Responsible production & consumption
We believe that we can make a large contribution to sustainability by re-inventing samples in our industry. Physical sampling has been an important aspect in our business and physical communication with our customers. As we innovate and evolve into digital, we are striving to rationalise the number of sample books we produce and will continue to develop our digital offering via our own platforms and/or technological partnerships.
This entire process has the potential to be partly replaced by digital platforms, which will reduce the carbon footprint and improve the economic stream for the industry.
ISO 14001 Standard on environmental management
ISO 14001 establishes the criteria for an environmental management system and can be certified. Designed for any type of organisation, regardless of its activity or sector, it provides assurance that the environmental impact of operations is being measured and improved. The benefits of ISO 14001 for our customers are:
Minimised collective environmental footprint.
Diminished collective risk of pollution incidents.
Operations systems are continuously improved.
Our operations
Internally of our business operations, we have identified initiatives to reduce, reuse and recycle, which currently include:
Pallet returns program with our customers, allowing us to reuse our pallets up to six times
Implementing ways to reuse and recycle on-site fabric off cuts and fabric waste
Investigating alternate paper and printing techniques to produce physical samples, making for more eco-friendly alternatives
Our learnings shared
Let's join forces to reduce the impact of fabrics at every stage of the lifecycle
We want to engage with all our stakeholders to do the right thing. Our strategy has included playbooks for suppliers and partners, where we are able to assist in joint paths to sustainability. These playbooks currently include:
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Understanding how to calculate your carbon footprints and steps to reduce it
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Responsible consumption and production and using the HIGG tool to calculate and manage fabric selection
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Sustainably understanding fair labour practices, diversity, and inclusion
We are continuing to expand these playbooks, as our learning and experience within areas grows.
We want to share our continued sustainability journey, the lessons we have learnt (and will continue to learn!), provide insights regarding the impact of our products, and keep you informed about our ESG progress.