Key definitions (A-Z)

Learn more about sustainability through our definitions

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Circular

Designing to reduce waste, circulate product at highest value, and regenerate nature

Deadstock

Made from waste and leftover fabric

Organic

Made from natural farming techniques and not using GMOs

Recycled

Returned to raw materials also known as "textile-to-textile recycling"

Upcycled

Made from waste and leftover fabrics or made from lower-value material (e.g., plastic bottles)

Vegan

Not made from animals or animal by-products; no silk, fur, feathers, or wool

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Organic

Organic

Made from natural farming techniques and not using GMOs

GMOs

Genetically-modified organisms are changed by humans to withstand insects and disease

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Carbon neutral

Carbon neutral

Product effect on CO2 is neutral through offsets or sequestering

Net zero

Same as carbon neutral

Carbon negative

Production process eliminates more greenhouse gases than it produces

Sequestering

Process of capturing and storing carbon dioxide

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Greenhouse Gases

Greenhouse gases

A group of gases that warm the earth by slowing down how fast energy leaves earth

Carbon dioxide

The most abundant greenhouse gas

Methane

A greenhouse gas resulting mainly from agricultural practices but has 30 times the global warming impact of carbon dioxide

Nitrous oxide

A greenhouse gas that has 273x the impact of carbon dioxide

Fluorocarbons

A group of greenhouse gases with 100-1000x impact of carbon dioxide

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Global warming

Global warming potential

How much in carbon dioxide equivalents over 100 years a process or product contributes

Carbon dioxide equivalent

Converting greenhouse gases to their carbon dioxide equivalent based on the time they last and energy they absorb

Radiative efficiency

How much energy a greenhouse gas absorbs

Sources

US Environment Protection Agency "Understanding Global Warming Potentials"

US Department of the Interior "What is carbon sequestration?"