Subset
Home Country: USA
“One stop to refresh your undies and recycle your old ones”
Subset makes you feel good in the underwear you wear and feel even better about where they come from. Not only are you buying comfortable, stylish lingerie, you are also supporting ethical labor choices and sustainable production processes. In addition to their attention to detail regarding their environmental impact, they source from FairTrade certified factories.
Subset
Home Country: USA
“One stop to refresh your undies and recycle your old ones”
Subset makes you feel good in the underwear you wear and feel even better about where they come from. Not only are you buying comfortable, stylish lingerie, you are also supporting ethical labor choices and sustainable production processes. In addition to their attention to detail regarding their environmental impact, they source from FairTrade certified factories.
Transparency
- Subset provides information about their factories and their supply chain.
- Subset has a FairTrade certification. This means they are doing numerous good things regarding their transparency, such as visiting factories annually, avoiding subcontracting in their production, etc.
- Subset utilizes third-party audits to promote human rights and environmental sustainability within their supply chain.
- Subset could improve their transparency by sharing their factory list on their website.
Fair Labor
- Subset works with certified factories to make sure all employees within their factories earn a living wage.
- Subset invests in projects at the community level through programs such as the Bright Idea project which brings solar electricity to remote villages in India.
- Subset’s Fair Trade certification means workers have a voice and get to vote on how to spend their Fair Trade premiums.
Sustainably Made
- 92.1% of Subset’s fabric content in 2022 was organic cotton.
- Subset avoids toxic chemicals in the production of their materials and has GOTS and Oeko-Tex certifications to ensure they’re safe.
- Subset works to achieve a circular production process by allowing customers to send in old underwear and socks from any brand for recycling.
- Subset also ensures their packaging is made with recycled content and uses low impact inks.
