Let’s Do Goods

Let’s Do Goods is a Soci­al Enter­pri­se. This means that they ope­ra­te with the pri­mary goal of achi­eving soci­al, envi­ron­men­tal, or com­mu­nity-based objectives:

1. The brand part­ners with ​‘out­si­der artis­ts’ who’ve faced the tri­als of home­le­ss­ness, men­tal heal­th strug­gles, or addictions.

2. For every pair of soc­ks sold, Let’s Do Goods dona­tes a pair to people in need thro­ugh col­la­bo­ra­ti­ons with orga­ni­sa­ti­ons and cha­ri­ti­es such as Sal­va­ti­on Army, Quiet and thro­ugh food ban­ks.

3. The brand set up the­ir own Soci­al Sock Fac­tory in The Hague in col­la­bo­ra­ti­on with the Sal­va­ti­on Army. Here, all ​‘dona­ti­on soc­ks’ are made with recy­cled mate­ri­als, in the Net­her­lan­ds, made by and for people living on the stre­ets. The home­less volun­te­ers are res­pon­si­ble for iro­ning, washing and pac­ka­ging the soc­ks for donation.

4. The com­mer­ci­al­ly ava­ila­ble soc­ks are ethi­cal­ly pro­du­ced by Euro­pe­an stan­dar­ds in Portugal. 

The­ir cho­ice of mate­ri­als – cot­ton, polyes­ter, and elas­ta­ne – offers dura­bi­lity and elas­ti­city. Whi­le the­re are envi­ron­men­tal con­cer­ns, the brand is pro­ac­ti­ve in its missi­on, alre­ady shif­ting towar­ds sus­ta­ina­ble alter­na­ti­ves like recy­cled cot­ton.

The dona­ti­on soc­ks, tho­ugh not as colo­ur­ful, are of excel­lent quality, made from recy­cled mate­ri­als. Everyt­hing from tur­ning the­se recy­cled mate­ri­als into new yarn, to knit­ting them into warm soc­ks, hap­pens in The Net­her­lan­ds. 

At The Soci­al Sock Fac­tory, the soc­ks are made by and for people living on the streets

Unfor­tu­na­tely, the soc­ks sold are not cir­cu­lar. The mate­ri­al blend of natu­ral and syn­t­he­tic mate­ri­als pose recy­cling chal­len­ges after use.

The dona­ti­on soc­ks are, howe­ver, a step in the cir­cu­lar direc­ti­on as they are made from recy­cled mate­ri­als.

Let’s Do Goods has a short sup­ply cha­in as they work with few pro­duc­ti­on part­ners. The dis­tan­ces betwe­en the dif­fe­rent pro­duc­ti­on steps also always rema­in short, the pro­du­cer in Por­tu­gal uses yar­ns spun in Por­tu­gal. The Soci­al Sock Fac­tory in The Hague wor­ks with yar­ns spun in the Netherlands.

100% vegan. Hap­py feet, hap­py ani­mals.

Let’s Do Goods keeps thin­gs deli­be­ra­te and meanin­g­ful with a new sock design every mon­th, each tied to a unique artis­t’s story. Guaran­te­ed no lef­to­ver soc­ks here! 

And with the­ir mon­t­hly sock sub­s­crip­ti­on, you’re always in for a fun sur­pri­se! Rece­ive latest design of sock every mon­th. Keep them for your­self or give them away as gift. Maybe even dona­te a pair to tho­se in need.

The limi­ted edi­ti­ons, coupled with a mon­t­hly sock sub­s­crip­ti­on, allow for con­ti­nu­ous enga­ge­ment and meanin­g­ful consumption.

COSH! sat down with foun­der Niels to find out all abo­ut Let’s Do Goods. For more insig­h­ts, read all abo­ut the­ir ope­ra­ti­ons, The Soci­al Sock Fac­tory, and the talen­ted artis­ts they col­la­bo­ra­te with on the­ir website!