SUSTAINBILITY
agnès b. teams up with Fairlymade
27 december 2023
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agnès b. with Fairly Made to offer its customer greater transparency and traceability.
To know the traceability and better understand the environmental impact of each product, scan the QRCode on the label or go to the product sheet of our e-store. ex for our “classic” cardigan:
Highly committed to environmental protection, agnès b. aims to continue the environmental impact of its activities.
To this end, it is committed to total traceability of its products, in full transparency to its customers. The aim of this approach is to identify as many players as possible in the production chain of our garments, in order to identify areas for improvement and take them into account in the design of future creations.
In addition, agnès b. has always maintained a close relationship with its manufacturers and direct suppliers, regarding them as true partners in the production process.
This approach is also a way of engaging and encouraging its entire value chain in environmental as well as social dynamics, so that they best respond to our values.
The following information is progressively available to our customers:
Traceability
- The last three main stages of the product: manufacturing, weaving or knitting, dyeing and/or printing (regulatory obligation under the Agec law);
The environmental impact of our garments, with 3 key criteria highlighted:
- CO2 emissions produced
- Impact on freshwater eutrophication
- Consumption of non-renewable energy
Eutrophication is the imbalance of an aquatic environment caused by an increase in the concentration of nitrogen and phosphorus, resulting in excessive growth of plants and algae due to the high availability of nutrients.
ABOUT FAIRLY MADE
Fairly Made® is an independent company with a French mission, created in 2018 to improve the impact of the textile industry.
Its mission is to advance brands' purchasing practices from an environmental and social perspective, through the analysis of their products and production chains.
The Fairly Made® SaaS platform centralizes supplier and product data collected by its engineers, and evaluates garments according to 5 criteria: social, traceability, environmental, recyclability and sustainability. This 360° vision enables brands to understand the real impact of their collections, with the aim of improving them. The platform also generates QR codes and widgets available to consumers for transparent communication.
