MyMarini

This brand has the­ir own code of con­duct that ensu­res that everyo­ne along the sup­ply cha­in is paid fair­ly and that the­re are good wor­king con­di­ti­ons and safety is pri­ority. They also enco­ura­ge employment of women by wor­king with women-run faci­li­ti­es in Cro­atia. MyMa­ri­ni is in the pro­cess of applying for its BCorp cer­ti­fi­ca­ti­on, which would pro­vi­de con­su­mers with anot­her level of reassu­ran­ce of the factory’s ethi­cal and sus­ta­ina­ble wor­king natu­re. The manu­fac­tu­ring faci­lity in Cro­atia spe­ci­ali­zes in swimwe­ar and lin­ge­rie, and is Oeko-Tex STeP cer­ti­fi­ed, which ensu­res soci­al res­pon­si­bi­lity and ethi­cal wor­king conditions. 

The brand exclu­si­vely wor­ks with com­pa­ni­es that value and sha­re the­ir code of con­duct, and also con­duc­ts regu­lar visits to all the­ir faci­li­ti­es to check on the wor­king con­di­ti­ons them­sel­ves. They make sure to pro­vi­de abo­ve-ave­ra­ge num­ber of vaca­ti­on days, and if over­ti­me is una­vo­ida­ble, com­pen­sa­ti­on for that as well. 

In addi­ti­on to this, the brand also con­duc­ts a lot of cha­ri­ta­ble acti­vi­ti­es towar­ds soci­al cha­ri­ti­es. The­ir major acti­vi­ti­es being such as sup­plying 100 war­ming pac­ks (alto­get­her) and 30 cra­tes of drin­king water per mon­th to GoBanyo, which pro­vi­des faci­li­ti­es to people wit­ho­ut per­ma­nent homes or access to sani­tary faci­li­ti­es. Addi­ti­onal­ly, they con­nec­ted some cha­rity work to cer­ta­in pro­duc­ts, from which part or all of the reve­nue made was dona­ted to the res­pec­ti­ve cha­rity orga­ni­za­ti­ons. The­re are many more valu­able cha­ri­ta­ble acti­vi­ti­es they con­duc­ted, which can be found on the­ir website.

Myma­ri­ni tri­es to be as sus­ta­ina­ble as possi­ble, con­si­de­ring the dif­fi­cul­ty of doing so with surf- and swimwe­ar. 96% of all the gar­ments at Myma­ri­ni are made using Econyl® yarn, which is a type of rege­ne­ra­ted nylon gene­ra­ted from 100% pre- and post-con­su­mer was­te such as fabric scraps, car­pe­ting, fishing nets and indus­tri­al plas­tics. Whi­le this is still not gre­at news con­si­de­ring micro­plas­tic rele­ase and end of life dis­po­sal, it is cur­ren­tly una­vo­ida­ble for swimwe­ar. Howe­ver, the brand pro­vi­des deta­iled care ins­truc­ti­ons to keep them away from dis­po­sal as long as possi­ble, and recom­men­ds washing bags and other tips to avo­id micro­plas­tic and toxic che­mi­cal rele­ase. 96% of the pro­duc­ts of this brand are also cer­ti­fi­ed by the brand to be gro­un­dwa­ter neutral by Kli­ma­pa­ten­s­c­haft GmbH.

The brand uses and ack­nowled­ges the unsus­ta­ina­bi­lity of Elas­ta­ne, howe­ver it is used as part of swimwe­ar to keep the fabrics in sha­pe for a long time. They howe­ver only stick to elas­ta­ne, rege­ne­ra­ted nylon, and polya­mi­de. The fabrics are sour­ced from Italy, from a faci­lity that uses modern tec­h­no­logy to redu­ce gre­en house gas emi­ssi­ons and water use.

Myma­ri­ni also uses Fra­mi­lon as a nar­row band sewn into cer­ta­in parts of gar­ments, which is needed to hold the sha­pe of cer­ta­in swimwear. 

The shi­ne col­lec­ti­on con­ta­ins shim­me­ring edges to desig­ns, which con­ta­ins Lurex, which is polyes­ter yarn coated in alu­mi­ni­um to enhan­ce the metal­lic she­en. Sewing yar­ns used are approxi­ma­tely 98% recy­cled polyes­ter that is GRS cer­ti­fi­ed, and 1.8% vir­gin polyes­ter. 

Some pro­duc­ts are also sup­po­sed­ly Oeko-Tex stan­dard 100 cer­ti­fi­ed and REACH com­pli­ant, which also ensu­res no har­m­ful che­mi­cals or dyes. The pro­duc­ts that are made of Ten­cel are FSC cer­ti­fi­ed, which ensu­res good mana­ge­ment of fores­ts and the­ir local communities. 

Myma­ri­ni is very con­s­ci­ous abo­ut its water foot­print, for which they aim for gro­un­dwa­ter neutra­lity by 2025. 96% of this goal has alre­ady been achi­eved in coope­ra­ti­on with Klimapatenschaft

They have also set a goal for more effi­ci­ent use of reso­ur­ces, which they have achi­eved by 95% by imple­men­ting a reso­ur­ce plan­ning sys­tem that analyses the inven­tory and orders and opti­mi­zes order quan­ti­ti­es to avo­id risk of over­pro­duc­ti­on.

