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Spreadshirt Sustainability Actions

Print-on-demand model

Spreadshirt says it uses a print-on-demand model, which means items are made only after a customer orders them. The company says this helps avoid overstock and waste from making too many products in advance. It also says its return rate is under 2%, and that returned items are either donated to charity or recycled into insulation wool. This is one of the clearest parts of its sustainability story because it links the business model to less waste.

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Switched to green energy

Spreadshirt says it moved its EU servers and offices at its Leipzig headquarters to electricity from green energy suppliers at the start of 2020. It also said it planned to do the same at its US locations. This is an operational change meant to lower the climate impact of running offices and digital systems, although the company does not give a full public breakdown of the emissions saved.

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Paperless production shift

The company says it became almost fully paperless in production in 2019. It claims this saved 767 trees per year by removing paper documents from each order. This is a simple process change, but it matters because it reduces paper use across a large order flow. The company presents it as part of a wider effort to reduce waste in daily operations.

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More eco-friendly products

Spreadshirt says it already sells a range of products made from organic, recycled, or other environmentally friendly materials. It also said it would double the number of eco-friendly products by the end of 2022 and make product origin, materials, and certificates more transparent. That kind of product labelling can help shoppers compare options, but the company does not provide a full public list of all certificates in the material shown here.

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Supplier code and site checks

Spreadshirt says its suppliers must follow its Code of Conduct, and that it has visited supplier sites in Bangladesh, Turkey, and Portugal to check working conditions and pay. It also says its own premium collection suppliers need to provide certificates, memberships, and quality seals that support fair conditions. This suggests some supply-chain oversight, but the public material does not show a full audit report or detailed results.

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Anti-hate marketplace controls

In 2024, Spread Group joined the 'Fashion against Fascism' initiative with Laut gegen Nazis e.V. and other fashion companies. The project uses a shared database of coded far-right symbols so platforms can block hateful or extremist designs more quickly. Spread Group said it already had community standards and a multi-step review process, and that the new database helps it react faster to new symbols. This is a content-moderation action tied to social responsibility rather than environmental impact.

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