Sustainable Brand Platform

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Rated: 3 out of 6

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Company Info
Brand Name	by basics aps
Country	Denmark
Company size	Established brand
Category evaluated	Ready to wear
Category	Ready to wear
Established in:	2015
Website	www.bybasics.com
Instagram	https://www.instagram.com/bybasics.aps/
Facebook	https://www.facebook.com/bybasics/

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

31/12/22

Next check date

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 only certified cotton fabrics in own collection by sourcing other fabrics in Portugal.	31/12/2022	in progress
Packaging Getting biodegradable bags.	31/08/2022	in progress
Circular economy Doing "return" of used items for recycling work with external consultant.	31/12/2022	in progress
Others Sourcing everything in Europe.	31/12/2022	in progress

Main Goal pursued based on SDGs

ENVIRONMENT

Sustainability info

By Basic is a ready to wear brand, which provides a made to order service based on a complete ethical approach. Sustainability is its core value and that influences all the other values.

Indeed, the brand believes in passion, ethical mindset, craftsmanship and design.

When it comes to its working process, the brand controls the entire process and makes sure to take proper care of its employees, the environment, and the quality of the output.

Value Chain

Its raw materials collection is mostly concentrated in Denmark, as well as the logistics. On the other hand packaging and production are mostly based in Poland.

All the By Basics products are Oeko-Tex certified. Its merino wool is 100% Oeko-Tex certified, has the smoothest finish and is of the highest quality. The wool comes from New Zealand and Australian merino sheep who has received the best treatment. Its merino wool is mulesing free, because the brand cares that animals are treated properly.

All merino wool remnants are reused by a cooperation partner.

Company Sustainability

The brand organizes meetings, webinars and workshops to raise awareness among its employees in terms of gender equality and sustainability.

Moreover, the brand has renewable energy installed in its company.

Customer Care

The brand provides consumers with kit to protect their garments for free and general and washing instructions.

Certifications

Raw Materials
Packaging

Blockchain

Last blockchain update

06 August 2021

Supply Chain Track


Raw Materials¹	Production²	Packaging³	Logistics⁴
Made in Denmark	Made in Poland	Made in Poland	Made in Denmark

¹ 80% of the collection Made in Denmark. 20% of the collection Made in Portugal.
² 70% of the collection Made in Poland. 30% of the collection Made in Portugal.
³ 7'0% of the collection Made in Poland. 30% of the collection Made in Portugal.
⁴ 80% of the collection Made in Denmark 20% of the collection Made in Poland.

Questions & Answers

1	What does sustainable fashion mean to you? - Durability - Adopting fair work practices - Minimal use of chemical elements
2	What would you like your target audience's priorities to be? - Natural - Organic - Certified
3	What do you believe in? We believe in reducing waste as much as possible. For instance, we cut our wool by hand, reusing patterns repeatedly. The cut-offs are either used for smaller styles, children's styles or unravelled at a nearby factory and reused. We do not want anything to go to waste.
4	What about your value chain? We own our production facility in Poland and have a long-lasting partnership with our production facility in Portugal. Employees are treated with respect, fair and competitive salary, healthcare, and no piecework salary.