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    mclaincausey
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    Joined: 12 Apr 2013

    Yep very impressed with the consciousness and commitments.

    Think it, be it.

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      SKT
      見習いボス
      Joined: 26 Aug 2019

      [mention]Alex [/mention] I’ve been impressed by your commitment to limiting Iron Heart’s carbon footprint ever since hearing you discuss it on the podcast. Please keep posting updates about the process and progress. I think it’s fascinating and so important.  Again, well done!

      last edited by 26 Aug 2021, 21:39 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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        zhivago
        Raw and Unwashed
        Joined: 17 Aug 2010

        Just when I thought it wasn't possible to love IH anymore than I already do…

        Zhivago

        MM: "we all got to start somewhere"

        G: "Never once did he bitch, moan or complain.  He just motivated the team and got on with it"

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          motojobobo
          啓蒙家
          Joined: 22 Aug 2015

          @jordanscollected:

          Your guys don't sit on cruise control, always a foot on the gas headed to be better.

          I don't need any more reasons to support the brand, but I keep finding them anyways.

          +1 here. Thank you @jordanscollected for beautifully writing the same sentiment I share. I could never have expressed it as well as you.

          The journey is the objective.

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            mclaincausey
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            Joined: 12 Apr 2013

            @motojobobo:

            @jordanscollected:

            Your guys don't sit on cruise control, always a foot on the gas headed to be better.

            I don't need any more reasons to support the brand, but I keep finding them anyways.

            +1 here. Thank you @jordanscollected for beautifully writing the same sentiment I share. I could never have expressed it as well as you.

            Yeah, @jordanscollected has a way with words and I've admired @Matt in that regard a lot lately too.

            Think it, be it.

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              Matt
              見習いボス
              Joined: 4 Oct 2011

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                jordanscollected
                啓蒙家
                Joined: 13 Nov 2018

                Thanks boys and girls!! Happy to add some waves to this sea of denim greatness.

                world tours:
                888 Fat guy chocolate WT
                Mad Red x2
                Wabidashery

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                  Alex
                  IHUK Crew
                  Joined: 28 Sept 2009

                  As part of our RE:LOVE program, we said 10% of the money generated from these sales will go to charity. So far, from RE:Loved items sold, we have generated sales of $8,653, so today we donated $865 (£639) to the Blue Marine Foundation.

                  The Blue Marine Foundation is a charity dedicated to restoring the ocean to health by addressing overfishing, one of the world’s biggest environmental problems.

                  We will be paying UPS to offset the carbon we are responsible for and (we have backdated this to April 1st 2021 - the start of our financial year) and we have also been working with a consultancy firm to weigh our carbon usage as a business in general. Anything that is remaining once UPS has offset our shipping will be offset directly by us.

                  Both these methods of offsetting will focus mainly on reforestation and similar initiatives, so we felt it was important to have something focused on the ocean as well.

                  https://www.bluemarinefoundation.com/

                  We will be getting counters built onto the relevant pages of the site so that you can see how much we are offsetting and donating over time.

                  last edited by 1 May 2022, 09:11 4 Jan 2022, 17:50 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                    scooter
                    啓蒙家
                    Joined: 26 Dec 2015

                    I've been trying to do my part, in regards to reducing the carbon footprint. Knowing I may make more than one purchase, within weeks of one another, I've been stacking pieces as much as possible. Normally, my deliveries travel from the UK to the UPS facility in Kentucky, then on to Wisconsin. Unfortunately, my latest order has taken the scenic route around the globe. It found it's way from the UK to Hong Kong, of all places. It has since moved on to Taiwan. So much for doing my part…

                    Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

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                      Matt
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                      Joined: 4 Oct 2011

                      I noticed my last purchase went to HK as well.

                      last edited by 5 Mar 2022, 18:17 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                        scooter
                        啓蒙家
                        Joined: 26 Dec 2015

                        …and, back to Hong Kong it goes.  ???

                        Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

                        last edited by 5 Mar 2022, 22:48 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                          Alex
                          IHUK Crew
                          Joined: 28 Sept 2009

                          Sadly, we have no control over what happens to packages after they are picked up from us. At the end of the day, everyone can only do their part to make a change, we are trying our best and appreciate you doing yours too, Scott.

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                            scooter
                            啓蒙家
                            Joined: 26 Dec 2015

                            @Alex:

                            Sadly, we have no control over what happens to packages after they are picked up from us. At the end of the day, everyone can only do their part to make a change, we are trying our best and appreciate you doing yours too, Scott.

                            Make no mistake, Alex, I have absolutely zero frustration with anyone on your end. UPS is 100% responsible for that. I was simply venting, and considering how well UPS has been prior, I probably should've let it go, this time. Hopefully it's an outlier. It wound up ping-ponging between Hong Kong and Taiwan, twice, before moving on to Alaska, and then to Kentucky, where it should've gone in the first place. Amazingly, it only wound up one day late, with roughly 20,000 extra miles travelled.  ::) 😃

                            Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

                            last edited by 10 Mar 2022, 04:49 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • krebsyK
                              krebsy
                              Haraki san Student
                              Joined: 12 Nov 2021

                              You're not alone scooter. My order did almost the same thing over the weekend minus the double bounce between Taiwan and China. All to get it to Pennsylvania. This shirt has seen more of the world than I have!

                              Looks like denim truly is the fabric of our salvation.

                              last edited by 10 Mar 2022, 12:28 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                Alex
                                IHUK Crew
                                Joined: 28 Sept 2009

                                I wonder if it's just scan errors - it seems pretty unlikely the packages actually went that route.

                                last edited by 10 Mar 2022, 12:29 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                  Alex
                                  IHUK Crew
                                  Joined: 28 Sept 2009

                                  Very happy to announce that we are now officially carbon neutral. Will be posting more detail on the amount of carbon offset and what the credits have been used towards in due course.

                                  The certificate is in the name of Island to Island Group, to those not familiar this is the company structure involving Iron Heart.

                                  last edited by 29 Apr 2022, 13:35 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 2
                                  • GilesG
                                    Giles
                                    IHUK Crew
                                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                    Very well done @Alex

                                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

                                    last edited by 29 Apr 2022, 13:44 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • neph93N
                                      neph93
                                      見習いボス
                                      Joined: 18 Aug 2014

                                      @Giles:

                                      Very well done @Alex

                                      Congratulations to all concerned. That means a lot to me as a customer, fanboy, and friend to the brand. Must have taken a lot of work. Truly well done.

                                      “Some of those that work forces
                                      Are the same that burn crosses”

                                      • Virginia Woolf
                                      last edited by 29 Apr 2022, 13:57 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • goosehdG
                                        goosehd
                                        Mod Squad
                                        Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                                        Congratulations Alex. Well done!

                                        "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

                                        last edited by 29 Apr 2022, 14:16 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                          Matt
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                                          Joined: 4 Oct 2011

                                          Great work team!

                                          last edited by 29 Apr 2022, 14:20 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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