Everyday at Sandgaard we work to create a more sustainable future in our supply chains, and in the fashion industry in general.
We have set ambitious goals,  ten-year plan and every year we launch new initiatives to become even more sustainable.

We want to be a front leader

Although the fashion industry is far from sustainable today, we are facing better times. Major changes require structure and action among everyone in the supplier chain if the fashion industry is to get better.

We have set an ambitious plan, where fashion and sustainable walk hand in hand

Our effort take place under the name ”Go Green with Sandgaard”, and we will continiously tell about projects and new initiatives.

VISION

”Our vision is to support sustainable development, which not only affects the workflow at Sandgaard, but also supports a new movement towards a more circular, sustainable and “body-normative” fashion industry.”

Lars Sandgaard

Sustainability– “a use of the earth’s resources that creates a balance between utilization and protection, so that we do not destroy our livelihoods”

ONLINE INFO AND HANGTAG

In future, our customers will be able to follow both small and large sustainable initiatives at Sandgaard. We have created a Hangtag which can lead customers to washing instructions and our initiatives

HOW TO GIVE EXTRA CARE TO YOUR CLOTHES - in the sustainable way

OUR GOALS

We want to contribute to a transformation of the fashion industry into a circular future. That is why we have set ambitious goals for the next 10 years, which include:

  • Our entire value chain must only use renewable energy. At Sandgaard, we will compensate or establish renewable energy plants that make the entire production of our value chain “sustainable” in the field of energy.
  • There must be no waste in our value chain. We want to ensure that there is no waste or waste at ourselves and dealers. In addition, we will fight to establish recycling companies for textiles, so that textile fibers in production and among end users can be recycled 100%.
  • We want to give women the freedom to feel safe and express their own identity. Women are different, have different shapes and are in different phases of their lives. We want to give women the ultimate opportunity to be themselves and give them the clothes that make it possible.

Lucky boxes, donations and stock sales ensure that no clothes are a waste at Sandgaard

All fashion companies have clothes that are not sold and prototypes that do not come into production. To remove all waste internally, we make lucky boxes for our dealers, have stock clearance sale once a year and create donation agreements. Overall, the effort must ensure that no clothing is wasted.

We have intiated a dialogue with our subcontractors how to achieve this goal. Small recycling initiatives have already been launched.

Cardboard recycling strategy ensures 70% being re-used

At Sandgaard, we take good care of our cardboard boxes. We want to limit the consumtion of new cardboard. 70% of the cardboard boxes that come in through the door, get a new life. Either we re-use them ourselves, or another local manufacturer gets the cardboard boxes for our own production. Approx. 30% of the cardboard boxes are in such poor condition that they cannot be recycled. They are recycled instead. All our cardboard is always FSC® certified.

Biodegradable plastic bags

Biodegradable plastic is being re-used, or decomposed without damage, as it is not made from fossil substances. Alternatively, recycled plastic is being used.

Biodegradable clothing

At Sandgaard, we have embarked on a journey with a focus on circularity. Our first products on this journey can be part of a biological cycle. Can be recycled and must be sustainable.

Norm by SANDGAARD – a daily struggle for body normativity

At Sandgard, we fight every day to bring a new normal into the fashion industry with a focus on the fact that the normal is the diversity of bodies. We need to point out that bodies are different, look different and are in different phases of life.We have launched a big big data project to better understand women’s bodies and shapes. Thus, we can start the work of creating clothes that are made for women – and not the illusion of women.