Although we take care to keep all shipping and delivery distances short, we are still dependent on where our sustainable raw materials are available. Ocean plastics, castor beans or scrap rubber, for example, are only available to us in Asia. To avoid unnecessary shipping, we manufacture some products already there. But it is our declared goal to gradually establish our own regional production sites with local suppliers. This is the only way we can further shorten transport distances and control our supply chain.

It is our ultimate goal to create a perfect circular economy, by permanently reusing materials and creating zero waste. However, to achieve this, it is not enough to use only recyclable resources. Therefore we are currently working on producing not only our textiles, but also our shoes and bags from perfectly separable, bio-based mono-materials that can be split up and recycled in their entirety at the end of their life.

For our textiles, we have already succeeded in replacing all petroleum-based plastic with sustainable fibres of botanical origin. But for some other products, this is simply not yet possible due to functional demands. For the midsoles of our running shoes, we replaced just over 30% of the usual plastic with castor beans, and for our outsoles we use recycled scrap rubber. However, we are working hard to soon be able to produce completely plastic-free.

Currently, we are already experimenting with various natural dyes of plant origin - red cabbage for pink, black beans for blue, onion skins for orange. In the future, these will replace all our dyes. But the quality, especially the longevity, is still not there, yet. That's why we're relying on non-toxic, water-soluble REACH-certified dyes for the time being.