Our ecological purity law
VAUDE uses a very high percentage of bluesign® system certified materials in every collection. The advantage: clean materials, processed with the efficient use of resources.
The use of energy, water and raw materials throughout the entire supply chain is monitored and optimized on an ongoing basis. Only pre-approved chemicals are permitted. This reduces emissions, waste and wastewater that harm the environment.
As a result, you get a high performance VAUDE product made using environmentally friendly manufacturing processes.
The bluesign® system is a component of Green Shape
VAUDE has been working together with the bluesign® system since 2001. We have fully integrated the standard into the VAUDE Green Shape criteria.
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When a product meets the standards of the bluesign® system, it is also considered a VAUDE Green Shape product. With one exception: water repellent materials with a fluorocarbon finish – while the bluesign® system still allows its use (C6 technology), Green Shape products are required to be 100 % PFC-free. Read more here
The proportion of bluesign certified fabrics in the Apparel Collection is decreasing because we have also opened ourselves up to other strict third-party certification within the Green Shape 2.0 concept. Read more in our Green Shape Concept. After its introduction in W15, this became clearly evident. For Green Shape 2.0, for example, we also permit fabrics that are manufactured in an ISO 14001-certified production facility and that are also Oekotex 100 certified.
Percentage of bluesign® system material suppliers 2015 - 2019
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VAUDE determines a very high proportion of the materials to be used in our products, in particular all of the primary materials. This means that we specify which materials our producers should buy and from which suppliers. A few materials such as some yarns, ribbons, linings, buttons, etc. are purchased by our producers independently. For the calculation of the total number of our material suppliers we count an average of one non-nominated supplier per product area. There are overlaps in several product areas.
Limits lower than those allowed by law
The bluesign® system is an “Input Stream Management”. Only “clean”, certified components can be used. This results in clean, safe and environmentally friendly products.
The bluesign® system guarantees that no Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) identified by the European REACH regulations (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) are to be found in the products. The limits for chemical substances are often lower in the bluesign® system than legal limits.
Tackling the problem at its source
The bluesign® system tackles the problem at its source. Instead of analyzing finished products for chemical substances, the bluesign® system monitors the upstream supply chain of all components used (fabrics, yarns, chemical finishes such as dyes, etc.).
All input and output streams are examined. Only materials that meet the strict bluesign® system criteria make their way into the production cycle.
Our key supplier VAUDE Vietnam, for example, is bluesign® system audited and ISO 14001 certified.
Chemicals on the radar
The strict limits of the bluesign® system help to protect consumers, lower the burden on the environment and conserve resources. Within the bluesign® system over 9000 restricted or prohibited chemical substances are monitored.
VAUDE has taken on these substances and their limits in its own Manufacturing Restricted Substance List (MRSL). In our VAUDE Greenpeace Detox Commitment we are at times even stricter than the bluesign® system.
