We became a member of the global B-Corp network of organizations that balance profit with purpose, our entire social and environmental impact was rigorously measured. marlies|dekkers is using lingerie as a force of empowerment, and business as a force of good, a real milestone!

Since July 1st, 2023, importers or producers of clothing and household textiles, are responsible for the waste phase of products released on the Dutch market. This means we need to contribute to an appropriate separate collection system and achieve goals for re-use and high-quality recycling of textiles. Together with more than 850 companies we have signed up as participants in the collective approach to make the sector more sustainable.

Together with our production partners we offer our valued factory employees the opportunity to develop themselves on a personal and professional level. We offered several training sessions in 2022 and 2023 and we hope to have a positive influence on the lives of the women across our value chain.

It is our goal to have 40% of our products made with recycled materials.

Per collection 2022 we say goodbye to the traditional printing methods and use digital printing as the standard printing method for our fabrics. Digital Textile Printing saved over 40 billion litres of water worldwide in 2018, offering an efficient solution when compared to traditional water usage for rotary screen printing which is in the region of 50-60 litres of water per metre. Digital Textile Printing also uses smaller quantities of colour, typically 10% of the volume used when compared to screen printing. Digitally Printed Fabric virtually eliminates the consumption of water and the discharge of noxious effluents. Using low volumes of liquid dispersions of Pigment Colours, therefor offering a positive environmental impact.

We aim to raise living standards by discussing salary levels openly with our partners. Together we work actively towards a 100% living wages standard for our factory employees. We believe that this benefits not only the employees but also their families and communities. It’s only ‘fair’ isn’t it?

As part of our B.F.F. program set up and research, we have conducted a survey about satisfaction & opportunities at work amongst 50 female factory workers. We were proud to find out the majority of the female workers, feel appreciated in their job.

The use of chemicals is unavoidable in our industry. Chemicals are used in processes such as printing & dyeing. To protect the people who produce the environment & our consumers, we require compliance to ‘Standard 100 by Oeko-Tex’ from our suppliers. Oeko-Tex is a product label for textiles & accessories that have been tested for harmful substances. Supplier certificates & material choices help us to meet the standards set by ‘Standard 100 by Oeko-Tex’ with our products in Product Class II. We set a goal to exclusively work with Oeko-Tex certified materials per collections 2021.

The Higg Index is a suite of tools for the standardized measurement of supply chain sustainability, developed by the Sustainable Apparel Coalition.In 2021 we were invited to participate with The Bijenkorf | Higg BRM tool project. The Higg BRM is a self-assessment tool that helps us better understand our environmental and social footprint.

The Bringing Females Forward program is a training program, developed in tandem with our production partners. We offer our valued factory employees 4 training sessions a year and herewith the opportunity to develop themselves on a personal and professional level. With this act of kindness and empowerment, we hope to have a positive influence on the lives of the women across our value chain.

To serve our customers the best way we have replaced our regular box by a discrete and eco-friendly version.

We use FSC-mix: Products that bear this label are made using a mixture of materials from FSC-certified forests, recycled materials, and/or FSC controlled wood. While controlled wood is not from FSC certified forests, it mitigates the risk of the material originating from unacceptable sources.

The Transparency Pledge helps demonstrate apparel and footwear companies’ commitment towards greater transparency in their manufacturing supply chain. We are not afraid to be transparent about our supply chain, therefor the T.P was signed in 2019.

The mission of the Open Supply Hub (previously Open Apparel Registry) is to maintain an open-source, neutral and publicly accessible database of every facility in the global apparel and footwear sector, for the purposes of enabling industry collaboration and improved identification of factories. We think collaboration is great and necessary reaching goals. Therefor we did not hesitate to register in 2019.

In 2019 we replaced our plastic cones, that keep our bras safe during transport, with paper pulp versions.

Our polybags, to wrap our products in during transport, are made of recycled and recyclable plastics.

The Dutch agreement on Sustainable Garments & Textile stimulates transparency in textile supply chains and safeguards human rights, worker health and safety. By signing this agreement we made the commitment to our long term plans and goals.

Becoming a Modint member helped us to develop our csr plan. Modint is a partner who informs us on our branch and csr news in general.

We are a member of Amfori-BSCI, an independent organization, which verifies that our partners operate in an ethical and social responsible way. Amfori empowers over 2,000 members worldwide by monitoring and improving social performance in their supply chains and shaping a policy environment that enables them to operate efficiently and sustainably.