U N I Q L O:: best leader of sustainability; in clothing company

U N I Q L O... 

proudly, my mostly favourite best practice of sustainability initiative for clothing company!

Quite recently, uniqlo published an article that simple but innovative providing knowledge for consumers on how being sustainable with our clothing. 

In this issue, they made a big deal about how single use plastic shopping bags has created enormous damage towards our oceans and marines life.There are about 150 million tonnes of plastic waste that accumulated in our ocean and on top of that there are 8 million tonnes of plastic waste flows into the ocean every year! 

This figure alone should bring such an alarm to everyone of us about how crucial that is to our environment!   

We can turn the power of our clothing into driving force for good for people and planet. 

we created our clothing by designing, choosing materials, manufacturing and selling good quality clothing with sustainability concept in our mind.  'U N I Q L O

To increase your own awareness about sustainability: 

Click on this following link: https://www.uniqlo.com/my/store/sustainability/home.html 

What is good clothing?! 

Is a line of clothing that made simple but perfection in design, manufactured using high quality material and made to last. UNIQLO clothing is made to provide comfort, leisure and protection and is created harmoniously with our nature and reducing environmental stress and pollution at the same time. 

As an ethical company;UNIQLO strived as a people of diverse background, working enthusiastically with high energy where all of our staff is treated with dignity; and their health, safety and human rights are upheld and well respected. 

And with this same spirit that upholding our company will be spread out to all our customers, stakeholders where all work together towards better and sustainable society. 

What is plastic and what damage it created!! 

PLASTIC (mixture of synthetics & polymers) 

which is globally used to make household products such as interior of washing machine, microwave and refrigerators. Also commonly used as a materials for transportations and interior part of many vehicles. 

By using plastic materials it does help to increase durability, lighten the weight of manufactured goods also reduce the cost of oil and and electrical power consumption. 

Our responsibility as a consumer is to reduce our daily usage of plastic like plastic bags, plastic bottles, straws and food containers. Damages of plastics waste in our O C E A N about 150 million tonnes of plastic waste now occupying our ocean and about 8 million tonnes additional waste is streaming daily

That is in equivalent of 50,000 jumbo size personal jets!

It is our responsibility to STOP this figure and should we allow it to continue, the ocean will be full of plastic waste that endangered our ocean habitat and precious whales, turtles and many more! 

And the destruction of our ocean will be making an impact that simultaneously endanger and cause major disturbance towards our ecosystem and also our life. 

HOW UNIQLO effectively showing example by reducing plastics in all level of their clothing operations and managemens! 

1. Abolishing Plastic Shopping Bags 

2. Abolishing Plastic Product Packaging and Shifting to Environmentally Friendly Materials. 

i.e. the use of plastic packaging of *in house slippers* in 2019 else in plastic hangers and strictly used for B R A tops; major reduction producing shirt clips, 

HEATTECH & AIRISM and other form 

of plastic packaging in their clothings by 60% 

and continuously researching for better alternatives.

Prior to the PROUD initiative of abolishing/eliminating the use of plastig bags during shopping, the promotion of a ONE time buy of ECO cotton bag that is not only reusable, multipurpose, washable friendly and trendy!

From Mac 2020; another alternative is A replacement of paper shopping bags that is produced by (FSC) Forest Stewardship Council which is fully certified paper and recycled paper in stores globally.