tsd 2011 presentation

Our MISSION is to build a sustainable company that simultaneously looks

after PEOPLE, the PLANET and PROFITS.

Eric Henry, T.S.Designs, Inc.

Sustainability, a journey not a destination • 1977

• NAFTA 1994

• Development of our REHANCE technology

• Changed our company mission to a triple bottom line

• Launch of Clothing Facts with American Apparel

• Manufacturing t-shirts in North Carolina

• Cotton of the Carolinas

Today, over 90% of our t-shirts are domestically made and over 70% are made in North Carolina

Got a design?

We’ll print it for you!

Why we can’t return………..

• Large single bottom line corporations

• 9 billion people on the planet

• The oil party is over

• Create an environment that every participates

Case for Cotton of the Carolinas

• More and more of our organic cotton yarn is coming from oversea sources like Pakistan, India and Turkey

• 32,000 Jobs Lost in North Carolina since NAFTA

• North Carolina is the 4th largest grower of cotton in US most of which is exported

• Today a t-shirt can travel 17,000 miles

We go “Dirt to Shirt” in less than 750 miles!

Objectives of Cotton of the Carolinas

Low Transportation Footprint

Support of Local Economies

Complete Product Transparency

Ronnie(farmer)

Wes(ginner)

Mark(spinner)

Kenny(finisher)

Brian(knitter/cutter/sewer)

Eric & Tom(printer/dyer)

Farm KnitGin Spin CutFinish Sew Print

The Industry’s Transparency

Our Transparency

Track your t-shirt, Harvest 09

www.cottonofthecarolinas.com

Organic Cotton in North Carolina?• Lots of stakeholders• Work within the system• Create the demand

Eric Henry 336.675.6266 eric@tsdesigns.com

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