Green Shape has already gone through several stages of development. At the very beginning, Green Shape criteria included only the materials used. That was an important first step, but soon it was no longer enough for us. The Green Shape criteria now apply to the entire product lifecycle, from design, through all the materials used, production sites, use and care of the product, to possible recycling and/or environmentally friendly disposal.
Green Shape 2.0 is a two-tier process: Each Green Shape product must be made from certified and/or environmentally friendly materials. At the same time, the production facility where the materials come from must also be environmentally certified. This doubles our safety net, especially with regard to handling chemicals in production.
Green Shape expressly excludes the use of particularly critical materials and technologies such as PVC, fluorocarbons, chlorine and bleaches containing hypochlorite, nanotechnology or solvent-containing prints.
Each Green Shape product must be easy to maintain and clean, and cannot require dry cleaning.
The bluesign® system is an important part of the concept. But Green Shape goes beyond the bluesign® system. Green Shape products may not, for example, contain fluorocarbons, while the bluesign® system still allows their use under strict conditions.
You can read the complete Green Shape Concept in detail here. A word of warning – it’s complex!
We are deliberately very transparent on this issue and publish the entire concept, the development of which we have put a lot of know-how into over the years. We have one request for this: If you want to use the Green Shape concept or parts of it, no matter if private or commercial, please always mention VAUDE Sport as author of the concept and this website as source.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.
