Our clothing manufacturer focuses on sustainability by minimising production waste and pursuing a circular model with recycled cotton. The company's own cutting waste is recycled to make new products partly from recycled organic cotton. This waste is collected in partner factories, shredded, blended with natural organic cotton and processed into new yarn, creating a sustainable fabric with a natural mélange effect. This process reduces energy and water consumption and avoids chemicals, while the RE range and production facilities are GRS-certified to emphasise their sustainability credentials.

Print-on-demand represents a sustainable alternative to traditional mass production by avoiding overproduction and waste of resources. Products are only manufactured to order and delivered directly to the customer, eliminating warehousing and additional transport routes. This significantly reduces CO2 emissions. The approach also promotes more conscious consumption, as customers make targeted purchases, which increases their appreciation of individual products and leads to a longer useful life. In short, print-on-demand conserves resources, minimises environmental impact and supports sustainable consumer behaviour.

Our company attaches great importance to sustainability and strives to minimise the return rate in order to reduce the associated environmental impact. A key strategy here is the precise specification of clothing sizes. By providing detailed sizing information and accurate measurement charts, we ensure that customers can select the correct size when making their first purchase, significantly reducing the need for returns due to fit issues. In addition to accurate sizing, we have decided that customers will be responsible for the cost of returns. This measure encourages careful consideration and selection of products before purchase and helps to further reduce the number of returns. This policy is part of our commitment to minimise unnecessary traffic and CO2 emissions caused by returns. Through these approaches, we not only promote more conscious shopping behaviour, but also actively implement measures that reduce the environmental footprint of our company and our customers. Our aim is to act sustainably in all aspects of our business and to protect our planet for future generations.

Recycled polyester is used to make sweatshirts stronger, accessories more robust and to produce the outerwear collection. The recycled polyester is made from recycled PET bottles. Tackling plastic waste is one of the biggest environmental challenges of our time. Worldwide, around 9.5 million tonnes of plastic end up in our oceans every year, mostly after a single use. Compared to non-recycled polyester, recycled polyester enables significant energy savings in the manufacturing process. Only GRS-certified fabrics are used for the recycled polyester outerwear collection.

For some accessories and outerwear products, recycled nylon from reused industrial nylon yarn waste is used (GRS-certified). Nylon is considered durable and robust, and is also very light and comfortable to wear next to the skin.

Using Shirtee as a print-on-demand partner not only minimises the transport route for our products, but also contributes to the Go Green movement, which reduces the environmental impact. Packaging is made from untreated paper and cardboard to minimise plastic waste and facilitate recycling. Delivery is climate-neutral, supported by our shipping partners DHL and Swiss Post, who offset CO2 through climate protection projects and use electric vehicles or bicycles for transport where possible. We also reduce the carbon footprint of transport to Europe by choosing sea transport and working with GOTS-certified warehouse service providers.

Stanley/Stella (also ST/ST), our clothing manufacturer, underlines its commitment to sustainability and environmental protection through certifications from independent organisations. The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) guarantees that their cotton is grown organically, without genetically modified seeds and harmful chemicals, with full traceability. The Organic Content Standard (OCS) checks the proportion of organic material in products. The Global Recycled Standard (GRS) recognises the entire supply chain for recycled textiles, including environmental protection and social criteria. OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 confirms the absence of harmful substances in textiles, while PETA recognises Stanley/Stella as a vegan company that does not test on animals and only uses vegan materials. These certificates demonstrate Stanley/Stella's comprehensive commitment to healthy environmental practices and respect for the planet, making ST/ST the ideal supplier of our clothing by sharing our values.

Transparency is important to us and to our suppliers. This is the only way to identify and improve weak points. Raw materials come from plantations in Madhya Pradesh and are transported via Gujarat via the port of Mudra to Chittagong in Bangladesh. Overland to the interior of Bangladesh to Gazipur, where a large proportion of the clothing is manufactured. Then back again via the port of Chittagong to Antwerp, Belgium, over 16,000 kilometres by sea. Once in the warehouse in Antwerp, the clothing is sent by road to our finishing service provider Shirtee in Cologne. When the order is received by Twelvetia, Shirtee is commissioned to finish the clothing according to our designs and then send it directly to the customer. Sustainable transport partners are used for delivery. After travelling around 25,000 km, the elegant and sustainable Twelvetia product finally arrives at your home.