USA

Size-Inclusive, Woman-Owned

Range

Womenswear

Certifications

Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS)

Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) ensures that textile products are made from organic fibers, processed using environmentally friendly methods, and meet strict social and ecological criteria.

OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100

The Organic Content Standard (OCS) applies to any non-food product containing 95-100 percent organic material. It verifies the presence and amount of organic material in a final product and tracks the flow of the raw material from its source to the final product.

SEDEX

The Sedex certification verifies that businesses follow responsible and ethical practices in their supply chain, promoting transparency, fair treatment of workers, and environmental sustainability.

Fair Trade

Fair Trade USA certification promotes social and environmental sustainability and ensures that farmers and workers receive fair compensation and work under safe and fair conditions.

Subset

Subsetis a lingerie brand making its products from certified organic cotton, supporting ethical labor practices, and sustainable production processes.

Vegan

Low Waste

Low Carbon

Gives Back

Non Toxic

Promotes Circularity

Ethical Labour

Last updated on May 30, 2023

Environment

Subset uses high proportion of lower impact materials, such as organic cotton certified by GOTS and OEKO-TEX, which limits its water footprint, chemical use, and wastewater.
Its manufacturing takes place in India and Turkey.
It has a year-round quality collection with few items, and unlike fast fashion brands, micro-trends are not followed.
Its packaging is made from recycled content, post-consumer waste, low impact inks, and Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI)-certified cartons.
It opts for air freight, which releases more greenhouse gas emissions in comparison to ocean/sea freight.
To reduce end-of-life textile waste, it offers a textile recycling program to its customers.

Maker Wellbeing

Its traces most of its supply chain, with a high proportion of it being certified Fair Trade, GOTS, OEKO-TEX, and SEDEX.
It ensures living wages are paid to its workers.
It has a Code of Conduct for its suppliers, but its copy is not publicly accessible.

Animal Welfare

It does not appear to use any animal-derived ingredients/by-products in its collection.

Gives Back

Subset has invested in several carbon offset initiatives

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Areas for Improvement

To reduce its carbon footprint Subset could work on

switching to shipping via ocean/sea freight instead of air freight
developing products from recycled materials instead of virgin cotton
having a recycling program in place to make clothing out of offcuts (waste remaining after a larger piece of fabric is cut)

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