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Sustainability
Modest, measurable commitments: less water per yard, recycled and natural fibre options, and no claims we cannot show you the numbers for.
We are a small mill, so we report small, real numbers
There is a lot of loose language in textiles. We would rather publish four measured figures than a page of adjectives. The numbers below come from our own utility bills, waste manifests and production records for the 2025 calendar year, and we are happy to walk a customer through them on a visit.
Water & energy
The finishing range was rebuilt in 2021 with counter-flow rinsing and heat recovery on the dryer stack, which cut water use per yard by just under a third. Mill lighting is LED throughout, and the weaving halls run on a demand-managed compressor bank.
Waste
Loom clippings, selvedge trim and short ends are baled and sold to a shoddy processor in the Pacific Northwest rather than land-filled. Cardboard cores are collected and reused up to five times; poly wrap is a single grade so it can actually be recycled.
Fibre choices
We offer recycled cotton and recycled polyester constructions, undyed natural cloth for customers who want to skip dyeing entirely, and long-staple cotton sourced through U.S. merchants who provide origin documentation.
People
Every mill role is a full-time, hourly position with paid overtime, health coverage and a documented safety programme. Average tenure on the weaving floor is over nine years, which we consider our clearest sustainability metric.
What we do not claim
- We are not carbon neutral, and we do not buy offsets to say that we are
- We do not hold GOTS or GRS certification today; recycled-content claims are supported by supplier transaction certificates only
- Not every construction is available in a recycled or organic fibre — ask, and we will tell you which are
- Where a customer needs certified material, we will say so and help source it, even if that means the order goes elsewhere