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In the midst of a climate crisis, people are calling for more transparency and sustainability from the clothing industry. Some smaller clothing companies are taking the lead by innovating sustainable practices. However, there is no established report or database that provides information on these practices. This paper provides valuable insights into sustainable practices used by small clothing companies. It documents the process, results, and analysis of surveying small, sustainable clothing businesses across the world. Data analysis covers production practices, labour initiatives and the factors that they believe make them uniquely sustainable. It highlights the practices that these small businesses focus on most, the extent to which differences among them are based on geographical location, and the potential for generalizing successful sustainable practices to larger, multinational clothing manufacturers. This research and proposed changes have the possibility of inspiring change and promoting sustainable practices in the cloth manufacturing industry at large.