Konges Sløjd

Kon­ges Sløjd knows the big role in the­ir sus­ta­ina­bi­lity appro­ach played by the people invol­ved in the­ir pro­duc­ti­on pro­ce­sses. To ensu­re fair wor­king con­di­ti­ons, the brand set up the fol­lowing stra­tegy: From 2022, they are a mem­ber of Amfo­ri BSCI, an orga­ni­sa­ti­on dedi­ca­ted to soci­al com­pli­an­ce and bet­ter wor­king con­di­ti­ons wit­hin the com­pa­ni­es invol­ved. This mem­ber­ship is espe­ci­al­ly impor­tant in regard to the Asi­an sup­pli­ers the brand wor­ks with beca­use it hel­ps ensu­re equ­ity and safety in tho­se fac­to­ri­es – let’s not for­get this area of the wor­ld sco­res among the lowest when it comes to wor­k­pla­ce con­di­ti­ons and wages.

They also ensu­re the­ir sup­pli­ers fol­low GOTS, SA8000 and Sedex guide­li­nes in the­ir facilities.

More­over, the brand car­ri­es out audits during the ini­ti­al, midd­le, and final sta­ges of the pro­duc­ti­on. A good appro­ach is to make sure the sup­pli­ers fol­low good prac­ti­ces long-term. Most of the­ir sup­pli­ers are loca­ted in India, Chi­na, Tur­key, and some­ti­mes Aus­tra­lia, with whom they have daily contact.

To be a sus­ta­ina­ble brand, you must ensu­re the mate­ri­als you out­so­ur­ce deri­ve from sus­ta­ina­ble sour­ces or fol­low strict requirements. 

Kon­ges Sløjd adop­ts both stra­te­gi­es and, the­re­fo­re, does its best to use more orga­nic cot­ton, with an incre­asing pro­por­ti­on of GOTS-cer­ti­fi­ed cot­ton col­lec­ti­on after col­lec­ti­on; they also use polyes­ter due to the spe­ci­fics of this mate­ri­al, but they stri­ve to use more and more recy­cled polyes­ter. Read here to check the pros and cons of this strategy. 

Other mate­ri­als in the­ir col­lec­ti­ons inclu­de BIONIC-FINISH® ECO, a coating alter­na­ti­ve free from hazar­do­us che­mi­cals – inclu­ding PFCs – and THER­MO­LI­TE® Eco­Ma­de, an insu­la­ting fibre per­fect for keeping your baby warm. 

Nonet­he­less, at COSH! we are unsu­re of its com­po­si­ti­on base sin­ce the deve­lo­per LYCRA says it could be made from eit­her 100% PET bot­tles or 100% texti­le was­te – which one of the two makes up the one used by Kon­ges Sløjd is not known. But check here for more info abo­ut PET in your clothes. 

Sin­ce all sup­pli­ers are OEKO-TEX® 100 stan­dard cer­ti­fi­ed, fabrics are dyed after the­se guide­li­nes, meaning no che­mi­cals or hazar­do­us sub­s­tan­ces in your children’s clot­hes. Well done!

Busi­ness models help your brand shift towar­ds the best pla­net-fri­end­ly prac­ti­ces, but how does Kon­ges Sløjd get there? 

The brand has many cer­ti­fi­ca­ti­ons guaran­te­eing its efforts in this sen­se. They are GOTS and FSC cer­ti­fi­ed, meaning the­ir most used mate­ri­als are good for the envi­ron­ment whi­le being gen­tle to your children’s skin and heal­th. More­over, most of the­ir gar­ments are made enti­rely of the­se mate­ri­als, making tho­se mono-mate­ri­al pieces easi­er to recy­cle at the­ir end-of-life stage.

The brand stri­ves to last beyond one gene­ra­ti­on, tho­ugh, so all desig­ns are tho­ug­ht to be time­less and easy to pass on from one sibling to anot­her for gene­ra­ti­ons to come. 

A cir­cu­lar tac­tic wor­th men­ti­oning is the use of over­stock mate­ri­als and fabric scraps for sam­pling the­ir futu­re collections.

They also reuse the ori­gi­nal boxes sent from the­ir sup­pli­ers and use recy­cled poly bags, which use is mini­mi­sed as much as possible.

Regar­ding the sup­ply cha­in, Kon­ges Sløjd can’t be des­cri­bed as a short-sup­ply-cha­in brand. Its sup­pli­ers are mainly loca­ted in Asia and Aus­tra­lia in some cases, whi­le the headqu­ar­ters are in Den­mark. It is a long way to the Euro­pe­an mar­ket, even lon­ger if you con­si­der they also deli­ver to the US.

The brand is RDS (Res­pon­si­ble Down Stan­dard) cer­ti­fi­ed, making it ani­mal-fri­end­ly beca­use out­so­ur­cing feat­hers and down har­ms no duc­ks or geese. More­over, they also use meri­no wool in the­ir col­lec­ti­ons, who­se ori­gin needs to be specified.

The brand seeks to last beyond one season. Thus, everyt­hing you can shop from them is made of dura­ble and high-quality mate­ri­als, which gre­atly focu­ses on pro­vi­ding you with everyt­hing you may need in your child’s first years. 

To help you achi­eve exten­si­ve dura­bi­lity, on the web­si­te, you will find all the infor­ma­ti­on needed to guide you thro­ugh after-pur­c­ha­se care, from washing care to the best cle­aning strategies.

Alt­ho­ugh the brand stri­ves for con­ti­nu­ous impro­ve­ment, its tran­s­pa­ren­cy com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on could be more precise. 

We appre­ci­ate the cer­ti­fi­ca­ti­on dis­clo­su­re beca­use it’s easily veri­fi­able. Nonet­he­less, some mate­ri­als for non-clot­hing pro­duc­ts are not effor­tle­ss­ly lis­ted – but you can check if they com­ply with EU toys legis­la­ti­on, for example.

More­over, the sup­pli­ers are absent on the web­si­te, and we would appre­ci­ate it if they were sin­ce it would be easi­er for con­su­mers to eva­lu­ate the­ir pur­c­ha­se sus­ta­ina­bi­lity if they could verify whe­re the gar­ments come from.
By dis­clo­sing the­ir sup­pli­ers, Kon­ges Sløjd would also allow for easi­er veri­fi­ca­ti­on of wor­king con­di­ti­ons, wage pay and other soci­al and eco­lo­gi­cal requirements.

We hap­pily chec­ked the ​“pro­duct recall” sec­ti­on, whe­re the brand lis­ts deta­ils on cer­ta­in pro­duc­ts for which safety con­cer­ns have come to light.