Many factors need to
converge for a company
to achieve sustainability.
COMPLIANCE
SOCIAL
ECONOMIC
SUSTAINABILITY
SUSTAINABLE
MATERIALS
CHEMICAL
RESTRICTION
COMPANY INFO
Company
Mondetta Canada Inc.
Founders Ash Modha,
Prashant Modha and
CC What are some sustainability goals
your company is looking at incorporating
Raj Bahl
Headquarters
Winnipeg, Manitoba
in the future?
AM Along with being a Certified B Corpo-
ration (see "What is a B Corp?"), we're
working on being a member of the Sustain-
able Apparel Coalition, which develops the
Higg Index, a suite of tools for the stan-
dardized measurement of value chain
Website mondetta.com
Mondetta items
at Costco
A variety of men's and
women's Mondetta
clothing items are
available year-round in
Costco warehouses and
AM Fast fashion isn't known for sustain-
ability at all, so making products that last
longer and stay out of landfills is part of the
battle. We use a Swedish anti-odour fabric
sustainability. This [means] we build out
the entire product with innovation and
efficiencies, environmental and social
footprints, and supply chain transparency
in mind.
at Costco.ca.
Quote about Costco
"If the employees
finish called Polygiene in our activewear, to
help give our products a longer life span.
Also, as of spring 2022, all of our poly bag
packaging will be made from recycled
post-consumer materials.
Companywide, over 80% of our styles
will be classified as sustainable by 2022,
so the milling and knitting of our fabrics,
chemical reduction, traceability and chain
of custody, right down to our product's
packaging, has environmental and sustain-
ability impacts in mind.
are treated well, the
company also does well.
Those are the tenets of
For instance, we're looking at how we
can fix the waste that is seen in apparel
right now. When we go into mills, how do
we make sure they're using the right formu-
las so we don't have to keep rebuying dye?
It also ties into working with factories and
making them more sustainable. How do
we retain rainwater and filter it?
Those are the types of things that
we're going to be working with. It's really
about changing the way the factory func-
tions from fabric to product development.
Costco that I absolutely
respect. I don't think
there's a company in the
world that even comes
close to their integrity. It
makes me really proud to
do business with them."
-Ash Modha, president,
Mondetta
What is a B Corp?
Certified B Corporations are
for-profit companies dedi-
cated to using business as
a force for good. As one of
the 4,000 companies around
the globe that are Certified B
Corps, Mondetta must meet
the following criteria:
Governance. Includes
Community. Includes
diversity and equity.
Environment. Includes
environmental management.
Customers. Includes cus-
company mission and ethics.
Workers. Includes finan-
tomer stewardship, account-
ability and transparency.-KC
cial security and satisfaction.
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