Care what you wear

GERRY WEBER fashion products are produced to strict standards such as BSCI (Business Social Com­pli­ance Ini­ti­at­ive) or OEKO-TEX® Standard 100. Moreover, skin-friendly bioRe® cotton is used for selected col­lec­tion items, which is produced in co­oper­a­tion with Remei AG, a textiles company from Switzer­land.

From growing cotton to the sewing workshop, every customer can trace every trans­par­ent step of the pro­duc­tion process. In­form­a­tion about the supply chain of a GERRY WEBER Casual garment made of organic cotton can be obtained from a sewn-in trace­ab­il­ity number. As soon as you enter this number at www.biore.ch, you will learn about the people and companies who have con­trib­uted to the man­u­fac­ture of the garment.

GOTS cer­ti­fic­a­tion (CERES-0460)

GERRY WEBER has been certified to GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) since August 2017.

Der GOTS-Standard garantiert die Ver­wendung kon­trol­liert bio­lo­gisch an­ge­baut­er Baumwolle. Hierbei wird die gesamte Liefer­kette von der Faser­her­stel­lung bis zum Händler nach Umwelt-, sozialen- und tech­nis­chen Kriterien überprüft und zer­ti­fiz­iert. Damit ist das Un­terneh­men nicht nur in der Lage, Produkte aus Biobaum­wolle an­zu­bi­eten, sondern geht einen weiteren Schritt zur Schaffung von Trans­par­enz in der Liefer­kette. Gleichzeit­ig erfüllen wir hiermit Be­din­gun­gen des Tex­til­bünd­nis, dessen Mitglied wir seit 2015 sind.

Energy man­age­ment

In­creas­ingly scarce resources, climate pro­tec­tion and the move towards green energy are forcing us to rethink our practices. The in­tro­duc­tion of sys­tem­at­ic energy man­age­ment to ISO 50001 is not only a logical step but also a necessity in view of rising energy costs. The main objective is the con­tinu­ous im­prove­ment of our company’s energy ef­fi­ciency.

Our efficient climate concept and our Bluebox system, a central control in­stru­ment, clearly help save energy in our stores and thereby con­trib­ute to en­vir­on­ment­al pro­tec­tion, while cutting our energy costs at the same time.

The use of geo­therm­al energy has reduced the carbon footprint of our Halle/West­phalia headquar­ters. In addition, GERRY WEBER regularly par­ti­cip­ates in projects to promote sus­tain­ab­il­ity-oriented action by our workforce.

Animal and species pro­tec­tion

We do not use real fur or angora wool for our high-quality garments. We adhere to the pledge we have given to animal pro­tec­tion or­gan­isa­tions and have in­struc­ted our man­u­fac­tur­ing partners to ex­clus­ively use woven fur. All our suppliers are asked to comply with all national and in­ter­na­tion­al laws and reg­u­la­tions on animal welfare.

Against this back­ground, we joined the in­ter­na­tion­al “Fur Free Retailer” programme, which helps consumers identify fur-free fashion products and brands, already at the beginning of 2015. A list of all brands that refrain from using real fur is available at www.furf­reere­tail­er.com.

SUS­TAIN­AB­IL­ITY REPORT

As a global fashion and lifestyle company and as an employer, but also with a view to our customers, we are committed to re­spons­ible and sus­tain­able corporate gov­ernance. We believe that sus­tain­able man­age­ment means achieving a balance between business re­quire­ments and corporate growth on the one hand and en­vir­on­ment­al and social aspects on the other hand.

Our Sus­tain­ab­il­ity Report presents our social and en­vir­on­ment­al activ­it­ies and ob­ject­ives in a trans­par­ent and com­pre­hens­ive manner.