Team Impact Positive

The Circular Economy Hub at the University of Exeter

The Circular Economy Hub at the University of Exeter worked with us on bespoke workshops for our product, creative, marketing, operations & e-commerce & leadership teams to train everyone on the circular economy and to see how they could contribute to BAM’s goals. This is part of our commitment to embedding the concept of Circular Economy across the whole business, essential if we’re going to achieve a totally circular range by 2030. https://ce-hub.org/

Circular Textiles Foundation

Circular Textiles Foundation is an exciting new initiative that brings together brands and recycling technologies to accelerate the textiles industry’s transition to circularity by providing expertise to deliver certified circular products. By joining we can continue working towards a fully certified circular range with their support. https://circulartextilesfoundation.co.uk/

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation Jeans Redesign

We worked with The Ellen MacArthur Foundation Jeans Redesign guidelines which are a starting point for the industry to design and make clothing aligned with the principles of the circular economy.  https://ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/

Fair Wear Foundation

The Fair Wear Foundation is an independent organisation that provides us with a robust system for monitoring and growing our supply chain. What’s great about the Fair Wear Foundation is their collaborative approach to driving incremental improvements within supply chains. Fair Wear doesn’t just look at our suppliers, they also assess BAM’s purchasing and working practices to ensure we create an environment that supports good working conditions. So much of this is about our influence and ensuring that we use it for good. Fair Wear supports us to ensure we’re creating the right conditions for everyone in our supply chain to thrive. https://www.fairwear.org/

Green Story

Green Story launched in 2015 with the goal to get every consumer on the planet to ask “What’s my impact?” before they make a purchase. By working with pioneering eco brands on measuring and communicating their impacts, they have helped over 10 million consumers make greener choices. Green Story have measured the full environmental impact of BAM products and compared them to equivalents made from synthetics or cotton. BAM is now increasing our transparency with the launch of the first phase of our digital product passports. Collaborating with Green Story we’ll enable our customers to use a QR code to see who made their garment and understand the impacts of their clothes. https://greenstory.ca/

ZDHC

At the end of 2020, BAM joined the ZDHC Foundation (Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals) as a Friend. This industry-led organisation works with brands, suppliers, mills and chemical producers to support better chemical management, lower emissions and safer chemistry. As a friend, we will be able to support the essential work they are doing. And thanks to this investment, we will also be able to make the guidelines, platforms and solutions they have developed available to all our suppliers. This will result in better measurement, better governance and the means to reduce chemical pollution. https://www.roadmaptozero.com/

Sharewear

Sharewear helps you donate your unwanted clothes to end clothing poverty and stop clothing going to landfill. You can do this for free through BAM. The Sharewear Clothing Scheme is a registered charity with centres in Nottingham and Sheffield, and a further centre in Birmingham in the planning stages. Their team - of predominantly volunteers - support people coping with clothing poverty across the East Midlands, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. They are the space where clothing poverty meets clothing waste. https://sharewearclothingscheme.org/

The Textiles 2030 Initiative

The Textiles 2030 Initiative brings together brands, recycling processors, sorters, fibre producers and many other players in the industry. We joined in 2021 so we can collaborate; share what we’ve learnt and learn from others. https://wrap.org.uk/taking-action/textiles/initiatives/textiles-2030

The University of York

We’re investing in research by a team at The University of York into a new bio-based approach to textile recycling which involves first breaking down the fibres and then reconstructing them into brand-new, high-quality fibres.
https://www.york.ac.uk/

Project Plan B

Project Plan B is a recycling processor who has developed unique fibre to fibre recycling technology to recapture the polyester from a used garment to create high quality fibre grade recycled polyester.  We worked with Plan B in the development of our 73 Zero outerwear to ensure that each item was designed to be 100% recycled. Then we invested upfront with Project Plan B to pay for the cost of recycling. https://www.projectplanb.co.uk/

Positive Momentum

SIMON BROWN at Positive Momentum is a consultant with decades of experience and tonnes of knowledge on all things sustainability, Simon has continued to support and guide BAM throughout our journey to impact positive. He says: ‘BAM is demonstrating through its commitment and action that it really is possible to run a hugely successful business that is also impacting positively on the world we inhabit.  This is pioneering stuff, although frankly it shouldn’t be, and it feels great to be on this journey together.’ https://www.positivemomentum.com/

Nature Positive

Nature Positive is a boutique sustainability consultancy which advises businesses on their impacts and dependences on the natural environment, developing strategies to reduce business risks arising from these, and helping to leave a positive legacy. We’ve commissioned them to look at the impacts that bamboo viscose production could have on biodiversity in China and will use the findings of this report to create a bespoke bamboo standard for BAM to recognise the best practices of bamboo growers and guarantee us the highest levels of sustainability. https://naturepositive.com/