Our commitments
Committing to sustainable key raw materials:
Cashmere The vast majority of the virgin cashmere used by the brand comes from Inner Mongolia. In order to support sustainable cashmere production, Zadig&Voltaire joined the and set itself the goal of using 100% certified sustainable cashmere in all its collections by 2025. At the end of 2022, 90% of Zadig&Voltaire’s virgin cashmere knits were made from certified cashmere. In order to promote the circular economy dynamic, we are also developing styles made from certified recycled fibres and working on accelerating this programme in our cashmere collections.
Wool Wool is also an important material for the brand, which offers many of its iconic styles in sheep’s wool. Zadig&Voltaire’s goal is to use 100% wool from -certified channels guaranteeing animal welfare, traceability and sustainable development of grazing land.
Cotton Zadig&Voltaire is committed to using 100% certified organic cotton by 2025. This means cotton grown without pesticides, insecticides or chemical fertilisers, and without GMOs. At the end of 2022, 95% of cotton jersey products and almost 60% of denim products were made from organically-grown fibres.
Leather Leather is also one of the materials that are part of the brand’s DNA. In order to support more sustainable leather production, Zadig&Voltaire has committed to only sourcing leather from certified Leather Working Group* () tanneries by 2025. Zadig&Voltaire is also an member. Leather Working Group members include brands, suppliers, leather manufacturers and other stakeholders from the leather industry. The organisation has developed a programme of audits, which certify leather production sites based on their environmental performance level. At the end of 2022, 100% of leather used for the Zadig&Voltaire ready-to-wear and accessory collections came from -certified tanneries.
Polyester Polyester is a by-product of oil and is non-biodegradable. That is why we are working on using recycled polyester for our ready-to-wear and accessory collections from 2022 onwards. We want to use 100% recycled polyester by 2025. With this in mind, our iconic Japanese satin is now made from 60% recycled fibres.
Viscose Using viscose made from fibres certified as coming from sustainably-managed forests is part of Zadig&Voltaire’s standards and requirements. The majority of the viscose used by the brand is EcoVero®, which also guarantees the implementation of particularly rigorous environmental practices during the manufacturing phase of the material. This reduces the brand’s impact in terms of CO2 emissions and energy and water consumption.
