Consumer Resources for Mindful Choices

Discover ways to shop more sustainably

Use these resources to look for brands that are ethical and sustainable:

• Good on You | An app that helps consumers create a positive impact by finding and championing responsible brands.

• B Lab | A place to find B Lab certified brands. Certifies B Corps and fosters a movement of businesses as forces for good.

Reduce your impact by shopping secondhand on these Resale Platforms

• Mercari | Helping people buy and sell secondhand clothing, shoes, and household items.

• Poshmark | Helping consumers create value through secondhand clothing, shoes, beauty, and household items.

• TheRealReal | Extending the life of luxury items and driving a circular economy.

• ThredUp | Inspiring consumers to choose secondhand.

• Vestiare | Promoting the circular fashion movement and working to transform the fashion industry.

• Beni | An app that aggregates deals from 40+ secondhand sites so you can easily find the brands you love, for less.

Advocacy, Education and Community Resources

• Accelerating Circularity | Building circular textile systems through collaboration.

• ACT (American Circular Textiles) | Creating a circular textile industry through policy and innovation.

• Circular Supply Chain Network | Building awareness and collaboration around circular supply chain solutions.

• Ellen MacArthur Foundation | Leading global efforts to create a circular economy.

• Sustainable Fashion Forum | Working to drive sustainable change in fashion through sharing knowledge and connecting industry professionals.

• The All We Can Save Project | Forming climate leaders.

• Fibershed | Building regional fiber systems rooted in sustainability.

• Ecotextile News | Covers critical issues in sustainable fashion and textile production.

• Fashion for Good | Accelerates sustainable innovation in the fashion industry.

• Remake | Advocacy | Educating and mobilizing consumers to demand a more humane fashion industry.

• Know Your Clothing | Creating transparency in supply chains and amplifying responsible manufacturing practices.

Search for Climate and Sustainability Careers

• Green Job Boards

• Green Jobs Network

• Remote Climate Jobs

• Impact Job

• limatebase

• Conscious Fashion Collective | A community of fashion professionals working to evolve sustainable fashion.

Purchase Deadstock/Pre-Consumer Waste

• Fabscrap | Diverting unused textiles from landfills through reuse and recycling.

Local and Regional Supply Chains

• Fibershed Affiliate Network | A network of organizations building regional fiber systems rooted in sustainability.

• PA Fibershed | A fiber and textile community in PA weaving together the fabric of positive change.

Certifications to Look For on Your Tags

• Better Cotton | Promoting better standards in cotton farming for people and the planet.

• Bluesign | Ensures safer and more sustainable textile production through strict chemical standards.

• Fairtrade International | Certification | Supports fair wages, ethical trade, and environmental standards globally.

• Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) | Certification | Sets globally recognized standards for organic textile production.

• ZDHC | ZDHC | Aligns brands and suppliers to eliminate harmful chemicals from global supply chains.