Recycled polyester has a significantly lower carbon impact than virgin polyester from non-renewable fossil fuels. It's hard to trace the exact source of recycled materials. We rely on transaction certificates to verify the recycled content of our materials as well as the social, environmental, and chemical practices used in their production. At BAM we ensure we create polyester products that can be recycled again so that eventually our recycled polyester will come from clothing instead of bottles.

We identified this supplier as part of our supply chain mapping. Our goal now is to build up a better picture of the mill, understand their practices and processes as well as the environmental and social governance in place. In this way we can assess their impact on our products. 

We identified this supplier as part of our supply chain mapping. Our goal now is to build up a better picture of the mill, understand their practices and processes as well as the environmental and social governance in place. In this way we can assess their impact on our products. 

This facility is a wet processor using water and chemicals in their processing. They are already following best practice in many areas and transparent in their reporting their wastewater and chemical management policies. They are certified to Foundational level on the ZDHC Supplier to Zero programme. They rank as “best” on our scale of “good, better, best".

This facility is a wet processor using water and chemicals in their processing. They are already following best practice in many areas and transparent in their reporting their wastewater and chemical management policies. They are certified to Foundational level on the ZDHC Supplier to Zero programme. They rank as “best” on our scale of “good, better, best".

Established in 2003, Golden Empire's specialist expertise has allowed us to develop new and innovative bamboo products. They've been incredibly supportive in our work to trace our bamboo viscose back to the source. They are members of the HER Project which strives to empower low-income women working in global supply chains and they use &Wider to allow all factory workers to anonymously provide feedback about working conditions through their mobile phones.

BAM are a certified B-Corp. We launched the Employee Ownership Trust in 2021 which means our employees now equally share ownership of 10% of the company. BAM is a living wage employer in the UK and is accredited by the Living Wage Foundation.