Our quest for full product transparency began in 2023, aiming to offer customers and partners complete visibility into our products. However, this work has proven to be more time-consuming than anticipated. As a result, we have decided to extend our timeline, now targeting full traceability for all styles by 2025.
Our new sustainability platform BCome has helped us track and evaluate our product’s journey through our supply chain. Using the system during 2023 has given us a better understanding of the impact our production has on our planet.
We have been able to track for instance CO2 emissions and water usage, and define and determine every step in the value chain from raw material to point of sales.
Having a comprehensive global perspective on our supply chain has been instrumental. It has provided us with a understanding of our operations across the globe and has allowed us to identify key areas where we can focus our efforts. We remain dedicated to promoting circularity and full transparency in our practices by using this system to measure, report and minimise our impact.
The traceability through the platform gives us the opportunity to show our customers how we measure the environmental, social and circular impact of a product or material throughout its life cycle.
Our quest for full product transparency began in 2023, aiming to offer customers and partners complete visibility into our products. Our new sustainability platform BCome has given us a better understanding of the impact our production has on our planet.
Behind every product is a whole world of development and processes, social, economic and ethical implications. We measure our foot print through benchmarking of environmental impact with Industry standard and make it visible on our web site.
These measurements are conducted specifically on our basic assortment. We measure our foot-
print using four different measurement methods.
Water scarcity: Refers to the situation where the available water resources within a region or area are insufficient to meet the demands of its population and ecosystems.
Abiotic depletion: Refers to the reduction or exhaustion of non-living (abiotic) resources, such as minerals and fossil fuels, due to human activities.
Global warming: Refers to the long-term increase in Earth's average surface temperature, primarily due to human activities that release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
Eutrophication: Is a process whereby water bodies, such as lakes, rivers, and coastal areas, become excessively enriched with nutrients, particularly nitrogen and phosphorus. These nutrients typically originate from sources like agricultural runoff, sewage discharge, and fertilizer use.
We've conducted an assessment of the environmental impact allocation throughout our supply chain for our basic articles. This evaluation was based on the sale of 66 351 pieces in 2023.
Total Water Scarcity
Impact 50 708,30 m3 water eq
Benchmark 51% savings
Total Abiotic Depletion
Impact 839 488,93MJ
Benchmark 40% savings
Total Global Warming
Impact 78 906,24kg CO2 eq
Benchmark 39% savings
Total Eutrophication
Impact 55 366,78g phosphates eq
Benchmark 60% savings
