James&Co Sustainability Actions

Peta-approved Vegan brand

James&Co was founded initially with the purpose of contributing to ending cruelty to animals. We were approved as a Peta-approved Vegan brand from day 1.

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Sustainable, chemical-free, cruelty-free vegan leather look fabrics

At the time of starting business, the only synthetic cruelty-free vegan leathers available for outerwear were polyurethane (PU) and polyvinylchlorine (PVC), both of which incorporated plastic and chemicals in their manufacture and are very harmful to the environment and workers. And now 9 years later thanks to technology and environmental persistence there are increasing choices of lab-grown and plant-based leather look alternatives. We followed the developments closely and now the leather look fabrics we use are chemical-free and more sustainable as well as cruelty-free vegan. We have been able to incorporate our purposes for sustainability and contributing to a better world environment and have embraced the opportunity.

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For The Planet By 2030: Why We Must Switch To Sustainable Lether™ 3rd ed

Written by the James&Co founder, this book is the authoritative treatise on the imperatives and the opportunities for ditching toxic traditional polyurethane and switching to more sustainable lether™ fabrics.

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Lether instead of Leather

James&Co has taken the pioneering step of adopting the word 'lether' to describe its synthetic textile fabrics. Simple move of dropping out the 'a' because No A = No Animal. We are trademarking the term and would be pleased to discuss its usage with others so that its use becomes widespread.

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Eco-lether

We are the pioneer brand offering womens leather look outerwear which has discontinued use of PU and is tailoring in the plastic-free chemical-free water based PU (WBPU) which we call eco lether™. The textile is created in laboratories predominantly located in China and is top quality for our apparel as shown in our Miriam collarless lether jacket (and now our lether™ gloves.)

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Outerwear lether materials

We are also the leader in outerwear made in Pinatex pineapple leaf lether™ with some head-turning styles in the gold color. Our styles will now be available for tailoring in newly emerging cactus lether and in Italian VEGEA.

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Supply chain transparency

We believe in supply chain transparency. With our switch away from toxic traditional pu for all our products, we have been re-establishing our supply chain. To source the best most sustainable eco leather fabric manufacturers and the best most sustainable product tailors.

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Supplier Code of Conduct

All suppliers are required to comply with Supplier Code of Conduct. We also have a Sustainability Policy setting out our environmental, health and social (EHS) objectives and we look to our suppliers to have sustainability policies with EHS.

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UN Sustainable Development Goals

We are aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals so we can contribute to the achievent of those goals by collaboration across the whole fashion industry. And pursuing certifications by independent verified bodies to give you confidence in James&Co's commitment to doing good.

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AirRobe Partnership

James&Co has joined the Circular Fashion movement with AirRobe. Now, you can extend the life of your James&Co item by re-selling or renting your pieces back into a circular economy after you’ve worn and loved them.

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