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Case Study CTS056 Working with Continental Clothing Product carbon footprinting in practice The Carbon Trust Continental Clothing was the first business-to-business (B2B) company to participate in the Carbon Trust’s product carbon footprinting and labelling initiative. The project gave new insights about how carbon footprint assessment and communication can uniquely benefit B2B companies; how the analysis can be done cost-effectively by a smaller business; and how a textile company can reduce carbon emissions across its supply chain. It is also an early example of a company rolling out the initial pilot to other product lines in their portfolio and even to partners up and down the supply chain. Working with Continental Clothing 01 Company background Established in 1994, Continental Clothing is a B2B wholesaler of blank printable t-shirts, polo shirts and sweatshirts for corporate, leisure and promotional wear, with customers primarily in the music and advertising industries. Continental Clothing employs 45 people and operates in the UK, US and Germany. Continental is differentiated by its direct distribution The EarthPositive® line of shirts was a natural choice model and fast bespoke service, combined with an for Continental’s product carbon footprinting pilot ethically-driven mission: “To inspire and implement since it already minimises environmental impact in all solutions to the environmental crisis”. It has four production stages: sustainable apparel lines including its leading brand •Organic farming – all shirts are 100% certified EarthPositive® launched in 2007 as: “Apparel to combat organic cotton. climate change”.