Monthly Archives: September 2024

Organic Cotton Sweatshirts

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.

Sustainable Hoodies

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 Hoodies
Sustainable Hoodies

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.

Sustainable Workwear UK

Companies are increasingly keen to improve their eco friendly credentials and reduce their impact on the environment, whether that be through reduced packaging, recycled materials, more efficient electrical equipment.  Greener heating and lighting or moving to electric delivery vehicles. The UK government is providing funding to help businesses to do this.

As a sustainable workwear uk supplier we have noticed an increase in the requirement for environmentally friendly and ethical clothing, this has also been reflected in the offering coming from uniform manufacturers.  Many of them now have options for organic cotton t shirts, polo shirts, sweatshirts and hoodies, recycled jackets, sportswear.

Recycled Polyester Softshell
Softshell jacket made from recycled polyester

Around 15 years ago Cotton Roots started a Fairtrade organic clothing range so that they could be one of the first companies to supply sustainable workwear uk. Since then there have been many more brands who supply Fairtrade and organic options. Fairtrade certified means that people have treated fairly throughout the whole supply chain.

Options for you

At Cotton Roots we can help you to find a range of clothing that suits a practical need as well as give you the look and colours to suit you brand.  We can do this all from an extensive range of ethical clothing so that you can meet the green targets with company uniform as well as other areas of the business.

Get in touch with us about sustainable workwear uk by emailing sales@cottonroots.co.uk or calling us on 01908 511051.