I used to work at a store called American Apparel. When most people visit the store they often get the wrong impression about the store and what it represents because of its explicit pictures, but they never realize that it is one of the most eco-friendly company, and does a lot for moral ethics. A lot of their garments are made from recycled cloth, and they also have a lot of garments made from organic cotton. Their factory contains a solar panel on their roof. They have implemented daylight-harvesting technology that saves over a million kilowatt hours of energy every year. Also donating to TFT which is Trash for Teaching a non-profit organization that teaches over 100 schools about resource management. Not only are they environmental friendly with their employees by providing them with bikes to transport to and fro work, but they also hire immigrants with great pay and have form a campaign called legalize LA to fight for immigrant rights.
Their other campaign also includes legalize gay in which they produce t-shirts with the slogan and the proceeds go to Harvey Milk high school and gay-interest businesses, also protesting yearly for prop 8 to be passed, giving gays the rights to legalize marriage. This company does so much more that i could go on and on and on. But its saddening how a small company is doing so much more than these big corporations who could have a major influence on society.
http://www.americanapparel.net/contact/environment.html
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