Sustainable Brand Platform

Sustainability Rating

Sustainability rating

Rated: 4 out of 6

Value Chain Ready to Wear

Company Sustainability

Community

Traceability
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Company Info
Brand Name	Siz
Country	Portugal
Company size	Start up
Category evaluated	Ready to Wear
Category	Ready to Wear
Established in:	2017
Website	https://www.siz-online.com/about
Instagram	https://www.instagram.com/sizbrand/
Facebook	https://www.facebook.com/sizbrand

Next Sustainable Goals and SBP challenge

Recognized by the United Nations as a project to accelerate the implementation of sustainable actions in the fashion industry, Sustainable Brand Platform has committed to tracking future goals pursued by brand.

Total goals

Goals achieved

Goals to achieve

Next Sustainable Goals

Here below the goals that the brand aims to achieve in the near future:

		Deadline	Status
	Raw Materials Using more linen in our collections, specially SS More research	31/12/2021
	Production Working with small factories instead of only a seamstress by getting more wholesale orders so we have a bigger amount of pieces at the same time that require a bigger partner.	31/03/2022
	Packaging Using only compostable packaging by 2022 by buying bigger mailers for the bigger orders.	31/12/2021

Main Goal pursued based on SDGs

ENVIRONMENT

Sustainability info

SIZ is an organic, ethical and sustainable fashion brand based in Sesimbra, Portugal.

Everything the brand does is around sustainability from the concept to the packaging.

Value Chain

The brand supply chain is very short and concentrated in 300 km from Oporto area to Lisbon, where it is based the atelier (exactly in Sesimbra, near the beach and the mountain).

The brand only uses organic (certified) materials or deadstock fabrics of other brands (including small off-cuts) rescued from Portuguese factories.

Regarding the packaging, the brand uses mostly compostable bags. if not possible it uses repurposed boxes. The pieces are wrapped either in organic cotton tote bags or in repurposed tissue paper.

Community

The brand makes donations for One Tree Planted.

Customer Care

The brand provides its customers with information on how to take care of their items.

The brand provides a service of Take Back Program, where costumers can return a SIZ piece they no longer want in exchange for a 10% discount voucher to use at siz-online.com. This helps Siz to keep textiles & garments from ending up in the landfill.

Certifications

Raw Materials
Production
Packaging

Blockchain

Last blockchain update

29 September 2021

Supply Chain Track


Raw Materials¹	Production²	Packaging³	Logistics⁴
Made in Portugal	Made in Portugal	Made in Portugal	Made in Portugal

¹ 90% of the collection Made in Portugal
² 100% of the collection Made in Portugal
³ 100% of the collection Made in Portugal
⁴ 100% of the collection Made in Portugal.

Questions & Answers

1	What does sustainable fashion mean to you? - Durability - Adopting fair work practices - Using recylced materials - Minimal use of chemical elements
2	What would you like the priorities of your target customer to be? - Quality - Sustainability
3	Do you use natural yarns? Yes, Organic Cotton, Hemp, Linen. Furthermore we use recycled cotton.
4	Do you provide your customers any services or kit to preserve the quality and extend the life of your products (making them usable longer or reusable)? No, not t the moment, but we do have the Take Back Program, where costumers can return a SIZ piece they no longer want in exchange for a 10% discount voucher to use at siz-online.com. This helps us keep textiles & garments from ending up in the landfill.
5	Do you use natural yarns, recycled or re used materials? If yes, which one? For our packaging we use mostly our compostable bags, if not possible we use repurposed boxes. We wrap the pieces either in our organic cotton tote bags (made with love in our studio) or wrap them in repurposed tissue paper.
6	How many women work in your company? 6 women. 1 is in top management position.

Next Sustainable Goals and SBP challenge

Total
goals

Goals achieved

Goals to achieve

Next Sustainable Goals

Here below the goals that the brand aims to achieve in the near future:

		Deadline	Status
	Raw Materials Using more linen in our collections, specially SS More research	31/12/2021
	Production Working with small factories instead of only a seamstress by getting more wholesale orders so we have a bigger amount of pieces at the same time that require a bigger partner.	31/03/2022
	Packaging Using only compostable packaging by 2022 by buying bigger mailers for the bigger orders.	31/12/2021