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School uniform & sustainability

Since the inception of School blazer in 2004, sustainability has been at the forefront of their development as a company. Knowing that they operate within one of the worstoffending industries for pollution in the world, the fashion industry, only reinforced the school uniform company's focus on the environment, and ensuring their impact on the planet was as small as possible.

The company adopts a 'Durability = Sustainability' approach at every step of a garment's development. By making products last longer, parents and pupils need fewer items, which in turn means there are fewer items wasted. Schoolblazer achieve this by researching fabrics, submitting garments to rigorous wash-testing and being firm on fabrics which won't

ywork for their schools. Garments are made to last 200+ washes, allowing all of our garments to be worn for at least three school years. The critical environmental issue facing the world is global warming due to CO2 emissions. Schoolblazer are working hard to reduce the CO2 produced in their garments and operations, actively seeking our lower emission suppliers and adopting lower carbon approaches. However, this takes time. In the meantime, they offset all of the carbon emissions they are responsible for; not only the operational CO2 but also the carbon created during garment production itself. The company focuses on legitimate carbon offsetting projects within the countries that produce their garments, such as supporting a geothermal energy plant in Indonesia. A focus on recycled materials is also a major part of the Schoolblazer sustainability

Tim James

Co-Founder Schoolblazer approach, as an additional way to protect against further waste. The Buying team at Schoolblazer research alternative fabrics each year, looking at new technologies and the breakdown of fabrics at the end of a garment's life. Not willing to compromise on durability, the company has moved almost all of their Limitless sportswear for 2023 to recycled polyester, and have almost removed single use plastics from the supply chain. To find out more, please visit their website:

www.schoolblazer.info/wecare

BSA takes steps towards Net Zero BSA Group is pleased to have planted a total of 210 trees in 2022, which amounts to offsetting 35 tonnes of Co2 emissions.

In January 2022, BSA Group committed to a Net Zero policy in line with UN Sustainable Development Goals and Cop 26. In doing so, BSA Group is striving to become Net Zero as an organisation by 2030 to help reduce our collective carbon impact and protect the environment. “By planting more than 200 trees over the past year we have taken the first steps towards Net Zero. But we still have further to go and look forward to working with our customers and suppliers on our carbon reduction journey.

Robin Fletcher, CEO

In addition to tree planting to offset emissions, the team works remotely from home so travel is substantially reduced, resource usage is minimised using recycled materials and avoiding print where possible, and the majority of BSA Group events continue to run online, further reducing carbon impact.

over 200 trees planted by BSA Group in 2022

BSA Group promises to develop this work further and remains committed to increasing its efforts to become Net Zero.