Ink & Spindle Information

Our desire to live, work and create in an ethical and sustainable manner has influenced how I&S began and developed. Everything from the materials we carefully select, to our production processes, to our everyday business decisions. It all reflects our aim to walk softly on the earth. We believe that it's important to be as transparent as possible about sustainable and eco friendly practices. We're not perfect, and there are still elements of our business that we would like to make even more eco-friendly, but below is a list of practices we currently employ to minimise our impact on the earth: We promote and use organic, sustainable & fair trade base cloths. We design for longevity, not conforming to short term, seasonal trends. We use water based, solvent free inks. We minimise water wastage by using high pressure to clean screens. We have a water-board certified separation system to prevent waste ink particles from entering waterways. We use recycled paper, card, envelopes, and reuse boxes & packaging materials where possible. We use biodegradable cello for packaging, as opposed to plastic. We proudly offset our carbon emissions through support of carbon neutral schemes.