Sustainability

 

Our mission to produce consciously drives all our decisions including the materials we use, our supply chain, the location of our production and our packaging. Svala designs are classic, timeless and made to last so you can use them as long as possible. Most of our designs are convertible, so that you can wear them multiple ways and have a more sustainable, versatile wardrobe. 

MATERIALS

Moving forward, we are committed to using only plant based materials that have a lower carbon footprint including MIRUM® (a plastic-free vegan leather alternative), Piñatex® (made from pineapple leaf fiber, cork and BioVeg.

We work with reputable material suppliers that have a transparent supply chain including Natural Fiber Welding (U.S.A), Ananas Anam (Spain) and Coronet (Italy).

To prevent material wastage, we save any leftovers to make smaller products such as our card cases.

As we often test with various new materials on the market, we have donated excess to FIDM in Los Angeles for their fashion design students. 

For further info on Natural Fiber welding click here.

For further info Ananas Anam click here.

For further info on Coronet click here.

CHEMICALS

We are very mindful of chemicals in our supply chain. As an example, there are no synthetic toxins or plastics at any stage of manufacturing of MIRUM® and there are no chemicals on the Cradle2cradle list of banned substances used in production for Piñatex®. Our bag lining made from recycled poly (65%)/organic cotton(35%) from Carr Textiles meets OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100 Product Class 1 and Global Recycled Standard 4.0.

PACKAGING

Svala products are packaged in unbleached, organic cotton and Better Cotton Initiative cotton dust bags. Our hang tags are made from recycled paper. Our FSC-Certified, acid-free, recycable tissue paper is from the sustainable packaging service No Issues. 

SHIPPING

Svala products are shipped in unbleached, kraft shipping boxes. Through our partnership with Ecologi, a tree is planted with every order.