C2C is a design system that enhances the MAKE, USE & REUSE of things – a transformative pathway with a circular mindset for designing and making products with a positive impact on people and the planet.
Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) is a group of apparel and footwear brands and retailers working collectively to lead the industry towards throttling hazardous chemical discharge to natural resources like water and land.
Soorty has a policy & system in place that is solely limited to use of green chemistry. All Soorty facilities are compliant with the latest ZDHC guidelines.
Developed by the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, the Higg Index is an apparel & footwear industry self-assessment stand ard for businesses to rate environmental & social sustainability through their supply chain.
Our Higg Index verified score is: 91.
Better work focuses on providing an enabling and fair environment to workers through supporting freedom of association and collective bargaining, strengthening labor dispute mechanisms and building general capacity with an aim to promote inclusive social dialogue.
Soorty is a registered member of the Better Work Program.
Global Recycled Standard is a product standard for tracking & verifying the content of recycled materials in a final product. It applies to the full supply chain and addresses traceability, environmental principles, social requirements, chemical content and labeling.
Global Organic Textile Standard is a standard defining requirements to ensure organic status of textiles, from harvesting of the raw materials through environmentally and socially responsible manufacturing up to labeling aiming to provide a credible assurance to the end consumer.
Organic Content Standard applies to any non-food product containing 95-100% organic material and verifies the presence & amount of organic material in a final product while tracking the flow of the raw material from its source to the final product.
OCS blended is a standard used for products that contain 5% minimum of organic material blended with conventional or synthetic raw materials.
Recycled Blended Claim Standard verifies the presence & amount of recycled material in a final product, and allows for a transparent and comprehensive evaluation and verification of content claims.
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design is a globally recognized green building certification program that provides a framework for healthy, efficient, carbon and cost-saving green buildings.
Social Accountability 8000 standard is the world’s leading social certification program, based on internationally recognized standards of decent work, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, ILO conventions, and national laws. It encourages organizations to develop, maintain & apply socially acceptable practices in the workplace.
Relying on Higg’s Facility Social & Labor Module (FSLM), the Social & Labor Convergence Program (SLCP) is a multi-stakeholder platform which facilitates transparent data-sharing as a replacement for repetitive and tedious social audits.
Soorty is acknowledged as a Level-3 participant on the SLCP, scoring up to 95.8%.
Supplier Ethical Data Exchange is an online reporting platform that helps companies to easily understand their supply chain, collate reports for stakeholders, and work with suppliers to implement improvements to maintain data on ethical & responsible practices and allows them to share this information with their customers.
Business Social Compliance Initiative is a supply chain management system that provides companies with a social auditing methodology and report, with a code of conduct that supports companies to drive social compliance & improvements within the factories and farms in their global supply chains.
WWF Green Office Certification program supports, promotes, and recognizes offices that are engaging in sustainable practices. Offices may achieve certification based on the score they receive on a checklist of green office criteria in: Energy & Water Use. Waste & Recycling; Paper.
Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production is an organization founded to promote safe, lawful, humane and ethical manufacturing around the world and provides the world’s largest independent certification program focused on the apparel, footwear, and sewn products sectors.
The United Kingdom Accreditation Service is the national accreditation body for the UK appointed by the government, to assess organizations that provide certification, testing, inspection and calibration services.
ISO 9001 sets out the criteria for a quality management system based on a number of principles including a strong customer focus, the motivation and implication of top management, the process approach and continual improvement helping to ensure that customers get consistent, good-quality products and services.
C2C is a design system that enhances the MAKE, USE & REUSE of things – a transformative pathway with a circular mindset for designing and making products with a positive impact on people and the planet.
The certification verifies our efforts under 5 main concepts:
Material Health
Material Health
Material Reutilization
Renewable Energy
Water Stewardship
Social Fairness
C2C ensures the transparency of the whole supply chain and includes the evaluation of each process, raw material supply chain to all tiers & its product.
Soorty is the first denim producer globally to have end-to-end Cradle to Cradle (C2C) accreditation.
We are C2C Gold certified for denim fabrics and garments, and C2C Platinum for sewing threads using Soorty’s:
Conscious material resourcing
Zero Waste Water™ technology
Smart Blue™ finishes
Water recycling
Solar energy
Heat energy recycling
In 2018, when launching our first C2C Gold certified fabrics line, we did so with the world’s first digital denim garment in collaboration with The Fabricant, marking not only our step into a completely circular economy but also the first digital denim piece in the metaverse.
