POLYLANA®

AWARE® RECYCLED COTTON

AWARE® RECYCLED WOOL

AWARE® RECYCLED POLYESTER

RECOVER® RECYCLED COTTON

AWARE® ORGANIC COTTON

AWARE® HEMP

BOXERSSOCKS BLANKETSBAGS WOVEN

SCARVESCAPS &

HATSKNITWEAR

AWARE® ORGANIC COTTON Heavy Woven Fabrics / Knitwear

AWARE® ORGANIC HEMP Woven Fabrics / Knitwear

AWARE® rCOTTONHeavy Woven Fabrics / Knitwear

AWARE® rWOOLKnitwear / Heavy Wovens

AWAREt rPETWoven Fabrics

RECOVER®

Woven fabrics / Knitwear

POLYLANA®

Knitwear

LOWEST IMPACT NATURALYarns and fabrics made with natural and certified organic

fibers produced without the use of chemical fertilizers or

pesticides.

RECYCLEDGRS certified yarns and fabrics produced from recycled inputs including pre/post consumer

textile waste and post consumer plastic bottles.

LOWEST IMPACT SYNTHETIC

New and patented low-impact synthetic yarn and fabric

technologies.

A Collection of Fashion Accessoriesmade from Sustainable Solutions

ITC AWARENESSGOAL

“Replace 75% of ITC’s global accessories production with

sustainable solutions by 2020”

ITC AWARENESSMISSION

“Make fashion accessories with the best social conditions and lowest environmental

impact a TRUE alternative, by making them Fashionable (trend), Affordable

(price) and Available (minimums).”“ITC Accessories is the FIRST one-stop-shop in the world for all types of low-impact fashion accessories.

A truly comprehensive offering that provides large retailers and brands a full range of sustainable solutions with third party

certification for virtually all the product categories within fashion accessories.”Feico van der Veen, CEO ITC Accessories

The ITC Awareness Collection has been developed by ITC Accessories to provide retailers and brands with true low-impact solutions for their fashion accessories.

It took more than 3 years to develop these sustainable solutions, during which extensive research has been done to offer low-impact solutions based on a solid, informed and reliable supply chain.

This research is ongoing; more materials and product categories will be available in the near future and every step of the supply chain will be improved for lower impact.

It will keep improving, but there are now no more excuses for waiting to replacing conventional materials with low-impact alternatives from the ITC Awareness solutions.

ITC Awareness is not a concept. It’s real, it’s available and it’s ready to market!

ADVANTAGES

requires the lowest amount of input and has the lowest amount of environmental impact.

stronger than cotton fiber.

hypoallergenic, non-irritating to the skin, naturally anti-microbial providing resistance to mold, mildew, and bacteria without chemical finishes.

does not degrade in salt water.

SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE FORNormal Cotton | Acrylic | Wool

SUSTAINABLE CLAIMSHigh-yield crop that produces significantly more fibers per acre than cotton. It requires no pesticides, crowds out weeds without herbicides, controls erosion of the topsoil, and produces oxygen. It is a renewable resource that can be cultivated in as little as 100 days

Hemp vs. conventional cotton:

land.

AWARE® HEMP

ADVANTAGES

environmentally friendly, unlike its conventional counterpart.

most skin-friendly, most soothing, and most harmless natural fiber.

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SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE FORNormal Cotton | Acrylic | Wool

SUSTAINABLE CLAIMSCompared to two independent studies of conventional cotton, organic was found to have:

(soil erosion).

(water withdrawn from groundwater or surface water bodies).

Aware® Organic Cotton yarn and fabrics are made from 100% organic cotton which has been grown in an environment where no pesticides, chemical fertilizers, or herbicides have been used.

Aware® Hemp yarn and fabrics are extracted from the stem of the hemp plant, grown organically by nature using all natural ingredients: compost, animal manure and available rainfall.

AWARE® ORGANIC COTTON

ADVANTAGES

Post-Industrial, Pre/Post-Consumer -

® yarns are made from cotton cutting waste, very fine count yarns can be made and retain strength.

® PCT yarns made from Pre/Post-Consumer garment waste offer greater color control than other recycled cotton yarns.

SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE FOR

SUSTAINABLE CLAIMS

Recover® fiber produced compared to cultivation and dye-processing of virgin cotton.

production is prevented per kg of Recover® fiber produced compared to cultivation and processing of virgin cotton.

® stops plastic from polluting land and oceans.

Recover® is mostly made from post-industrial cutting scraps and is a brand of Hilaturas Ferre (Spain), who have been recycling cotton textile waste since 1947.

ADVANTAGES

existence; it makes sense to re-use

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carbon footprint than organic cotton

virgin polyester.®

SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE FOR

SUSTAINABLE CLAIMS

oceans.

emissions.

Aware® Recycled Polyester yarn and fabrics are 100% regenerated from post-consumer PET bottles. Fashion Accessories created from recycled polyester can be recycled again and again with no degradation of quality, allowing us to minimize waste.

AWARE® RECYCLED PET

ADVANTAGES

® rWool usaves nearly 11 kg of

re-using existing colorful clothing, no environmentally unfriendly toxic washing or dyeing processes are

water per 1 kg of yarn are saved.

polyester and is dope dyed (saves water, reduces energy and avoids pollution).

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SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE FOR

SUSTAINABLE CLAIMS

made from recycled wool a year it would save:

family's electricity needs

Aware® Recycled Wool yarn and fabrics are made from 100% post consumer garments in a completely vertically integrated recycling unit, with more than 40 years of experience in recycling and with state of the art open-end spinning machines from Europe. Our factory has developed local social and environmental initiatives and is empowering women.

AWARE® RECYCLED WOOL

SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE FOR

SUSTAINABLE CLAIMS

- 0,3 kg of the use of fertilizers

ADVANTAGES

®

energy required to manufacture the same amount of virgin cotton.

due to lack of dye processing with the waste can allow unique product offerings.

polyester and is dope dyed (saves water, reduces energy and avoids pollution).

®

Aware® Recycled Cotton yarn and fabrics are made from 100% post consumer garments in a completely vertically integrated recycling unit, with more than 40 years of experience in recycling and with state of the art open-end spinning machines from Europe. Our factory has developed local social and environmental initiatives and is empowering women.

AWARE® RECYCLED COTTON

RECOVER® RECYCLED COTTON

SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE FORConventional Acrylic | Wool

SUSTAINABLE CLAIMS®

Recycled Polyester.

impact than Acrylic.®

Polylana®

than Acrylic.

Polylana® yarn is being developed to reduce acrylic fiber consumption in the fashion industry. Many reports confirm that acrylic is one of the worst performing fabrics in terms of Life Cycle Assessments. Polylana® is made from a patent pending process using mainly recycled polyester, developed in an ongoing process to achieve the lowest-impact yarn possible.

POLYLANA®

ADVANTAGES

toxic materials: Acrylic.®

development.® IP rights and future patents

belong to ITC Accessories.® Trademark has been

ITC Accessories.® yarn

provides opportunities to make it even lower impact and / or recyclable.