{"id":13679,"title":"We're A Carbon Neutral Fashion Brand","description":"We're so excited to announce that TABBY. FIREFLY is officially a Carbon Neutral clothing company.  Our products are made in factories powered by the wind and the sun","content":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.teemill.com\/i2b2hzedve997bkzxr499yshynjxp9whdfnyn0rjasguvz4j.png.jpg?w=1140&amp;h=auto\" alt=\"\" title=\"87431621\" \/><br \/><br \/>We're so excited to announce that TABBY.FIREFLY is now officially Carbon Neutral, since passing the Carbon Trust's Carbon Neutral certification.<\/p><p>Here's how:<\/p><ul><li><p>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/tabbyfirefly.com\/collection\/all-clothing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">clothes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/tabbyfirefly.com\/collection\/art-prints\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">art prints<\/a> are made in factories powered by the wind and the sun. Renewable sources of energy minimise pollution, unlike finite fossil fuels like coal which release greenhouse gases when used, contributing to global warming. We use solar in our Isle of Wight headquarters and we also use wind power.<\/p><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.teemill.com\/kxge6ndq7pi2xybzugvt9zuhrphzoy31xvenltvqjelej5ge.png.jpg?w=1140&amp;h=auto\" alt=\"\" title=\"87431792\" \/><br \/><br \/><br \/><br \/><br \/><\/p><\/li><li><p>All our products and packaging are made using natural materials. While it can take hundreds of years for plastic bags to break down, paper biodegrades in weeks. No waste, no plastic pollution. And while plastic is made from oil and requires energy, emitting carbon, to be formed, paper mailers are almost the opposite: The carbon in the molecules that make up the material was captured from the atmosphere during photosynthesis, a physical carbon capture and storage story in your hands. And when they are finally finished, they will degrade into soils and natural systems.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.teemill.com\/jysd7t1lks0ezouetqef21z0rytefpnyrox2l1nsm9xw1ylp.png.jpg?w=1140&amp;h=auto\" alt=\"\" title=\"87431918\" \/><br \/><br \/><br \/><br \/><\/p><ul><li><p>To make farms more productive, some farmers pump fertilisers into the ground, pesticides into the air, and in some cases, artificially heat and light plants. We don't want our products to cost the earth. That's why we take a different approach. Organic agriculture means letting plants grow naturally - using techniques the way nature intended them. Instead of pesticides, co-planting crops distract bugs. Instead of fertiliser, our farmers use things like cow poo. And clean soil means that farmers can grow onions and other products in the dry season. So instead of creating carbon, these crops absorb it. Soft, kind to skin and a positive solution for our climate.<\/p><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.teemill.com\/rvoywlkatudeunpf1ggmws66cm98wvwcyjdzu9rikgrvbxgl.png.jpg?w=1140&amp;h=auto\" alt=\"\" title=\"87431970\" \/><br \/><br \/><br \/><br \/><\/p><\/li><li><p>Organic production massively reduces the carbon cost of materials, and, better still, we can reutilise the material we have already got to reduce emissions further. Our Remill technology enables us to make new products from worn out materials instead of creating everything from scratch. This reduces the material required to make a new yarn by using the material we already have. And by only printing what people need when they need it, we reduce waste. Waste saved is carbon saved. Every one of our products has a label which you can scan to see instructions for sending back your items to be remade.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.teemill.com\/hijwcgh826z6jwlzjdcftvqugcnv0gy6ze27iuuwnxbh2taj.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&amp;h=auto\" alt=\"\" title=\"87432090\" \/><br \/><\/p><ul><li><p>You probably already know about our tree planting weekends. They're about more than just biodiversity and creating jobs for people in places where they make a difference. Trees absorb carbon. At the time of the Carbon Trust study, together we'd planted enough trees to equate to over a million kilograms of CO2 sequestered. Trees are famous for their CO2 absorbing super-powers, among other benefits like cleaning our water and air. By planting a whole load of them, the total absorbed (along with some other nifty offset tricks) worked out to be more than the remaining CO2 left. It's the trees that got us to net zero.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><p>We even use renewable energy-powered web servers up in the cloud.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p>For more information on our practices, take a look at our <a href=\"https:\/\/tabbyfirefly.com\/sustainability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sustainability<\/a> pages<\/p>","urlTitle":"were-carbon-neutral","url":"\/blog\/were-carbon-neutral\/","editListUrl":"\/my-blogs","editUrl":"\/my-blogs\/edit\/were-carbon-neutral\/","fullUrl":"https:\/\/tabbyfirefly.com\/blog\/were-carbon-neutral\/","featured":false,"published":true,"showOnSitemap":true,"hidden":false,"visibility":null,"createdAt":1636054199,"updatedAt":1642535178,"publishedAt":1642535178,"lastReadAt":null,"division":{"id":127693,"name":"TABBY FIREFLY"},"tags":[],"metaImage":{"original":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/sez9gfznsboyaddpiilo2t0eb5hwdslvy0g78rymq5llxe46.png","thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/sez9gfznsboyaddpiilo2t0eb5hwdslvy0g78rymq5llxe46.png.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/sez9gfznsboyaddpiilo2t0eb5hwdslvy0g78rymq5llxe46.png.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"metaTitle":"","metaDescription":"","keyPhraseCampaignId":null,"series":[],"similarReads":[{"id":11078,"title":"Feast mode: foodie experiences are top of the agenda!","url":"\/blog\/feast-mode\/","urlTitle":"feast-mode","division":127693,"description":"Recent research from England's national tourist board has shown that we've mostly missed foodie experiences during the latest lockdown.","published":true,"metaImage":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/oafx45bi8rjsmzythn7awskbmhf7l75q7nwtxgfzt0fk72s7.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/oafx45bi8rjsmzythn7awskbmhf7l75q7nwtxgfzt0fk72s7.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"hidden":0},{"id":13096,"title":"Five alternative halloween t-shirts for 2022","url":"\/blog\/spooky-season-5-alternative-halloween-t-shirts\/","urlTitle":"spooky-season-5-alternative-halloween-t-shirts","division":127693,"description":"Autumn is here and that means halloween. 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