Götti

Götti’s pro­duc­ts are manu­fac­tu­red in Japan, Ger­many, Aus­tria, and Swit­zer­land. The­ir manu­fac­tu­ring part­ner in Japan has wor­ked with them for over 20 years, cre­ating a lon­g­s­tan­ding fri­en­d­ship, making it easy for the brand to ensu­re ethi­cal pro­duc­ti­on prac­ti­ces. The­ir proxi­mity to Ger­many and Aus­tria, and them being loca­ted in the EU also assu­res us that the faci­lity fol­lows strict EU laws regar­ding ethi­cal pro­duc­ti­on. The brand also con­duc­ts part of the­ir manu­fac­tu­ring in the­ir own faci­lity in Swit­zer­land. They also work with an Ita­li­an ace­ta­te manu­fac­tu­rer for the­ir mate­ri­al sour­cing.

Göt­ti uses many mate­ri­als for dif­fe­rent col­lec­ti­ons. Sta­inless ste­el is a recy­cla­ble and sus­ta­ina­ble mate­ri­al and very dura­ble, and the­ir use of polya­mi­de is also recy­cla­ble howe­ver has it’s own nega­ti­ve impac­ts on the envi­ron­ment, such as micro­plas­tic rele­ase. They also use ace­ta­te, which is a envi­ron­men­tal­ly fri­end­ly alter­na­ti­ve to the conven­ti­onal plas­tic fra­mes. They also use genu­ine buf­fa­lo horn, which is a natu­ral mate­ri­al. The­ir 3D prin­ting pro­duc­ti­on ensu­res pre­ci­si­on and redu­ced was­te, howe­ver, the­re needs to be more rese­ar­ch regar­ding the sus­ta­ina­bi­lity of 3D prin­ting as com­pa­red to conven­ti­onal pro­duc­ti­on, in ter­ms of ener­gy con­sump­ti­on. The brand does not men­ti­on other mate­ri­als such as for len­ses and pac­ka­ging, nor do they men­ti­on the che­mi­cals used for the­ir glasses. 

This brand pro­du­ces easily recy­cla­ble gla­sses, which makes them cir­cu­lar. They, howe­ver, don’t have any take back or repa­ir sys­tem in pla­ce for the­ir glasses.

The brand con­duc­ts most of its pro­duc­ti­on and sour­cing wit­hin Euro­pe, howe­ver pro­du­ces part of the­ir fra­mes in Japan. We also do not have com­ple­te infor­ma­ti­on regar­ding the­ir mate­ri­al sour­cing, making the real len­g­th of the cha­in unve­ri­fi­able. We also do not have infor­ma­ti­on regar­ding the­ir tran­s­por­ta­ti­on met­hods, which makes a huge dif­fe­ren­ce on the­ir emi­ssi­ons regard­less of the len­g­th of the cha­in. The brand, howe­ver, does not con­duct onli­ne pur­c­ha­ses, which remo­ves the fac­tor of emi­ssi­ons from indi­vi­du­al deliveries. 

Göt­ti uses buf­fa­lo horn in the­ir fra­mes, but does not spe­cify the­ir ethi­cal and cru­el­ty-free sour­cing, we can only hope that the hor­ns are a by-pro­duct of the meat industry. 

This brand puts the utmost impor­tan­ce on the quality of the fra­mes, some fra­mes are hand poli­shed, some meti­cu­lo­us­ly pieced toget­her, and some care­ful­ly desig­ned for 3D prin­ting. They try to avo­id the use of screws and other attac­h­ment mate­ri­als by using inno­va­ti­ve tec­h­niqu­es for the fra­mes. The brand is the defi­ni­ti­on of slow-fashi­on, and uses mos­tly dura­ble and high quality mate­ri­als. They, howe­ver, do not pro­vi­de any care tips or repa­ir ser­vi­ces to keep the gla­sses in use for a long time. 

The brand pro­vi­des a lot of tran­s­pa­ren­cy regar­ding the­ir col­lec­ti­ons and pro­duc­ti­on pro­ce­sses, howe­ver could go fur­t­her by tel­ling us abo­ut the lens mate­ri­als and sour­cing, and other sour­cing loca­ti­ons, as well as the che­mi­cals used and tran­s­por­ta­ti­on methods.