Our Ethical View at EcoChic

 

by Deborah Miarkowska

Since we founded EcoChic in 2007 we have worked passionately and from the heart on the development of EcoChic. We feel that EcoChic Collection reflects values that are deeply important and human. We care about peoples lives, communities and families with each one of our products born out of creativity, beauty and environmental concern.

This is the place where we can tell you a little about what we are trying to achieve in the background to our business. Businesses are powerful and, although ours is still very small by many standards, they can be a strong force for good. We believe in doing everything we can to protect the environment and to ensure good working conditions for those who work for us. We may not get to perfection immediately but the heart and the will is there and the improvements are happening one by one.

Our Ethical & ECO policies…we don’t claim to be perfect..but we try our best…

• Our EcoChic Collection’s are UK designed and many produced by skilled artisans in rural community groups and who have the smallest environmental footprints in the world. They live and work in communities without many of our “essentials” and many do not even have electricity. Their way of life is by consuming locally produced food and using hand production techniques to make a living. Our way of life in the West, with mass consumption and its affects on the environment is affecting the poorest communities in the developing world. Our ethical UK collections have been selected from our UK partner organisations for their environmental, social and charitable credentials, businesses bulit on solid foundations beyond the motive of pure profit.

About US….

 

• We are one of the few partnerships with accredited fair trade and organic products, sourced from BAFTS, IFAT & SA8000, MADE BY & SKAL which gives great attention to environmentally-friendly production methods.
• Our partnerships with UK producer organisations are chosen for their ethical trading initiatives and environmental concerns.
• The EcoChic team, “have a flare for fashion, but more importantly, a passion for people and our environment”. 
• All our paper, business cards, gift boxes and tissue paper are recycled or from sustainable sources. All our packaging is either biodegradable or can be recycled. We try to keep this to a minimum too.
• We recycle & compost our waste  and grow our own organic vegetables.
• All our products are genuine fair trade, organic, recycled and sustainable products. We ask lots of questions to be assured of this in our partnership questionnaire.
• All our products are made by cooperatives and small independent producers. We believe in an artisan made products that involve creativity, passion and utilising traditional skills to ensure quality.
• Each of our products hold a life changing story which we are delighted to share with you. 
• Our suppliers are selected for demonstrating their environmentally conscious business ethics. Many use shipping as an alternative to air freight to reduce their carbon footprint.
• Our clothing and accessories product range is all handmade using less energy in its production process.
• Whenever possible we source products that are naturally sourced and produced.
• We support organic farming methods and source organic cotton whenever we can.
• Many of our suppliers avoid using damaging chemicals in the production process using recycled and biogradable substances instead and we strongly support this.
• Our suppliers also try to recycle what they can and aim to protect water supplies and forests in the enviroments they work in.
• We do our best to recycle, reuse and switch off our energy supplies when not needed in our office.

We are passionate about what we do and our EcoChic Magazine seeks to bring our readers real stories of of ethical and green living to make this world better together.

We believe love is all you need to bring hope and inspiration and from this amazing things happen.

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