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Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: [email protected] Date: 9 August 2016 at 11:26:19 pm AEST To: @peopletree.co.uk> Cc: Natalie Flournoy Grillon , Subject: Re: Additional information from People Tree Hi

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Thanks for all of this info. This is great! We have the page scheduled for an update in September. Please let me know if there is any additional information that you'd like to share before then. All the best, Megan Sent from my iPhone On 9 Aug 2016, at 1:31 PM,

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Hi Natalie and Megan I hope your mee5ng with Safia went well. As I said if something is not clear, please get back to me, I will be happy to let you know what I can. Kind regards From: Natalie Flournoy Grillon [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 08 August 2016 17:07 To: @peopletree.co.uk> Cc: Megan O'Malley ; @peopletree.co.uk> Subject: Re: Addi5onal informa5on from People Tree

Thank you so much for all of this

. Megan will take it from here!

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Dear Megan, I hope all is well. Sorry for the delayed reply. I have had a look at your website, which is very informative, well presented and a great tool to educating the consumer on what they are buying. I know that you are meeting with Safia Minney next week and I have given you some more information below in the areas where you have stated it is lacking on your website. Please let me know if there is more specific information that you require and if you have any other queries. We do not measure greenhouse gas emissions, as it is part of our mission to ensure that we reduce greenhouse gas emissions as much as possible in our entire production cycle. People Tree developed the first integrated supply chain for organic cotton from farm to final product and we were the first organization anywhere to achieve GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) certification on a supply chain entirely in the developing world. We work hard to ensure that we pioneer sustainable methods of production to minimise environmental impact. Not only is most of our cotton certified organic and Fairtrade, our clothes are manufactured to Fair Trade standards too. We source yarns, fabrics and accessories locally, choosing natural and recycled products over toxic, synthetic and nonbiodegradable materials wherever we can. People Tree chooses sea freight over CO2-intensive air freight wherever possible. We work with producers who use hand knitting and hand weaving fabric methods, rather than by machine, reducing CO2 emissions. Here are some examples below: • We start with the organic cotton, which is grown without use of chemical pesticides. Organic cotton is proven to save and protect water resources and greatly reduce carbon emissions. We trace our organic cotton back to cotton farming groups as much as possible. All our organic fibre is certified at the farm level and through fabric production and tailoring. All organic cotton is also free of Genetically Modified (GMO) seeds. We will introduce organic cotton into our Bangladesh supply chain from AW16. • People Tree is a long standing supporter of better environmental practice. Safia Minney proposed the adding of the Principle 10 ‘Respect for the Environment’ as one of the WFTO Principles over ten years ago and it is a key part of our mission. • People Tree’s range includes Hand Woven, Hand Knitted, Hand Embroidered and Hand Printed products People Tree is not only protecting traditional crafts, it is also saving energy and reducing CO2 emissions that are produced by the use of machines. The production of the hand woven fabric is carbon neutral as looms are powered by hand and not run on electricity. The production of fabric using a hand loom rather than a machine can save one tonne of CO2 per loom, per year. Please find below some more information that you had mentioned was missing

Please find below some more information that you had mentioned was missing • We use certification procedures such as Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) Fairtrade Labelling Organisation (FLO) and World Fair Trade Organisation (WFTO) to ensure that our supply chain is being monitored and is following the correct procedures. • We seasonally check each Producer's supply chain and ensure all the correct certifications are in place. We visit all garment producers at least every six months, which includes visits and monitoring of them and their sub groups. • All organizations use recycled or easily biodegradable materials for packing as much as possible. Each People Tree garment is sealed individually in bags made from polypropylene and is actually recyclable and biodegradable! We use these to prevent damage at sea. Risking damaging a handmade piece of clothing on the sea voyage to save a plastic bag just doesn’t make sense, although reducing waste is something we are constantly looking at. • We do not measure water use but all of our dyeing units use effluent water treatment plants, which have been checked by us or through certification procedures. This ensures that all water is cleaned and recycled and does not go back to pollute the environment . I hope you have a productive visit with Safia and please do not hesitate to contact us if you need any assistance or information. Many thanks Kind regards

________________________________________ From: Megan O'Malley [[email protected]] Sent: 26 July 2016 21:29 To: Cc: ; Natalie Grillon Subject: Additional information from People Tree Hi Thanks for getting in touch. My name is Megan and I'm the lead researcher at Project JUST. If you could send all the additional information for the People Tree page to me that would be fantastic. Thank you! All the best, Megan