Boldwill

PRO­DUC­TI­ON LOCATIONS

• Por­tu­gal
• Gre­ece

WOR­KING CON­DI­TI­ONS & LIVING WAGES

To ensu­re fair pro­duc­ti­on prac­ti­ces, Bol­dwill col­la­bo­ra­tes with GOTS and SME­TA-cer­ti­fi­ed fac­to­ri­es in Por­tu­gal and Gre­ece. The brand main­ta­ins clo­se rela­ti­on­ships with the­se fac­to­ri­es and visits them regu­lar­ly to over­see wor­king conditions.

Howe­ver, as a small busi­ness, Bol­dwill ack­nowled­ges that it is not yet able to visit every sup­pli­er in its sup­ply cha­in. The brand sta­tes that impro­ving tran­s­pa­ren­cy and con­duc­ting more direct visits is a futu­re goal.

MATE­RI­ALS

Bol­dwill desig­ns its acti­vewe­ar using only plant-based and high-per­for­ming materials:

• Hemp
• Ten­cel™ Lyo­cell (from FSC-cer­ti­fi­ed Euro­pe­an forests)
• Ten­cel™ Modal
• Orga­nic Cot­ton (GOTS-cer­ti­fi­ed)

By avo­iding syn­t­he­tic fibres, Bol­dwill aims to redu­ce the shed­ding of micro­plas­tics and the reli­an­ce on fossil-fuel-based textiles.

PAC­KA­GING 

Bol­dwill has not dis­clo­sed deta­ils abo­ut its pac­ka­ging materials.

WATER USA­GE & CHEMICALS 

Natu­ral mate­ri­als like hemp and Ten­cel™ requ­ire less inten­si­ve washing com­pa­red to syn­t­he­tic sport­swe­ar. Addi­ti­onal­ly, the orga­nic cot­ton used in the­ir col­lec­ti­ons is GOTS-cer­ti­fi­ed, ensu­ring that har­m­ful che­mi­cals are avo­ided during cul­ti­va­ti­on and production.

CIR­CU­LAR PRO­DUCT DESIGN 

Bol­dwill stri­ves to design pro­duc­ts that last, redu­cing the need for frequ­ent repla­ce­ments. To mini­mi­se texti­le was­te, the brand:

• Uses mono­ma­te­ri­als whe­re possi­ble, making gar­ments easi­er to recy­cle.
• Desig­ns some items from a sin­gle fabric to incre­ase mate­ri­al efficiency.

CIR­CU­LAR BUSI­NESS MODELS

When Bol­dwill items wear out from inten­se acti­vity, cus­to­mers can return them for free and rece­ive a 20% dis­co­unt on the­ir next pur­c­ha­se. Once a mini­mum volu­me is reac­hed, the­se gar­ments are recy­cled into new acti­vewe­ar.

This ini­ti­ati­ve enco­ura­ges res­pon­si­ble dis­po­sal and con­tri­bu­tes to a cir­cu­lar eco­nomy.

DIS­TAN­CE & COM­PLEXITY OF THE SUP­PLY CHAIN

• Headqu­ar­ters: Net­her­lan­ds
• Pro­duc­ti­on: Por­tu­gal & Greece
• Raw mate­ri­als & yar­ns: Sour­ced wit­hin Europe

Bol­dwill main­ta­ins a short and tran­s­pa­rent sup­ply cha­in, ensu­ring that mate­ri­als are sour­ced and pro­du­ced wit­hin Euro­pe.

TRAN­S­POR­TA­TI­ON 

To lower its car­bon foot­print, Bol­dwill reli­es on truck tran­s­port for ship­ping wit­hin its sup­ply cha­in. The com­pany col­la­bo­ra­tes with third-par­ty orga­ni­sa­ti­ons to cal­cu­la­te and off­set emi­ssi­ons rela­ted to shipping.

All of Bol­dwil­l’s fabrics are plant-based, which means that the­ir sport­swe­ar is com­ple­tely vegan.

PRO­DUCT DESIGN

Bol­dwill cre­ates fun­c­ti­onal, high-quality sport­swe­ar that pro­vi­des fre­edom of move­ment whi­le main­ta­ining a com­mit­ment to envi­ron­men­tal res­pon­si­bi­lity.

SLOW FASHI­ON PROCESSES

The brand doesn’t work with seaso­nal col­lec­ti­ons avo­iding overproduction.

They design pro­duc­ts with a time­less touch, so that people can wear them for years and years to come. More­over, they only use high-quality mate­ri­als and fabrics, so that the pro­duc­ts last a long time. 

TRAN­S­PA­REN­CY ON PRODUCT

Bol­dwill pro­vi­des cle­ar mate­ri­al infor­ma­ti­on and sus­ta­ina­bi­lity deta­ils. Cus­to­mers can find a Sus­ta­ina­bi­lity Policy docu­ment on the bran­d’s website.

TRAN­S­PA­REN­CY ON PROCESSES

Whi­le Bol­dwill dis­clo­ses infor­ma­ti­on abo­ut its main pro­duc­ti­on loca­ti­ons and cer­ti­fi­ca­ti­ons, it does not yet pro­vi­de full deta­ils on all sup­pli­ers and enti­re sup­ply cha­in ope­ra­ti­ons.