This brand con­duc­ts most of its sour­cing and pro­duc­ti­on wit­hin Euro­pe, which avo­ids high tran­s­port emi­ssi­ons. The­ir B2C pac­ka­ging is also free of plas­tic, and they reuse the­ir car­d­bo­ard boxes. If any form of plas­tic pac­ka­ging is requ­ired by reta­ilers, they use the most sus­ta­ina­ble opti­ons, such as polybags made of renewa­ble mate­ri­als. 

Myma­ri­ni, as they are una­ble to avo­id syn­t­he­tic pro­duc­ts, try to make up for that by using only rege­ne­ra­ted and recy­cled mate­ri­als. This con­tri­bu­tes to the cir­cu­la­rity of the pro­duct. They also rele­ased a line of underwe­ar made ful­ly of lef­to­ver fabrics, which also shows the­ir com­mit­ment to cir­cu­la­rity and lon­ge­vity. 

The brand has some way to go to impro­ve cir­cu­la­rity still, and are looking into dif­fe­rent opti­ons to make the­ir swimwe­ar cir­cu­lar. Howe­ver, the com­pany has not yet found a mate­ri­al with which they are com­ple­tely sati­sfi­ed in ter­ms of quality and recy­cla­bi­lity, and also they haven’t men­ti­oned the spe­ci­fics of the cir­cu­la­rity. So we are una­ble to con­clu­de on the sus­ta­ina­bi­lity of this initiative.

Myma­ri­ni has also set up a return/​takeback sys­tem, howe­ver are still wor­king on the fur­t­her steps such as fin­ding suita­ble recy­cling part­ners. In the mean­ti­me, they intro­du­ced reusa­ble pac­ka­ging with RePack for the­ir ecom­mer­ce, the bene­fits of which are many and can be found on the­ir website.

This brand’s fini­shing, dying, pac­ka­ging and ship­ping faci­li­ti­es, are loca­ted in Euro­pe, keeping the rela­ted tran­s­port emi­ssi­ons low. Almost all the­ir pro­duc­ti­on is con­duc­ted in Euro­pe, 96% of sour­cing being from a sin­gle sup­pli­er wit­hin Euro­pe. They work with faci­li­ti­es in Cro­atia, Italy, and Poland. Most of the­ir mate­ri­als in the sup­ply cha­in can be tran­sfer­red by road fre­ig­ht.

Myma­ri­ni rece­ived the PETA vegan tra­vel award for best swimwe­ar, which ensu­res that the brand is com­ple­tely free of any ani­mal products.

Myma­ri­ni desig­ns for dura­bi­lity, with swimwe­ar that can be used out­si­de of the water as well in everyday life. The swimwe­ar is UPF 50+ which is the maxi­mum sun pro­tec­ti­ve rating achi­eva­ble for fabrics. They use elas­ta­ne in order to keep fabrics in sha­pe for a long time. To avo­id retur­ns, they have pro­vi­ded an ema­il to reach out to, so con­su­mers can rece­ive help in fin­ding the rig­ht style for them­sel­ves. They also pro­vi­de deta­iled care ins­truc­ti­ons to keep the gar­ments in use for as long as possi­ble. The pro­duc­ti­on site in Poland allows the brand to buy in smal­ler quan­ti­ti­es, which avo­ids unne­ce­ssary over­pro­duc­ti­on. 

Mymarini’s desig­ns can­not be cal­led seaso­nless due to them being sum­mer clot­hes, howe­ver they can be cal­led time­less and can be worn for many years. 

Con­si­de­ring that Myma­ri­ni pro­vi­des an exten­si­ve sus­ta­ina­bi­lity report, they stri­ve to be very tran­s­pa­rent abo­ut all the­ir acti­vi­ti­es. They pro­vi­de an over­vi­ew of all the­ir goals with spe­ci­fic upda­tes on each of them, inclu­ding the­ir nega­ti­ve pro­gress. They also pro­vi­de an ema­il address dedi­ca­ted to sus­ta­ina­bi­lity that con­cer­ned con­su­mers can reach out to for ques­ti­ons, feed­back, or sug­ges­ti­ons. They sur­pass tran­s­pa­ren­cy by tra­cing the­ir sup­ply cha­in back all the way, and pro­vi­ding this infor­ma­ti­on in the­ir sus­ta­ina­bi­lity report. The brand has also pro­vi­ded COSH! with all cer­ti­fi­ca­ti­ons to back the­ir cla­ims. Upda­te: as of 2024, MyMa­ri­ni is also now pro­vi­ding deta­iled infor­ma­ti­on on eco­lo­gi­cal foot­print and sup­ply cha­in onli­ne at a pro­duct level now (inclu­ding cer­ti­fi­ca­ti­ons)! We love to see the progress.