Overview of TS Designs sustainable journey

1. Our MISSION is to build a sustainable company that simultaneously looks after PEOPLE, the PLANET and PROFITS. Eric Henry, T.S.Designs, Inc.

3. NAFTA 1994

4. Development of our REHANCE technology

5. Changed our company mission to a triple bottom line

6. Launch of Clothing Facts with American Apparel

7. Manufacturing t-shirts in North Carolina

8. Cotton of the CarolinasToday, over 90% of our t-shirts are domestically made and over 70% are made in North Carolina

9. Got a design?We’ll print it for you!

12. Why we can’t return……….. Large single bottom line corporations 9 billion people on the planet The oil party is over Create an environment that every participates

14. Case for Cotton of the Carolinas More and more of our organic cotton yarn is coming from oversea sources like Pakistan, India and Turkey 32,000 Jobs Lost in North Carolina since NAFTA North Carolina is the 4th largest grower of cotton in US most of which is exported Today a t-shirt can travel 17,000 miles We go “Dirt to Shirt” in less than 750 miles!

15. Objectives of Cotton of the Carolinas

16. Low Transportation Footprint

17. Support of Local Economies

18. Complete Product Transparency Farm Knit Gin Spin Cut Finish Sew Print Wes (ginner) Mark (spinner) Kenny (finisher) Brian (knitter/cutter/sewer) Eric & Tom (printer/dyer) Ronnie (farmer)

19. The Industry’s Transparency

20. Our Transparency

21. Track your t-shirt, Harvest 09 www.cottonofthecarolinas.com

23. Organic Cotton in North Carolina? Lots of stakeholders Work within the system Create the demand

24. Follow us on our TS Designs Fan page Eric Henry 336.675.6266 eric@tsdesigns.com