Lingerie brand survey

Here I have put together a survey of 12 brands which are doing similar things to me.
To qualify for inclusion brands had to have at least 3 things in common with Sanctuary Innerwear.
​They needed to be:

• offering similar pieces of clothing
• using Tencel® or other sustainable textiles (see note below on organic cotton)
• using non-toxic plant dyes
• manufacturing domestically
• certified by a 3rd party as being ecological
• purchasable using either CAD or USD
• two points for using ayurvastra!! (from which my idea for infusing came)

Use this chart to weigh your priorities and make decisions on your purchases. 
What concerns you: pollution, water scarcity, human rights, increased dependence on oil?

Sanctuary Innerwear is the only brand of lingerie that boasts transparency, consistent and pervasive sustainability and social responsibility. You CAN have it all! 
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Brand	offering	fabric	dyes	manufacture	certifications	other	currency
Sanctuary Innerwear ​(Canada)	cami's, corselette, bralettes, panties, sleepwear	Lenzing Tencel​®	plants only	Ontario, Canada	Emerging Leader in Sustainable textiles, Textile Exchange	infused with herbs	CAD
Groceries Apparel ​(USA)	tops, leggings, unisex, baby	organic cotton*, some non-Lenzing tencel	some use of plants as dyes, i.e., madder, indigo	USA	none	Value	USD
Underprotection​(Denmark)	lingerie, loungewear, swim	Tencel®, organic cotton, recycled polyester	conventional	India	B Corp PETA Oeko-Tex	Value	CAD through 3rd party, i.e., Azura Bay
People Tree (England)	underwear, essentials	Tencel​®, organic cotton, responsible wool	conventional	India	GOTS Fair Trade PETA	Pioneers in sustainable clothing	USD
The Nude Label ​(Spain)	underwear, swim	organic cotton	some use of plant dyes (logwood, lac)	Spain	GOTS ​Good on You: Good	Value	CAD through 3rd party, i.e., itsthelake.com
Organic Basics (Denmark)	bras, undies	Tencel® organic cotton, recycled nylon	conventional	Europe	PETA ​Good on You: great	Value	USD
Miakoda ​(USA)	lounge, essentials	organic cotton, bamboo, soy	Procion low impact dyes	USA	GOTS WRAP ​Control Union cert	Value	USD
Mary Young (Montreal)	bras, panties, bodysuits	bamboo	"non- amine, unbleached"	Montreal, Quebec	OEKO-TEX	size inclusive	CAD
Fortnight ​(Toronto)	lingerie, swim, lounge	unspecified	unspecified	Toronto, Ontario	Value	focus on fit	CAD
Thief & Bandit (Halifax)	intimates, swim, tops, bottoms	"organic textiles"	Vprinted with water-based inks	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Value	Value	CAD
Monsoon Blooms ​(Australia)	tops, yoga mats	Linen, organic cotton	plant dyes, ayurvastra	India	Fair Trade PETA GOTS Social Accountability Int'l	use of ayurvastra	AUD

*total CO2 emissions per ton of fibre, including crop cultivation, harvesting, fibre production and spinning (note the difference between organic cotton from US and India):

USA organic cotton 2.35 kg 
US conventional cotton 5.9 kg
India organic cotton 3.8 kg
Tencel® 1.2 kg

Shen, Li & Patel, Martin. (2010). Life Cycle Assessment of man-made cellulose fibres. Lenzinger Berichte. 88: 1–59. ​