Norgäte

Norgä­te works with Peru­vi­an ate­liers for the pro­duc­tion of their coll­ec­tions. Norgä­te self-veri­fies that the ate­liers meet their ethi­cal stan­dards and qua­li­ty requi­re­ments. The brand curr­ent­ly works with seve­ral pro­duc­tion ate­liers in Are­qui­pa, Cus­co and Lima, among others. The­se work­shops ensu­re that more than 150 fami­lies in the regi­on recei­ve a fair and ste­ady inco­me.

Seve­ral pro­ducts in the Norgä­te coll­ec­tion have a Peru Fair Trade label. For the­se pro­ducts, the working con­di­ti­ons are moni­to­red by the Peru­vi­an Fair Trade organization.

The mate­ri­als them­sel­ves also come from Peru. Norgä­te works with Peru­vi­an manu­fac­tu­r­ers such as Michell, Inca Tops and Ittes­sa for this purpose. 

Norgä­te uses only mate­ri­als sourced from Peru. Most of the coll­ec­tion is made of alpa­ca wool. Alpa­ca is a very soft wool. Thanks to the lack of lano­lin it is also hypo­al­ler­ge­nic. The alpa­ca lives in the high moun­ta­ins of Peru. The­r­e­fo­re, the alpa­ca wool indus­try is very important for the eco­no­my and the local popu­la­ti­on. In addi­ti­on, Norgä­te also uses shee­p’s wool and meri­no wool in their collection. 

To fur­ther redu­ce their impact on the envi­ron­ment, Norgä­te choo­ses natu­ral dyes. This pre­vents the brand from using harmful che­mi­cals that could end up in wastewater.

The mate­ri­als Norgä­te uses in their coll­ec­tion are OEKO-Tex cer­ti­fied. In doing so, the mate­ri­als are also AZO-free and com­ply with REACH regu­la­ti­ons. This orga­niza­ti­on checks that no harmful che­mi­cals are pre­sent in a pro­duct. So the fact that Norgä­te’s pro­ducts com­ply with this pro­ves that they are com­ple­te­ly safe!

Other mate­ri­als used by Norgä­te are also sus­tainable. For exam­p­le, they use but­tons made from coco­nut or Tagua­nut. The labels on the clo­thes are made of the vegan and inno­va­ti­ve piña­tex lea­ther. Final­ly, the brand also choo­ses sus­tainable alter­na­ti­ves for the pack­a­ging mate­ri­al! The paper and card­board is recy­cled and has the FSC (Forest Ste­ward­ship Coun­cil) label for sus­tainable forest management.

The Norgä­te coll­ec­tion uses most­ly natu­ral mate­ri­als such as alpa­ca and meri­no wool. As men­tio­ned ear­lier, the pro­ducts are also free of harmful che­mi­cals. The­r­e­fo­re, after use, the­se pro­ducts are biode­gra­da­ble and thus cir­cu­lar. It is important here that the­re are no syn­the­tic mate­ri­als in the pro­duct. So be sure to check the label for the com­po­si­ti­on of your product!

Norgä­te has a short pro­duc­tion chain becau­se all manu­fac­tu­r­ers and pro­duc­tion work­shops are loca­ted in Peru. Only the design of the pro­ducts takes place in Swe­den. Still, the pro­ducts have to tra­vel a long distance to get from Peru to you.

The Norgä­te coll­ec­tion is made of alpa­ca, shee­p’s wool and meri­no wool. The brand only works with mate­ri­als that are cer­ti­fied.

For the alpa­ca wool, for exam­p­le, the­re is the RAS label (Respon­si­ble Alpa­ca Stan­dard). In this way, Norgä­te wants to ensu­re that the alpa­ca wool comes from farms that take a pro­gres­si­ve approach to land manage­ment and respect ani­mal wel­fa­re. In doing so, far­mers are che­cked to see if they score well on all of the ani­mal wel­fa­re issues; nut­ri­ti­on, habi­tat, manage­ment, trans­por­ta­ti­on and handling. 

For shee­p’s wool and meri­no wool, Norgä­te uses simi­lar labels.

Norgä­te designs their clo­thes with lon­ge­vi­ty in mind. The­r­e­fo­re, the brand also opts for a tim­e­l­ess and ele­gant style. The brand designs for a sen­se of sim­pli­ci­ty, com­bi­ned with luxu­ry and functionality. 

Alpa­ca is a strong mate­ri­al espe­ci­al­ly known for its soft­ness. To keep your wool swea­ter or scarf beau­tiful, Norgä­te recom­mends washing it at lower tem­pe­ra­tures and not put­ting it in the dryer.

Norgä­te is well trans­pa­rent in terms of the manu­fac­tu­r­ers they work with. Unfort­u­na­te­ly, this is not the case with the pro­ducts them­sel­ves. It is dif­fi­cult to find out what the com­po­si­ti­on is. 

It seems that the pro­ducts are made of 100% wool. Nevert­hel­ess, it is pos­si­ble that the­re is a small part of acrylic in here to impro­ve the shape reten­ti­on of the clothes.