Sustainability
Xandres is investing in a better future, where quality and reduced impact on people and the environment go hand in hand. We have developed a six-pillar plan to examine our entire production process with sustainability in mind, from yarns and fabrics to the garment in your wardrobe, now and for a long time after your purchase.
Sustainability
Xandres is investing in a better future, where quality and reduced impact on people and the environment go hand in hand. We have developed a six-pillar plan to examine our entire production process with sustainability in mind, from yarns and fabrics to the garment in your wardrobe, now and for a long time after your purchase.
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GOAL
Lowering the impact of getting our clothes to you.
We are working with our partners to achieve climate-neutral logistics and packaging with a lower environmental impact.
GOAL
Lowering the impact of getting our clothes to you.
We are working with our partners to achieve climate-neutral logistics and packaging with a lower environmental impact.
What we do now
We limit the use of packaging where possible
We have eliminated plastic and packaging as much as possible in our online process. This means that all orders from the online store are sent without plastic packaging, except for white items that need the protective layer. Our stores use 80% “post-consumer” recycled plastic bags. Test-Aankoop found these bags to be the least harmful to the environment in 2021.
Transportation and packaging is also part of our production process (to get our clothing from the production facilities to the warehouses and stores). The hangers used in this process are collected and reused. Plastic is still used in this logistical step, but it is collected separately for recycling, following waste legislation.
What we do now
We limit the use of packaging where possible
We have eliminated plastic and packaging as much as possible in our online process. This means that all orders from the online store are sent without plastic packaging, except for white items that need the protective layer. Our stores use 80% “post-consumer” recycled plastic bags. Test-Aankoop found these bags to be the least harmful to the environment in 2021.
Transportation and packaging is also part of our production process (to get our clothing from the production facilities to the warehouses and stores). The hangers used in this process are collected and reused. Plastic is still used in this logistical step, but it is collected separately for recycling, following waste legislation.
OUR SHOPS USE 80% POST-CONSUMER RECYCLED PLASTIC BAGS
OUR SHOPS USE 80% POST-CONSUMER RECYCLED PLASTIC BAGS
Our plans for the future
Together with our logistics partner, we want to explore ways to reduce our impact:
Eliminating unnecessary packaging.
Replacing necessary packaging with low-impact alternatives.
Improving our logistical process and transportation.
Together with our shops, online store & wholesale partners, we will further research the reduction of our impact and carbon footprint at sales points
In 2022 we joined Flanders’ ‘Green Deal Anders Verpakt’ initiative
Together with OVAM and other Green Deal partners, we develop projects to achieve our stated goals. By 2023 we want to have an action plan in place to:
Reduce – Reuse – Recycle our packaging where possible, with measurable targets and deadlines.
Reduce our carbon footprint in transportation, with measurable targets and deadlines.
Reduce our environmental impact at our sales points: online, retail, wholesale.
What we'll do in the future
Together with our logistics partner, we want to explore ways to reduce our impact:
Eliminating unnecessary packaging.
Replacing necessary packaging with low-impact alternatives.
Improving our logistical process and transportation.
In 2022 we joined Flanders’ ‘Green Deal Anders Verpakt’ initiative
Together with OVAM and other Green Deal partners, we develop projects to achieve our stated goals. By 2023 we want to have an action plan in place to:
Reduce – Reuse – Recycle our packaging where possible, with measurable targets and deadlines.
Reduce our carbon footprint in transportation, with measurable targets and deadlines.
Reduce our environmental impact at our sales points: online, retail, wholesale.
Together with our shops, online store & wholesale partners, we will further research the reduction of our impact and carbon footprint at sales points
Want more numbers and details?
Read the full Xandres Sustainability Report
Want more numbers and details?
Read the full Xandres Sustainability Report