Sustainability

Are You Passionate About Nature? So Are We!

As a company that not only sells clothing and equipment, but also deals with sports and the outdoors on a daily basis, nature is very important to us. In order to protect our environment, contribute to its protection and preserve it for future generations, we have already implemented the following measures as part of our day-to-day work:

1. Shipping Bag Made from 100% Recycled Material

To ship our products, we use shipping bags made from 100% recycled plastic (LDPE), which can be remelted into new material during the recycling process. They are free of harmful plasticizers or bisphenols (BPA) and can be easily disposed of in the yellow bin or at a recycling center. In addition, we use packaging in a variety of sizes so that we can pack orders as efficiently as possible.

2. Shipping in Original Packaging

Where possible, we ship our goods directly to our customers in the original packaging. On the one hand, this saves packaging material and, on the other hand, our customers can look forward to untouched products in the manufacturer's original packaging.

3. How we handle returns

Thanks to our careful returns management, less of our merchandise ends up as waste: goods that our customers send back, for example because they do not fit or are not to their liking, are checked by our team. Items that are neither damaged nor soiled are repackaged and stored. We donate goods with minor defects that do not further restrict their function to various places. Only in exceptional cases are items permanently discarded by us.

4. Modern Building and Electricity from Our Own Production

When we built our new company building in 2023, we installed a high-performance photovoltaic system on our roof that supplies our company headquarters, including offices, AutoStore system and heat pumps, with solar energy. We feed the excess electricity into the power grid. In addition, our employees have the option of charging their electric vehicles at one of the four charging stations using solar power generated by our own rooftop panels.

5. Brands with Fair Wear Membership and bluesign Material

Product selection plays a decisive role when purchasing goods. It is important to us to carry brands whose products are manufactured under regulated and fair conditions. Some of these brands are therefore members of the Fair Wear Foundation, which inspects their production facilities on site to permanently improve working conditions in the textile industry.

When it comes to materials, some of our brands also adhere to recognized environmental standards: Some products bear the bluesign® label. Among other things, this system evaluates chemical and resource management in production. According to the manufacturer, other items are treated without perfluorinated and polyfluorinated chemicals (PFCs).

We also work with size charts that are as precise as possible and detailed product images to avoid returns.

6. Modern Employer

Yes, this is also part of sustainability. We offer our employees ergonomic workstations and high-quality work materials and, where possible, give them plenty of freedom to organize their working hours. Most of our meetings with external partners and customers are held online and we reduce business trips to a minimum. Respectful and appreciative interaction within the team is just as much a part of our everyday working life as equal opportunities, diversity and work-life balance.

All of these measures are now part of our day-to-day work and are implemented consistently. Nevertheless, we are of course not resting on our laurels, but are constantly looking for new ways to make our store, our product range, our processes and our company even more sustainable.

7. Proper Disposal of Used Batteries

We also take responsibility for the proper disposal of products containing integrated batteries. Used batteries must not be disposed of with household waste. Consumers are legally obliged to return them to appropriate collection points, such as municipal recycling centers or participating retailers. Further information is available here.