Everything the scan holds on this record, grouped by subject. Blue bars show how much information is held; they are not positive or negative scores. Fields with nothing behind them are counted, not listed.
Features
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Feature 1
Cone Denim makes its denim fabric from certified organic cotton grown without pesticides, herbicides or synthetic fertilizers, alongside recycled cotton from post-industrial and post-consumer waste, BCI and US Cotton Trust Protocol cotton, and a hemp denim collection sourced from the US, France or China. Lenzing wood-based TENCEL, MODAL and TENCEL x REFIBRA fibres feature in the range as 100% bio-degradable fibres produced from sustainably sourced wood, and the mill also uses REPREVE recycled polyester made from post-consumer plastic bottles, GRS-certified recycled elastane such as Creora Regen and Lycra EcoMade, plus CiCLO fibres.
Feature 2
As a denim mill and fabric supplier, Cone Denim sells its denim fabric to garment manufacturers rather than making finished clothing, operating from Greensboro, NC with mills in Parras and Yecapixtla in Mexico and Jiaxing in China. A closed-loop recycling process in Mexico produces recycled yarn with a small footprint, while the Parras mill runs a Zero-Liquid Discharge wastewater recovery system and the operations draw on a cogeneration system and solar power that generates 9 MWH of electricity annually.
Feature 3
Beyond its recycled and biodegradable fibres, Cone Denim uses USDA BioPreferred certified Natural Indigo dye and sustainability processes such as Flash Finish, which saves an average of 83% of water compared with traditional denim finishing. Under its Sustainblue programme, Cone Denim holds validated Science Based Targets to reduce scope 1 and scope 2 GHG emissions 46.2% by 2030 from a 2019 base year and aims for 100% preferred and low climate impact fibres by 2030.
Materials and composition
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Fibre Breakdown
Denim; cotton, including recycled cotton
Products with a fibre list
2
Products with no fibre list
4
Incomplete composition explanation
No incomplete percentage compositions were recorded.
Scan result
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Supply-chain summary
Cone Denim (part of Elevate Textiles) is a B2B denim fabric mill that discloses its own mill locations at Parras and Yecapixtla, Mexico, both Recycled Claim Standard certified, and is the first mill globally to provide court-admissible cotton origin traceability using Oritain's scientific verification. It offers organic, recycled, BCI, U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol and regenerative (regenagri) cotton and has pledged to source verifiably sustainable cotton, though as a mill it does not publish a farm list or a downstream supplier list.
Sourcing transparency score (1-5)
4
Why no score
Not enough evidence to score: fewer than 20 scoreable textile products were found. No brand-wide textile score is published because only 2 scoreable textile SKUs were found. The Throne Standard requires at least 20. Technical scan coverage: 100.0%. Throne successfully reached a definite readable outcome for 6 of 6 identified eligible textile products. 0 products were left as a technical read failure, not counted as brand non-disclosure. Composition/material disclosure: 33.3%. 2 of 6 readable eligible textile products published enough material information to classify. 4 readable products did not.
Certification
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OEKO-TEX® Standard 100
Cone Denim does not hold OEKO-TEX certification.
Other Certifications
Cone Denim is not a certified B Corporation.
Cotton: type / certification
Organic cotton, recycled cotton (pre-consumer/post-industrial), Better Cotton (BCI), U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol cotton, and regenerative cotton (regenagri partnership)
Factory certifications
RCS (Recycled Claim Standard), OEKO-TEX, BCI, ZDHC, Higg Index; commitments to U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol, regenagri, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, CEO Water Mandate
Sourcing and supply chain
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Overall: where this info comes from
Traceability level
Cotton: country of origin
Wool: origin + farm + mulesing status
Polyester: virgin or recycled + source
Ownership and legal entity
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Owner
Steve Maggard is the owner of Cone Denim.
Identity
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Brand name
Cone Denim
Contact Email
info@conedenim.com
Cotton: named farm / region / co-op
Not farm-named, but cotton origin is scientifically verified via Oritain (first mill globally to provide court-admissible cotton origin traceability)
Dye house: name + country
In-house indigo dyeing at Cone mills (Parras, Mexico uses Ozone Flash Finish, Zero-Liquid Discharge and co-generation)
Brand site readable
yes
Energy, water and land
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PFAS / durable water repellent
PFAS-free (verified)
conedenim.com
Claims and evidence
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Verified by
HTT research (brand policy pages)
Verification status
What this means
Why excluded
Place and access
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Location
Cone Denim are located in Greensboro, North Carolina in United States.
Delivery and shipping
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Shipping Notes
Cone Denim clothing brand does not publish shipping information.
Further detail
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Excerpt
Is Cone Denim a sustainable clothing brand? See the real fibre breakdown, plant, animal or synthetic, before you buy.
Country
United States
POC
Cone Denim clothing brand ownership is not identified as people of colour.
LGBT
Cone Denim was founded in 1891 by Moses H. Cone and Caesar Cone.
Woman Owned
Cone Denim clothing brand is not a woman owned clothing brand.
GOTS
Cone Denim does not hold GOTS certification.
OEKO-TEX held by
na
1% for the planet
Cone Denim clothing brand is not a member of 1% for the Planet.
Vegan
Cone Denim clothing brand is not a vegan clothing brand.
Clean & Safe: last checked
2026-07-29
Supplier disclosure
Partial
Products found
6
Last checked
2026-09-26
Products in catalogue
6
Products read
6
Catalogue read %
100
How it was read
Throne identifies the eligible textile products in Cone Denim's catalogue, inspects each product for published material evidence and requires at least 20 scoreable textile SKUs before publishing a brand score. The score uses only products with enough published material information to classify. Brand non-disclosure and technical read failures are reported separately. Non-textile products are excluded rather than counted as a pass or a fail.
Coverage method pre dash fix
Every product listed in the brand's live catalogue is retrieved and its stated fibre composition read individually - from the product page, the store's own product data and its material labels. A fibre percentage is published only when 100% of the catalogue has been read. Items with no clothing textile (gift cards, packaging, jewellery, homeware) are excluded from the percentage rather than counted as a pass or a fail.
