Environmental Policy

Environmental and social responsibility has been important at GmbH since we were founded in 2016. While we make no claim to be perfect, environmental impact and ethical treatment of humans and animals is a considered part of all design, development and production processes at GmbH. We do not however claim to be a sustainable brand, as we find this term to be misleading.

Responsible Company Practices

Better Materials

The biggest negative impact on the environment from fashion, happens when we produce fabrics. The first GmbH collections were made entirely from materials that would otherwise go to waste, also known as deadstock. As the collections have grown, our aim is that the majority of our materials fulfill our Environmental Policy goals of being organic, recycled, upcycled, dead stock and biodegradable. Some of the materials we use are:
Organic Cotton
Recycled cotton
Viscose from well managed sources
Lyocell from well managed sources
Recycled nylon, polyester and polyamide
Plant based bio-degradable polyamide
Wadding from recycled PET
PVC and CFC-FREE
Standards provided by our suppliers include Q-NOVA, ECONYL, GOTS, OEKO-TEX, R.E.A.C.H., BLUESIGN, FSC Certification and NORDIC SWAN.

Pollution Reduction

The vast majority of our fabrics and garments are produced in Europe, relatively close to our studio in Berlin, which reduces transport significantly.
We ship in biodegradable and recycled bags and boxes.
We recycle all our studio waste.

Animal Welfare

GmbH uses no down, real fur or exotic skins in our clothing.
We use wool, and in the case of merino wool, non-muelsing wool when possible.
On the topic of leather:
For footwear we originally only used leather alternatives, focusing on synthetic leathers made from bio-waste like apple or tea. We also focused on bio based PU instead of petroleum based. Though we quality tested many of these materials thoroughly, the reality is that most of these materials are new and experimental, and we did experience inconsistent quality in some cases. Based on this experience and customer feedback we introduced som real leather into the collection from 2025 - as quality and longevity is extremely important to us. All our real leathers are waste products from certified organic farming, chrome-free and certified by the Leather Working Group. We still continue to use the synthetic leathers we have had the best experience with.
GmbH only consumes vegetarian and vegan food provided by a local biodynamic farm.

We Do Not Tolerate

Child labour
Slavery
Unethical treatment of humans, animals or land

Reporting

GmbH is committed to have ongoing assessments of our practices. Each season's collection planning and design meetings should be initiated by assessments of the previous collection's targets, and successes and how to improve this further. It should be a dynamic and constantly evolving and improving process.

Objectives

We are constantly reviewing how to improve season by season as new technologies, materials and practices become available.
Our last internal review was in January 2026.