What does sustainability mean to us?
Life is an eternal cycle. It is passed on from humans to plants and back to humanity. The quality of our existence is ultimately tied to our earth and its resources. The threat of increasingly scarce resources and the pollution of the world's oceans spur us to use recyclable materials in our production. Furthermore, it is crucial for us to respect all resources that enter our value chain.
Choose recycled. Choose life.
We're moving in the right direction, but we haven't reached our goal yet. We work every day to improve our value chain. Do you have an idea how we could improve our materials or our production process?
Production facility
We attach great importance to socially acceptable and sustainable production, which is carried out in compliance with fair working conditions and wages.
That's why we work with only one partner in China, selected after extensive research. To ensure that our requirements, such as fair working conditions and pay, social benefits, occupational health and safety, and vacation entitlement, are met, the factory is regularly visited by our on-site colleague, who is directly employed by us. Furthermore, our partner is monitored by external experts such as BSCI.
Our partner has the ocean cycle certificate and works according to the GRS guidelines.
Sustainable material
Our partner has a long history of researching, developing, and producing recycled polyester. From the sourcing of bottle flakes and bottle bricks at the source, through sorting and cleaning, chip spinning, raw yarn texturizing, and the final product, they are committed to long-term environmental protection.
The recycling process
Our goal is to create high-quality products from recycled or organic materials with every single bag . This not only contributes to cleaning up our planet, but also gives resources a well-deserved second chance thanks to our thoughtful process.
Step by step the individual stages of a SOA product:
The graphic above shows our recycling process in individual steps:
1. Ocean plastic : the discarded plastic is collected.
2. Sorting: In the factories, the collected plastic is carefully sorted. Not all plastic can be processed into textiles.
3. Further processing : The recyclable plastic, which can be further processed, is spun into a yarn.
4. Production : After the yarn has been produced, the product - e.g. rolltop backpack KANE, is produced.
5. Transport : after our backpack has been produced, it comes to our warehouse in Germany.
6. Shipping : Every product is shipped in a resource-saving manner.
7. Repair : In case of a defect, the product can be repaired in an environmentally friendly manner or returned to the process.
-> If you want to know more about us and the history of SONS OF ALOHA , you can read more About us .