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Sustainability Update Autumn 2021 This planet is our friend. Since 1978.
Sustainability Update
Autumn 2021
We’re continuously making our processes as sustainable
as possible and are very proud of a lot of eco-friendly news for
our autumn 2021 collection. 36 per cent of our women’s autumn
2021 collection and 38 per cent of our autumn 2021 menswear
are now eco-friendly products. We achieved these numbers e.g.
by switching from conventional to organic cotton for many of
our essentials – or by using recycled materials (from cashmere
to nylon). For autumn 2021, we are also introducing outerwear
that is completely made of recycled materials and has been dyed
with sustainable dyestuff containing plant pigments.
And some blue news: an even bigger part of our denim
collections is made in an environmentally friendly way – using
sustainable materials (organic cotton, recycled elastane, recycled
cotton, lyocell) and low-impact washing and dyeing techniques.
69 per cent of the women’s denim in the collection is eco-friendly
or part of our eco-denim line A BETTER BLUE and 73 per cent
of our men’s jeans are part of A BETTER BLUE – saving water,
electricity and chemicals.
These numbers make us very happy – because they are
not only numbers but also important steps towards a greener
future. Our goal for the next season is to further increase the
volume of eco-friendly materials and techniques in use. Stay tuned!
Read on to learn more about sustainability at Closed.
Step by step,
we’re
taking Closed
towards a
greener future.
We are not an eco label. (And we feel that it’s impossible for a
clothing company with quarterly collections to be 100 per cent
sustainable.) That doesn’t stop us from continuously finding
new ways to improve – because, of course, we care about our
planet. Always have, always will. We’re continuously making
our processes as sustainable as possible. Step by step, we’re
taking Closed towards a greener future.
Our goal is to produce our collections with less of an
environmental impact, while never compromising our high quality.
Fortunately, these two values often go hand in hand. By making
high quality our priority ever since the beginnings of Closed,
a lot of our processes have been clean and green since the early
1980s. Long before the concept of sustainability became an
(important!) trend. A good starting point, but nothing to rest on.
Status quo
No disposal of unsold goods
We would never throw away or destroy unsold Closed items.
Products that didn’t sell at the end of the season get marked
down for our sale periods. Remaining items have another chance
in our outlets. The next step after the outlets is our bi-annual
factory sale. We have been giving items that didn’t sell after these
steps to a Chilean charity organization for many years. The
clothes are sold in Chile and the complete proceeds support a
music school for children in need.
Local production
More than 80 per cent of our products are made in Europe,
keeping distances short.
A Better Blue
For our eco-friendly denim line, we use less water, energy
and chemicals.
Recycled fabrics
Recycled cotton and recycled elastane are part of A BETTER
BLUE, saving even more water and chemicals. Our jackets
come with a Thermore® Ecodown® filling, made of 100 per cent
recycled PET bottles.
Organic cotton
We use an increasing volume of organic cotton.
Packaging & shipping
We ship our online shop orders in boxes made from 100 per cent
recycled materials.
Long-Established Partners
“Working with
most of our
suppliers for more
than 20 years is
probably our most
sustainable
We search the globe for partners who are absolute experts in
their fields – and just as uncompromising when it comes to
quality. We found most of our collaborators in Europe, where
achievement.”
80 per cent of our products are made.
We want to keep delivery channels short – and ecological
standards high. This is also true for our suppliers in China
and India, who champion ecofriendly and fair practices as much
Gordon Giers, CEO as their colleagues in Europe.
80% of our products
are made in Europe.
7%
Romania
38% 21%
Turkey
Italy
16%
14%
China
Portugal
Our Resources
We treat our resources with respect. Because we care about
the environment and animals – and because they are the key
to Closed’s trademark quality. It is important to us to produce
our collections with less of an environmental impact. And we will
keep on doing so. That’s a promise!
We do not
All Closed’s partners are subject to strict requirements on the use
of chemical substances, which they agree to abide by through
our Code of Conduct, signed on a bi- annual basis. To ensure
process fur,
compliance, we also periodically send samples to an independent
laboratory for pollutant testing.
angora
Wool
Our wool is mulesing-free.
or down.
Leather and Lambskin
The cow and lambskin we use are exclusively by-products of the
food industry.
Social Responsibility At Closed we are loyal. Many of our manufacturing partners have been with us for decades, and we see them as part of the family. These relationships are built on trust and form the basis for everything we do. For us, sustainability also means creating the same conditions for all workers. Today and tomorrow. Our managers, designers and apparel engineers regularly visit our production sites and are in constant dialogue with our suppliers. These long-standing partnerships have resulted in a Code of Con- duct for ecological and social guidelines – one based on mutual trust and followed as a matter of course. It is signed bi-annually by all our partners. The Code of Conduct guarantees: • Fair, statutory wages • Paid overtime • Fixed working hours and a maximum 48-hour working week • Safe and hygienic working conditions • No child labour
Denim. Handmade in Italy.
VE N ICE
L AU N D RY
„EVE R E ST“
M I LAN
W E AVI N G M I LL
„CAN D IAN I“
When it comes to our jeans, we put our faith in Italian expertise –
ANCONA whether it’s weaving, sewing or the final wash. This has been
S E W I N G WO R K S H O P true since our very first pair of Pedal Pushers, which are still made
„ PAU L S .P.A .“ at the Paul S.p.A. Sewing Manufactory close to Ancona.
Denim Triangle
And we place our trust in the knowledge that our partners hand
down from one generation to another, like family. Our denim
comes from the traditional Candiani weaving mill, and it is washed
with innovative and sustainable techniques at the Everest laundry.
Together with Paul S.p.A., they form our „Denim Triangle“.
A Better Blue
25%
less
energy
50% 65%
less less
water chemicals
Denim is our greatest passion. And as traditional methods of
producing denim leave a lot of room for improvement (mainly in
regard to water and chemical consumption), we came up with
an eco-friendly denim line in 2018: A BETTER BLUE.
We developed this line with our Italian denim partners
Candiani, the so-called greenest denim mill in the blue world, and
the Everest laundry to set new standards. Innovative ecological
washing and dyeing methods are at the centre of A BETTER BLUE.
And 40 per cent of the cotton Candiani uses for the denim comes
from the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI). Overall 50 per cent less
water, 25 per cent less energy, and 65 per cent less chemicals
are used for A BETTER BLUE products (compared to conven
tional means).
Every season, we increase the proportion of A BETTER
BLUE products in our collections. We started with women’s
and men’s jeans, and now there are also jackets, shirts, dresses,
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