The foundational idea of our brand is to care for the Earth as well as for the health of each person working with us. 

In 2022, we set out to use garments to increase the awareness and understanding of the natural world and how each of our actions has an impact on the planet. That’s why we only use naturally dyed fabrics or azo free dyes.They do not pollute waters and protect the health of the makers and of the women who wear our collections.

Our aim is to promote the use of non-toxic and natural dyes to create responsible, ethical and environmentally friendly garments.

We use fabrics that are natural and compostable for our collections. We source fabrics from NGOs that employ local people, local fabric stores, textile mills and indigenous craft clusters who develop special fabrics for us. We also use next gen materials like Tencel and Birla Liva.

We save and recycle all our studio’s scraps to make new fabrics. We also use a technique called Zero Waste Pattern to limit fabric waste.

We don’t use polyester or synthetic fabrics. We are now partnering with Canopy Planet (link) to help us work with new fabrics which are protecting the world’s ancient forests. With Canopy, we work with textiles sourced from its Gen Next materials created by using by-products of other processes instead of forests. 

We believe style does not have to be at the expense of the Earth.

Our naturally hand-dyed fabrics are made by a small-scale women-owned artisanal studio in Mumbai and a non-profit organization in Kerala. Part of the flowers used for dyeing are recycled from great ancient local temples. Other natural dyeing materials are sourced locally.

Using these natural resources eliminates water pollution and chemical hazards to the dyers, the land and rivers and our customers.

Canopy x Sonam Khetan

Canopy Planet works collaboratively with brands, producers, local NGOs, Indigenous communities to protect forests, species and climate. It seeks to bring the power of the global market to secure large scale and just conservation for the world’s ancient forests. 

Every year, 3.4 billion trees are cut down to make paper packaging and fabrics such as rayon and viscose. Many of these trees come from the world’s Ancient and Endangered Forests, integral to life on Earth. 

Over 950 companies across the world have already partnered with Canopy.

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By partnering with Canopy, Sonam Khetan will be reinforcing our commitment to sustainable practices in every part of our brand, from the making of the garments in the studio to their shipping. 

Canopy will be supporting us on the sourcing of Next Gen innovative materials for textiles and paper packaging. It will enable Sonam Khetan to innovate and to evaluate our actions throughout the entire making process in a more impactful way to contribute to making a better future for the Planet and all its inhabitants.