
Your questions
R.S.E
R.S.E
We work with China for the specific expertise it has in outerwear pieces like padded jackets and parkas, and pleating, which is used a lot in I.Code collections.
Even if France is gradually establishing industry again, production costs are very high.
Yes, I.Code is referenced on the PETA website (for ethical treatment of animals). We have banned the use of feathers, down and angora in our collections. We take great care to respect animal welfare.
By auditing our suppliers, the audits’ aim being protect workers’ health and ensure their safety. To do so, our purchasing office became a member of ICS (Initiative for Compliance and Sustainability) (ics-asso.org/fr/).
ICS is a multisector initiative which has the objective of supporting factories in world supply chains to lastingly improve employee living conditions. ICS is made up of 66 brands from the textile, shoe, electronic product, food and furniture sectors, and enables member companies to pool audits via shared tools, to share their knowledge and best practices.
ICS is a multisector initiative which has the objective of supporting factories in world supply chains to lastingly improve employee living conditions. ICS is made up of 66 brands from the textile, shoe, electronic product, food and furniture sectors, and enables member companies to pool audits via shared tools, to share their knowledge and best practices.
By carrying out tests in laboratories on products’ physical and chemical properties (to ensure that they are not harmful for health), as well as for wearing (all our products are tried on a fitting room mannequin to be sure that clothes fit well)
- Organic materials (cotton)
- Recycled materials (polyester)
- FSC or ECOVERO certified materials (viscose)
- leather from LWG tanneries
- denim with a treatment that uses less water
- materials that take animal welfare into account
An eco-friendly product must be manufactured with at least 50% organic material or 30% recycled material.
Yes. We have reduced our products’ plastic packaging by 30% (polybags) and plastic coat hangers by more than 50%.
Mostly by lorry. By boat for goods from Asia. For I.Code, we never go over more than 10% by air.
Through our teleworking policy, which gives the employee the opportunity to work from home 2 days a week. By keeping the temperature in our offices at 19°. By keeping our stores’ doors closed.
TRACEABILITY :
- 100% of our clothes manufacturer suppliers will be ICS audited –Score A or B
- Undertaking social audits for our knitters/weavers
- 100% of our cotton channels are traced end to end to identify our cooperatives.
- 100% of our leather channels are traced
- 100% of all of our channels are traced at least to knitter/weaver to guarantee regulations are respected (AGEC law)
MATERIALS :
- 100% of leather products are certified LWG Gold (or equivalent)
- 100% of our cotton is farmed organically – undergoing conversion or recycled
- 100% of our polyester is recycled
- 100% of our viscose is from sustainably-managed forests
- 100% of our denim is made using organic or recycled materials
- 100% of our wool is recycled or from certified channels
OUR PRACTICES :
- End of plastic in our polybags
- Reducing our carbon footprint by 30% vs 2019