We Care: HipKraft's Environmental Efforts

Being globally and ecologically conscious and responsible is part of our Mission Statement. Here are some of the ways we think we can help.

	Things we are doing now:
		Our office and production facility are 100% wind powered. That's right, we use 100% Green energy as our source of electricity, and we're proud of it! New! We are now a GREEN Certified Site. We've subscribed to the Green site certification process from CO2Stats.com. Through CO2Stats.com, we're purchasing Renewable Energy Certificates to make our site and visits to it carbon-neutral. Click on the GREEN Certified Site badge at the bottom of any page for more information. Most of our garments are made by American Apparel in downtown Los Angeles. One of the reasons we use American Apparel is because we can rest assured that those who manufacture our garments are paid relatively fairly for their efforts. This is often not the case with garments manufactured in other countries. We visit the factory often and have seen that American Apparel cares about their employees and the environment. This helps the earth because American Apparel is conscious of the fabrics and dyes they use in the process and about recyling their waste materials. Additionally, they are are increasing their organic cotton lines and exploring powering their facilities using solar power. We use lightweight (but strong) packaging materials. We do this to reduce the weight that trucks and planes need to carry to deliver our products to you. This is also the reason we don't offer gift boxes (to reduce added weight) - but we do offer your items wrapped in decorative tissue. We re-use and recycle our manufacturing byproducts whenever possible. This greatly reduces the amount of waste produced by the manufacturing process and saves energy by cutting down on some of the raw materials we need, which reduces the footprint of the transportation methods to move these materials. Our premium yoga tanks are high in bamboo fiber content. Bamboo is a natural, organic and sustainable raw material that results in amazingly soft and durable fabric. Our new yoga tanks have a high bamboo content, and they look and feel great!. We use (and reuse) as many American-made packaging materials as we can. This includes our packing tape and boxes. Plastic items made in the USA are generally done so under tighter regulations and produce fewer harmful byproducts in the manufacturing process than those made in Asia.
	Things we are working on for the future:
		We are actively researching recyled packaging alternatives, especially for our small poly mailers. Know of any that won't break the bank? Please share! We are planning to re-introduce organic cotton apparel as demand permits. Know of other things we can do? Drop us a line!

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