Maium

The Chi­ne­se pro­du­cer of Maium hol­ds the BSCI cer­ti­fi­ca­te. The lat­ter ensu­res good wor­king con­di­ti­ons and a fair wage. To stren­g­t­hen the rela­ti­on­ship Maium visits the fac­tory at least once a year to learn more abo­ut how and whe­re the coats are pro­du­ced, to dis­cuss new desig­ns and to work on an even bet­ter cooperation.

Maium’s regu­lar rain­co­at is made from 85% recy­cled PET and 15% PU and the puf­fy win­ter jac­ket con­sis­ts of 90% recy­cled polyes­ter, the pad­ding inclu­ded. Both fun­c­ti­onal rain­co­ats have a Polyut­he­ran coating. The water­pro­of mate­ri­als sup­po­sed­ly car­ry the fol­lowing sus­ta­ina­bi­lity cer­ti­fi­ca­tes: Oeko­Tex which sta­tes that the­re are no har­m­ful che­mi­cals in the final pro­duct, and the GRS (Glo­bal Recy­cling Stan­dard) which appla­uds the­ir cir­cu­lar ambi­ti­ons, howe­ver the pro­of of the cer­ti­fi­ca­tes is not pro­vi­ded.

The brand uses recy­cled pro­duc­ts for the­ir gar­ments, con­tri­bu­ting to the­ir cir­cu­la­rity. Howe­ver, recy­cling of rain­co­ats is a chal­len­ging task, so Maium is still wor­king on the cir­cu­la­rity of the­ir gar­ments, pro­vi­ding spe­ci­fic deta­ils of the­ir goals on the­ir web­si­te. They aim to set up repa­iring, ren­ting, and other sys­tems wit­hin the­ir brand to assist with circularity. 

Maium cla­ims to pro­du­ce in clo­se vici­nity to the sour­ce of raw mate­ri­als, which keeps the cha­in par­ti­al­ly short, exclu­ding the fact that the headqu­ar­ters are in Euro­pe. Howe­ver they also do not men­ti­on the tran­s­por­ta­ti­on met­hods thro­ug­ho­ut the cha­in, which makes a big difference.

Maium is also com­ple­tely vegan as no ani­mal pro­duc­ts are used in its production. 

Sin­ce Ams­ter­dam is known as bicy­cle wal­hal­la, a coat from Maium real­ly comes in han­dy. This rain­co­at is in fact ide­al for a bike ride thro­ugh the rain­drops. The jac­ket can be wide­ned on the side and pul­led over the hand­le­bars. This way your han­ds and legs can’t get wet eit­her. How conve­ni­ent is that!

This brand is dedi­ca­ted to impro­ving the­ir tran­s­pa­ren­cy, pro­vi­ding spe­ci­fic deta­ils of the­ir steps towar­ds achi­eving this goal. Howe­ver as of now, they have still some ways to go to beco­me tran­s­pa­rent regar­ding many aspec­ts such as the­ir cer­ti­fi­ca­tes, deta­ils of the­ir pro­duc­ti­on and sour­cing faci­li­ti­es, pac­ka­ging, etc.