Objectives for 2025
Here are 15 objectives for our sustainability and transparency efforts that should be achieved by end of year 2025. We use these objectives to help determine our overall long-term performance on ecological and social sustainability. From 2025 onward new objectives will be set in 5-year cycles.
To be transparent on our progress, will will mark all achieved objective on this list with ✓ and track the overall progress on our annual Sustainability Report. See our 2022 Sustainability report here.
Engagement with Our Community
1. We will add the following garment care sections on our website:- Detailed care instructions for each type of material available in our collections
- Instructions for repairing most common issues on garments such as holes and tears
2. To help educate our community on better choices and practices, we will:
- Add books (minimum 3) on ecological sustainability and social justice to our online store
- Pilot an online lecture and/or podcast discussion and/or other learning material on diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) for free on our online platforms
4. We will pilot a 2nd hand marketplace for pre-owned Latimmier products. The pilot may be executed either online or through physical pop-up stores
Material & Production
5. We will pilot and successfully implement natural dyeing processes in at least one bulk produced product line
6. We will pilot circular cutting waste processes with at least one of our factory partners. The goal of this pilot is to gather cutting waste and regenerate and/or recycle it to new materials
7. On average, minimum 20% of our bulk and sample production materials are made in Finland
8. By end of year 2025 we will have information of the following:
- 100% of Tier 1 production (cutting, sewing, knitting and final assembly of product) ✓
- 100% of Tier 2 production (fabric mills, knitwear yarn spinners, tanneries) ✓
- 100% of Tier 3 production (all hardware production)
- 50% of Tier 4 production (raw material processing)
- 50% of Tier 5 production (raw material production and/or extraction)
9. Minimum 90% of all material, hardware and product production is located within the EU ✓
10. Minimum 65% of our collection is either certified sustainable, new generation sustainable materials, upcycled, recycled or made of deadstock
11. All our online store packaging materials, clothing bags, pop-up store and showroom hangers and other branded packaging items are made from recycled and/or biodegradable materials
12. Our studio is powered only by wind, solar or hydropower
Work Practices
13. Minimum 50% of our job and internship opportunities us go to marginalized people or otherwise underrepresented people in fashion. With this said, we only work with people based on their talent, not solely because of their identity, and we don't see the two as mutually exclusive ✓
14. We will hire a person (part-time or freelance) to focus on our company's sustainability efforts in order to make sure we are actively receiving the latest information and setting ambitious objectives and standards.
15. We will present minimum 10 quantifiable key performance indicators (KPIs) to be achieved by end of year 2030
This page was last updated in May 2023