MyMarini

This brand has their own code of conduct that ensures that everyone along the supply chain is paid fairly and that there are good working conditions and safety is priority. They also encourage employment of women by working with women-run facilities in Croatia. MyMarini is in the process of applying for its BCorp certification, which would provide consumers with another level of reassurance of the factory’s ethical and sustainable working nature. The manufacturing facility in Croatia specializes in swimwear and lingerie, and is Oeko-Tex STeP certified, which ensures social responsibility and ethical working conditions. 

The brand exclusively works with companies that value and share their code of conduct, and also conducts regular visits to all their facilities to check on the working conditions themselves. They make sure to provide above-average number of vacation days, and if overtime is unavoidable, compensation for that as well. 

In addition to this, the brand also conducts a lot of charitable activities towards social charities. Their major activities being such as supplying 100 warming packs (altogether) and 30 crates of drinking water per month to GoBanyo, which provides facilities to people without permanent homes or access to sanitary facilities. Additionally, they connected some charity work to certain products, from which part or all of the revenue made was donated to the respective charity organizations. There are many more valuable charitable activities they conducted, which can be found on their website.

Mymarini tries to be as sustainable as possible, considering the difficulty of doing so with surf- and swimwear. 96% of all the garments at Mymarini are made using Econyl® yarn, which is a type of regenerated nylon generated from 100% pre- and post-consumer waste such as fabric scraps, carpeting, fishing nets and industrial plastics. While this is still not great news considering microplastic release and end of life disposal, it is currently unavoidable for swimwear. However, the brand provides detailed care instructions to keep them away from disposal as long as possible, and recommends washing bags and other tips to avoid microplastic and toxic chemical release. 96% of the products of this brand are also certified by the brand to be groundwater neutral by Klimapatenschaft GmbH.

The brand uses and acknowledges the unsustainability of Elastane, however it is used as part of swimwear to keep the fabrics in shape for a long time. They however only stick to elastane, regenerated nylon, and polyamide. The fabrics are sourced from Italy, from a facility that uses modern technology to reduce green house gas emissions and water use.

Mymarini also uses Framilon as a narrow band sewn into certain parts of garments, which is needed to hold the shape of certain swimwear. 

The shine collection contains shimmering edges to designs, which contains Lurex, which is polyester yarn coated in aluminium to enhance the metallic sheen. Sewing yarns used are approximately 98% recycled polyester that is GRS certified, and 1.8% virgin polyester. 

Some products are also supposedly Oeko-Tex standard 100 certified and REACH compliant, which also ensures no harmful chemicals or dyes. The products that are made of Tencel are FSC certified, which ensures good management of forests and their local communities. 

Mymarini is very conscious about its water footprint, for which they aim for groundwater neutrality by 2025. 96% of this goal has already been achieved in cooperation with Klimapatenschaft

They have also set a goal for more efficient use of resources, which they have achieved by 95% by implementing a resource planning system that analyses the inventory and orders and optimizes order quantities to avoid risk of overproduction.

This brand conducts most of its sourcing and production within Europe, which avoids high transport emissions. Their B2C packaging is also free of plastic, and they reuse their cardboard boxes. If any form of plastic packaging is required by retailers, they use the most sustainable options, such as polybags made of renewable materials. 

Mymarini, as they are unable to avoid synthetic products, try to make up for that by using only regenerated and recycled materials. This contributes to the circularity of the product. They also released a line of underwear made fully of leftover fabrics, which also shows their commitment to circularity and longevity. 

The brand has some way to go to improve circularity still, and are looking into different options to make their swimwear circular. However, the company has not yet found a material with which they are completely satisfied in terms of quality and recyclability, and also they haven’t mentioned the specifics of the circularity. So we are unable to conclude on the sustainability of this initiative.

Mymarini has also set up a return/​takeback system, however are still working on the further steps such as finding suitable recycling partners. In the meantime, they introduced reusable packaging with RePack for their ecommerce, the benefits of which are many and can be found on their website.

This brand’s finishing, dying, packaging and shipping facilities, are located in Europe, keeping the related transport emissions low. Almost all their production is conducted in Europe, 96% of sourcing being from a single supplier within Europe. They work with facilities in Croatia, Italy, and Poland. Most of their materials in the supply chain can be transferred by road freight.

Mymarini received the PETA vegan travel award for best swimwear, which ensures that the brand is completely free of any animal products.

Mymarini designs for durability, with swimwear that can be used outside of the water as well in everyday life. The swimwear is UPF 50+ which is the maximum sun protective rating achievable for fabrics. They use elastane in order to keep fabrics in shape for a long time. To avoid returns, they have provided an email to reach out to, so consumers can receive help in finding the right style for themselves. They also provide detailed care instructions to keep the garments in use for as long as possible. The production site in Poland allows the brand to buy in smaller quantities, which avoids unnecessary overproduction. 

Mymarini’s designs cannot be called seasonless due to them being summer clothes, however they can be called timeless and can be worn for many years. 

Considering that Mymarini provides an extensive sustainability report, they strive to be very transparent about all their activities. They provide an overview of all their goals with specific updates on each of them, including their negative progress. They also provide an email address dedicated to sustainability that concerned consumers can reach out to for questions, feedback, or suggestions. They surpass transparency by tracing their supply chain back all the way, and providing this information in their sustainability report. The brand has also provided COSH! with all certifications to back their claims. Update: as of 2024, MyMarini is also now providing detailed information on ecological footprint and supply chain online at a product level now (including certifications)! We love to see the progress.