The reasons for getting certified in textile industry are many, and the same can be said for the number of different certifications. Some might suit your company better than other.
Read our overview of the most common certifications used in the fashion and lifestyle industry below.
If we are to succeed as an industry, we need a whole army of sustainability delegates placed in fashion companies all around the world. An in-house CSR expert would not only mean shorter lines of communication. It would also mean an easier and more natural integration of CSR and sustainability. When CSR is represented in a company through a trusted employee, it doesn’t just pop up once in a while when meeting with external consultants. CSR is now present in the day to day life, at the coffee machine, during lunch breaks, meetings and more. As such it oozes into a company’s culture and the unconscious level of employees’ workflows.
I met with NN07's CSR Responsible, Anna Simone Toft Larsen, who described NN07's journey towards becoming more sustainable as a constant work-in process without a specific destination.
I was invited for coffee and a chat at their shop-and-office-in-one in Copenhagen. I met with Nikolaj Nielsen, the founder of Won Hundred, about the decision to embark on the road to sustainability.