Sustainability

Did you know that each of our Speak Up 4 Paws products is made just for you? We only make clothing when we receive your order for it, avoiding textile waste. So forget about mass-produced clothing, and let us create your quality one-of-a-kind piece!

General Sustainability Statement

Sustainability is important to Speak Up 4 Paws. We’re getting greener every step of the way, while still providing you with the quality products you deserve.

Around 85% of all textiles produced by the fashion industry end up in landfills, making it a major contributor to environmental damage. Even worse, one in every five items produced by the fashion industry reaches landfills without being worn once.

As Speak Up 4 Paws works with on-demand suppliers, we only produce items we get an order for, avoiding textile waste from overproduction. Our printing partner’s high-quality printing tech creates almost no waste water and uses less energy than standard industry printers.

Information about production 

Each product you see in the Speak Up 4 Paws store is made on-demand—once you place an order, we produce it specifically for you. This allows us to avoid overproduction and textile waste, and we’re continuously working toward greener production. 

Printing Tech and Materials

Our clothing designs are fulfilled using various methods. Many of our products are printed with the direct-to-garment (DTG) technique, which is a printing method where ink is first sprayed directly onto the garment, and then it soaks into the fabric. It’s like printing on paper but on clothing. 

We use Kornit printers that generate almost zero wastewater and use less energy than standard industry printers, which lowers our carbon footprint.

The inks we use for printing are Oeko-Tex™ certified, vegan, water-based, and free of harmful chemicals. Speak Up 4 Paws takes sustainability seriously, that’s why we take care to properly dispose of any left-over ink according to the ink supplier guidelines

Eco-Friendly Materials

There are a lot of reasons why a product or material could be considered sustainable. Currently, at Speak Up 4 Paws, our eco-friendly product collection consists of items made of at least 70% organic or recycled materials, or a mix of these materials.