Environmental Sustainability

We recognise our business activities impact the natural environment in various ways. We continuously work to reduce these effects and preserve the environment and natural resources while prioritizing the well-being of our employees and the public. We partner with suppliers who actively minimize waste and environmental impact in their manufacturing processes.

We are always finding ways to reduce waste by improving procedures and recycling efforts. This includes recycling pallets and using shredded cardboard for packaging. Additionally, we have removed plastic strapping from all cartons and are cutting down on plastic packaging.

We Aim to Always:

  • Adhere to or surpass applicable legislative requirements. If they are insufficient, we will establish our own criteria that align with our environmental and ethical standards.
  • Diminish the environmental impact created by our products and activities.
  • Integrate environmental considerations into the design of new products
  • Encourage manufacturing suppliers to recognize their environmental responsibilities and provide assistance to implement effective environmental health and safety policies and practices, ensuring these are also adopted throughout their supply chain.
  • Ensure our products do not contain harmful chemicals for humans or the environment.
  • Require that all product components have a valid Oeko-Tex Standard 100 certificate for chemically safe garments.

European Regulation (EC 2006/1907–REACH regulation) REACH

REACH is a European Regulation concerning chemicals and their safe usage. It aims to improve the protection of human health and the environment through a system of Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of Chemicals. Chemicals deemed as harmful are added to the ‘substance of very high concern list’. Bonchef products do not contain any of the chemicals on this list in any quantity and we actively work with REACH Ready to ensure compliance. The restricted substance list is usually updated twice a year. Bonchef routinely checks all products against any new listing to ensure we maintain this standard.

Oeko-Tex Standard 100

Oeko-Tex is an independent globally standardised certification especially developed for textiles. Its primary purpose is to ensure that the chemicals used in the manufacture of textile products are in no way damaging to health.

At Bonchef we understand what the modern wearer demands from their clothing. We expect colours to be brighter, we want our shirts to need little or no ironing and we require our sportswear to be fully functional keeping us both warm and dry. We test every component from fabric to thread, every label, lining, button and zip so that our customers never have to compromise on comfort or performance. Oeko-Tex Standard 100 allows Kustom Kit to deliver innovate fabrics and designs with complete confidence that no harmful chemicals have been used in their manufacture. Bonchef demands all products achieve this certification.

Oeko-Tex STeP – Promoting Sustainable Textile production

STeP is an additional factory audit which places emphasis on environmental performance and social responsibility. It is only gained by factories who achieve the highest level of sustainable production and safety ethics. The fabric used to manufacture the majority of our clothing is produced in our STeP accredited factory. We are working with our entire manufacturing base to encourage them to take part in the STeP auditing scheme.