitchens.

However, the problem comes when the uniform is no longer needed, staff change, branding is updated, or uniform is tired and worn out.  What do you do with the waste?

Donating to a charity shop is fine if it’s not branded and is in a suitable condition to be sold.  If it’s branded or worn out, then there are little options other than it going into landfill.

Sustainable Options

The good news is that along with the changes in packaging, uniform options are becoming much more sustainable.  This is an area which is growing all the time, from recycled fabrics, organic, Fairtrade and fair wear. This applies to suiting, aprons, chefs’ jackets, t shirts, polos and shirts and blouses. This means that more and more restaurants and sustainability are starting to go hand in hand.

If you are looking for sustainable hospitality uniform please get in touch

Sometimes with our team working and designing aprons for our customers it’s like going back in time.

People marking patterns, adding eyelets, cutting, sewing, measuring. 

We are in the British countryside rather than Bangkok but the similarities are there. We manufacture aprons for Michelin Chefs, TV Chefs, high street restaurants, artisans, people with enthusiasm for quality and design.

Our people love fabric.  Hording at home and a treasure trove of new fabric arriving daily to our workplace.  New designs for customers and a pride in what we create.

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