Secrid

The Secrid wal­let is pro­du­ced in the Net­her­lands. The brand atta­ches gre­at importance to the social aspects of pro­duc­tion and the­r­e­fo­re choo­ses to coope­ra­te with social work­shops. Social work­shops offer employ­ment oppor­tu­ni­ties to peo­p­le with a distance to the job market.

Moreo­ver, all mate­ri­als are sourced from Euro­pean pro­du­cers in the Net­her­lands, Bel­gi­um, Ger­ma­ny and Italy.

Secrid has been a cer­ti­fied B‑Corporation sin­ce the end of 2021. This means that the com­pa­ny is audi­ted every three years by the orga­ni­sa­ti­on B Lab. In doing so, Secrid must meet cer­tain stan­dards in terms of envi­ron­men­tal per­for­mance, trans­pa­ren­cy and working conditions.

Secrid choo­ses high-qua­li­ty, dura­ble mate­ri­als for their pro­ducts. The Card­pro­tec­tor is made of alu­mi­ni­um. This mate­ri­al has a long life­span, pro­tects your cards from RFID and NFC expo­sure, and is also easy to recy­cle.

Secrid also uses lea­ther in the wal­lets. The brand only uses Euro­pean tan­ned lea­ther, with much of it pro­ces­sed in the Net­her­lands. Lea­ther has a long life­span, the lon­ger a pro­duct is used the smal­ler its impact on the environment. 

Secrid also uses plant-based and syn­the­tic, vegan alter­na­ti­ves and is con­stant­ly rese­ar­ching new, inno­va­ti­ve mate­ri­als and alter­na­ti­ves to leather.

In 2009, Secrid cal­cu­la­ted the car­bon foot­print for all their pro­ducts and pro­ces­ses. With this car­bon foot­print, the com­pa­ny went to work to redu­ce and off­set their CO2 emis­si­ons. Secrid works with the non-pro­fit orga­ni­sa­ti­on Fair­Cli­ma­te­Fund on refo­re­sta­ti­on pro­jects to off­set the­se CO2 emis­si­ons, the brand is the­r­e­fo­re com­ple­te­ly car­bon-neu­tral.

Secrid laun­ched a coll­ec­tion tog­e­ther with cir­cu­lar bag brand Frei­tag. This Secrid X Frei­tag wal­let coll­ec­tion con­sists of an upcy­cled Secrid Card­pro­tec­tor com­bi­ned with a wal­let design made of truck can­vas by Frei­tag. The colourful and uni­que wal­lets are a gre­at eye-catcher.

The Dutch brand wants to avo­id that their pro­duc­tion pro­ces­ses would crea­te sur­plu­s­es or was­te, so they deve­lo­ped new cut­ting and stit­ching methods to avo­id this. Soon, most of the card hol­ders will even be made from recy­cled alu­mi­ni­um.

Secrid has a short sup­p­ly chain as most of the mate­ri­als are pro­du­ced in the Net­her­lands. Even the assem­bly of the wal­lets takes place in the Net­her­lands. As a result, the envi­ron­men­tal impact of trans­port is mini­mi­sed and, due to fast deli­very times, few inter­me­dia­te stocks are nee­ded. Some mate­ri­als are pro­du­ced in Bel­gi­um, Ita­ly and Ger­ma­ny.

Most of the Secrid coll­ec­tion is made out of cow lea­ther. A few wal­lets are made of sheep- or calfs­kin. Secrid exclu­si­ve­ly uses Euro­pean tan­ned lea­ther. Howe­ver, it is not cer­tain that the ani­mals have lived in Euro­pe. Due to the lack of trans­pa­ren­cy in the lea­ther indus­try, it is very dif­fi­cult to find out exact­ly whe­re the mate­ri­al comes from and in what con­di­ti­ons the ani­mals lived. 

Bes­i­des this, Secrid also offers alter­na­ti­ves to lea­ther. The­se wal­lets are made from vegan lea­ther alter­na­ti­ves such as Mir­um, made with natu­ral rub­ber and plant was­te. Secri­d’s coll­ec­tion also includes wal­lets made of syn­the­tic mate­ri­als such as poly­es­ter with a ther­mo­pla­s­tic poly­ure­tha­ne coa­ting. In the­se, the brand places par­ti­cu­lar importance on the qua­li­ty and lon­ge­vi­ty of the wallets.

Becau­se Secrid uses high-qua­li­ty mate­ri­als, the wal­lets have a long life­span. This is also cen­tral to the design, with the wal­lets being mini­ma­list and prac­ti­cal. Secrid has deve­lo­ped seve­ral models, each available in many dif­fe­rent colours and tex­tures. With stit­ching and embos­sing, Secrid pro­vi­des an added touch to some designs.

To ensu­re that you can enjoy your purcha­se for a long time, Secrid gives a two-year war­ran­ty peri­od. On top of that, you get a life­time gua­ran­tee on the Card­pro­tec­tor’s slide-out mecha­nism. Should some­thing break down, you can easi­ly have it repai­red at one of the 600 Care & Repair Points, or in the Secrid shop in Rotterdam.

COSH! applauds Secri­d’s good com­mit­ment to trans­pa­ren­cy. Through their web­site, the brand shares all names of sup­pli­ers and pro­du­cers. Moreo­ver, you can also con­sult their own code of con­duct the­re. Secrid is also com­ple­te­ly trans­pa­rent about their own ope­ra­ti­ons and organisation.