Stoffen C

Pro­duc­ti­on locations -

• Loca­ted in Kortrijk
• No pro­duc­ti­on loca­ti­on, just sour­ced fabrics
• Sour­ced from Libe­co in Belgium

Wor­king Con­di­ti­ons & living wages -

The brand does not con­duct any pro­duc­ti­on itself, and does not pro­du­ce any gar­ments, only sel­ls fabrics pro­du­ced ori­gi­nal­ly by Libe­co loca­ted in Belgium. 

Mate­ri­als – Mate­ri­alen – Mate­ri­ali­en – Materialien

• Only dead­stock linen

  The mate­ri­al is all natu­ral and biodegradable.

Pac­ka­ging -

The brand does not con­duct any web sales, and has only in per­son sales, which avo­ids the use of ship­ping pac­ka­ging. That being said, it is uncle­ar what pac­ka­ging is used for in per­son purchases. 

Water usa­ge & chemicals – 

The brand itself does not con­duct any pro­duc­ti­on acti­vi­ti­es, avo­iding any use of water or che­mi­cals. Howe­ver, the mate­ri­als used are said to be sour­ced using sus­ta­ina­ble met­hods such as using renewa­ble ener­gy, etc. alt­ho­ugh this rema­ins unconfirmed.

Cir­cu­lar pro­duct design -

The mate­ri­al used is natu­ral and biode­gra­da­ble, as well as dead­stock only, which gives this mate­ri­al a new life rat­her than having it dum­ped in a lan­d­fill. Dead­stock mate­ri­als are test/​rest rol­ls from fabric pro­duc­ti­on, that still con­ta­in a few meters of high quality fabrics that won’t be used by the pro­du­cer anymore. 

Cir­cu­lar busi­ness models – 

The brand does not have a cir­cu­lar model in ter­ms of a take­back or repa­ir sys­tem. Howe­ver, the natu­ral and sim­ple natu­re of the pro­duc­ts make them alre­ady easy to repa­ir and/​or recy­cle wit­ho­ut the need of an esta­bli­shed cir­cu­lar busi­ness model. 

Dis­tan­ce & com­plexity of the sup­ply chain -

• Pro­duc­ti­on loca­ti­ons: Belgium

• Stof­fen C HQ is loca­ted in: Belgium

• Stof­fen C sells/​exports in the­se coun­tri­es: Belgium

  The sup­ply cha­in can be tra­ced all the way down to the flax crops, loca­ted in the Net­her­lan­ds, the nor­th of Fran­ce, and Bel­gi­um. This keeps the sup­ply cha­in very short. 

Tran­s­por­ta­ti­on –

• The brand con­duc­ts all pur­c­ha­ses in per­son, avo­iding any tran­s­por­ta­ti­on emi­ssi­ons. Tran­s­por­ta­ti­on wit­hin the sup­ply cha­in are loca­ted wit­hin a very clo­se dis­tan­ce to the headqu­ar­ters, redu­cing tran­s­por­ta­ti­on emi­ssi­ons significantly.

The brand uses no ani­mal materials. 

Pro­duct design -

Stof­fen C sel­ls basic linen pro­duc­ts with a cla­ssic and sim­ple nature. 

Slow fashi­on processes – 

The brand does not con­duct pro­duc­ti­on itself, and avo­ids seaso­nal col­lec­ti­ons. Using only dead­stock mate­ri­als, the brand avo­ids over­pro­duc­ti­on and gives mate­ri­als a new life. They also only con­duct sales in per­son, ensu­ring that each pur­c­ha­se is che­ri­shed and valu­ed by the con­su­mer, and they wouldn’t need to return it. 

Tran­s­pa­ren­cy on product – 

Stof­fen C has no web­si­te, hen­ce no pro­duct page deta­ils. Any lit­tle infor­ma­ti­on pro­vi­ded can be found on the­ir ins­ta­gram page, howe­ver more infor­ma­ti­on can be asked for in per­son whi­le con­duc­ting the sales. 

Tran­s­pa­ren­cy on processes – 

Whi­le the brand does not have a web­si­te, they have pro­vi­ded COSH! with all the infor­ma­ti­on nece­ssary. They have a very sim­ple sup­ply cha­in that is very tran­s­pa­rent and easy to fol­low, and sim­ple mate­ri­als as well. The­ir only sup­pli­er also has plen­ty of infor­ma­ti­on regar­ding the pro­duc­ts on the­ir web­si­te, giving us an added layer of assu­ran­ce regar­ding the sus­ta­ina­bi­lity of the brand.