Certifications
Securing your products with valid data & full transparency
Securing valid information
Let's keep it simple: Certifications does not make a product "sustainable" in any way.
But it is a key tool in the blockchain steps to have full transparency and valid data over a product range and an important to tool to monitorize our social compliance and environmental impact.
The data we work with and comply to is made with Textile Exchange with Control Union as certifier. Control Union is a third part auditor of our company and our facilities and are very strict in their auditing.
Our license number in Control Union is CU1001697, which you can find on all products we are certifying (which currently is almost 100% of our collection)
It is a costly process to be and maintain to be certified, but we think it is necessary to have a third-part audit annually to comply to our responsibility goals.
We are certified with
RWS
The worlds most well-known animal fibre textile standard.
GRS
The highest qualification standard on recycled fibres.
Certifications we work with
FWF
(Fair Wear Foundation)
Most commonly known as an independent, non-profit organisation that works to improve conditions for workers in garment factories.
FWF's mission is to see a world where the garment industry supports workers in
realising their rights to safe, dignified, properly paid employment.
We are not members of the FWF yet, but our manufacturing facilities are, which is a key element for us, chosing suppliers in abroad countries for productional processes.
FSC
(Forest Stewardship Council)
FSC confirms that the forest is being managed in a way that
preserves biological diversity and benefits the lives of local people and
workers, while ensuring it sustains economic viability.
All of our hangtags and paperwork are FSC certified, which is a standard term working with the certifications we work with. This includes all the shipping boxes and labels we are sending out from our warehouse.
FSC are managed to strict environmental, social and
economic standards. There are ten principles that any forest operation must adhere to
before it can receive FSC forest management certification.
Swan Mark
(Swan mark)
When a product is labelled with the Swan Mark or the EU flower it is a guarantee that it fullfills the high standards for environmental and social standards in the productional phase and is at a proper quality.
NOTE: You can only make a swan mark textile product, if you comply to the GOTS certification and a licensed.
We have chosen to be GOTS certified, which covers the full
supply chain.
ECONYL
(Regenerated Nylon)
Econyl regenerated nylon is a product introduced in 2011 by Aquafil.
The fabric is made entirely from ocean and landfill waste, such as industrial plastic, fabric scraps from clothing manufacturing companies, old carpets and "ghost nets".
We do not have any products in our range of outdoor wear, that contain Econyl fabrics, but we have a partnership contract that we are certified to use the Econyl standard if we wish to.