At Jerico, we don't believe stewardship of the environment must come with financial burden. It is a fallacy to assert that promoting the environment is at odds with economic prosperity. With careful  consideration and strategic oversight - environmentalism can be completely congruent with efficiency and financial gains. Jerico strives to synergize green practices and fiscal prudence. We have consolidated all aspects of our manufacturing processes within Toronto. This eliminates the unnecessary shipping of supplies across international borders, which ultimately reduces our transport costs and carbon emissions. We use state-of-the-art knitting machines to reduce energy consumption, our dye house uses only nontoxic materials and our cutting and sewing departments recycle upwards of 10% of our textile waste. Even our offices understand the correlation between environmental concern and financial savings - we reuse all the envelopes from our incoming mail and all our printing is done on old invoices. Anyone who's received an order from us will notice that our boxes don't say Jerico. That's not a mistake. We use second-hand boxes. It saves us money and it's good for the environment. It may not be the most glamorous way to do business, but we believe it's the right way.

In addition to scrupulous recycling and consolidation, we continue to expand our eco-friendly collection. Over 50% of our line is now made from bamboo. Bamboo does not require fertilizers or pesticides for cultivation and it grows rapidly and profusely without depleting the soil. Bamboo has a lower environmental impact than pesticide-laden conventional cotton and petroleum-derived nylon and polyester fabrics. Bamboo is also a superior fabric in terms of softness and functionality. Bamboo is inherently moisture wicking and anti-bacterial. This again, is an environmental choice that supports superior product and our business philosophy.

 
Jerico is a green company - by design.