Planet
Our Future
We are committed to being a good steward of the environment and regularly evaluate our operations to make continuous improvements.
Emissions
As part of SanMar’s commitment to sustainability, we are taking steps to reduce emissions in our facilities and supply chain.
Science-Based Targets
SanMar signed on to the Science Based Targets initiative to set an ambitious, company-wide target to cut carbon emissions in line with climate science.
Energy and Water
SanMar continues to strive to reduce our energy and water use wherever possible through careful measurement and continuous improvement in our facilities and processes.
Energy Use
Since we began tracking and reporting on our energy use, several initiatives have been implemented, including smart LED lighting in our warehouses and efficiency improvements to the HVAC system in our home office.
Water Use
We strive to reduce domestic water use by installing water-efficient fixtures, monitoring devices for early leak detection and water-efficient landscaping.
Waste Reduction
Understanding and improving what we do with materials at the end of their useful life is just as important as reducing our resource usage when they are created.
Over the years we have implemented several initiatives to reduce and keep waste out of landfill. From providing recycling and compost options at our home office to packaging reduction efforts at our distribution centers, we aim to reduce, reuse and recycle wherever possible. In 2023, we focused on recycling and repurposing many kinds of waste both at our corporate headquarters and in our distribution centers.
Circularity
A circular product cycle transforms the traditional process of “take-make-waste” into a system that leverages the highest and best use of materials. We’re committed to finding circular product solutions to reduce the total impact of our products.
We are exploring ways to keep textile waste out of landfill at each stage of the supply chain by:
- Developing styles made with recycled content and utilizing our own manufacturing waste wherever possible.
- Collecting recyclable textiles at our office to keep them out of landfill.
- Engaging with industry initiatives such as Accelerating Circularity to support creation of circular systems, as a part of their collaborative effort to accelerate the textile industry’s move from linear to circular product development cycles.
- Working with vendors like Looptworks, a certified B Corp focused on reducing waste in the textile industry.
- Creating the Textile Waste Decision Tree to help our customers and end-users determine how to recycle or dispose of products in a responsible way.
“SanMar is in a unique position to make environmental progress. Being a family-owned, vertically-integrated business enables us to move quickly and decisively to make investments that not only reduce our impact, but make good business sense.”
Paul Whyatt
Chief Financial Officer
