Just a quick note to let you know that we will be exhibiting at the Textile Forum in a couple of weeks again. We met so many old and new friends and customers at the last event back in September last year that we just had to be there again. So, make a date in your diary for Wednesday 13^th and Thursday 14^th March 2024 and head off to One Marylebone, NW1 4AQ (same place as last time). The nearest tube station is Great Portland Street. Entrance to the event is entirely free, so no excuses.

Events like these are a great way to meet many people in a very short time. We can get to know our customers and their needs much better, while they can see for themselves all the exciting things we are working on at our factory. How can you resist the invitation?

See you there!

Greenwashing’ is on the rise it seems and has been criticised by some as merely being a PR or marketing stunt used to increase sales by promoting the companies’ green credentials among which are a number of high-profile global fashion concerns. Hardly surprising they do so, however, given that in the UK alone ‘ethical’ spending (i.e. spending based upon ecological or ethical reasons) amounted to over £120bn in 2020 – and is constantly rising.

Thankfully, consumers are getting wise to the practice and are exposing the greenwashing claims and token gestures advertised by their authors.

For those brands and designers who take green issues seriously, it is quite a problem as this demands a deep-dive into their entire supply chains – from the origin and materials of their fabrics to the policies of factories which make up their garments.

But, when it comes to buttons, we, at Courtney & Co., are here to help. Unlike many of our peers, we only make buttons from natural, sustainable, bio-degradable raw materials. We also use Oeko-tex 100 standard dyes throughout, bio-degradable packaging and other natural media such as walnut shells, maize husks, porcelain, pumice and wooden pegs and cubes to matt and polish our buttons. (Our use of chemical, non-organic materials is kept to an absolute minimum throughout).

So, if you are keen to promote your green credentials, we are here at your side, doing what we do best so that you can do the same.