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& Policies
Applying the best available technology to reduce our negative impact.
At Helly Hansen, we work and play outdoors. Being respectful of the environment is one of our main concerns, and this includes making sure that our manufacturing process has the lowest possible impact on people and the environment. Thus, all our Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers must sign our Restricted substance list, which ensures no substances of concern are applied when producing our fabrics and materials.
With the production of high-tech textiles comes concerns regarding water, energy and chemical consumption. That’s why we partnered up with bluesign® in 2008.
The widely recognized and independent bluesign® system acts as a global guiding tool for the entire textile industry’s production chain. It starts from the ground up, and it’s not about testing finished products, but rather ensuring that the process is done right all the way from its first stage. All components from chemistry applied with raw materials and dye stuff, to textile manufacturers, should meet the criteria. Bluesign’s input stream management system ensures specific threshold limits for chemical substances in finished chemical products. The limits are following a precautionary and hazard-based approach where bluesign system partners are carefully tracking that no unwanted substances are used in any manufacturing step. The goal is to ensure that products are produced environmentally responsibly and pose no health hazards.
There are serious environmental and health concerns surrounding antibacterial treatments, which are often added to textiles and sports garments in order to reduce odor. Several of these compounds have been found in high concentrations in the environment, polluting the water, threatening aquatic life, and damaging plants that use this water for nutrition.
Antibacterial treatments are regulated through several regulations both in the EU and the US where the substances registration and approval is necessary prior to placing the product in the market.
However, at Helly Hansen, we are committed to ensuring that all our apparel is, and will remain, free of any biocide treatment.
The textile industry was faced with a huge challenge a few years ago when research showed that almost all textile materials shed small microfiber plastics which pollute our environment and oceans.
Helly Hansen is taking and active approach and engaging in discussion and dialogues with industry partners and research institutes to understand how we can implement solutions to prevent microplastics from reaching the environment, considering the whole supply chain. We are also researching and investigating new natural based fibers and materials, which are less prone to releasing long lasting microfibers.
Norwegian Retailers' Environment Fund (see page in Norwegian for links to project PDFs)
Solution dyeing does not require any water and uses approximately many less chemicals.
Helly Hansen is in close cooperation with research institutes and chemical suppliers of PFAS-free DWR (dirt and water repellent) treatments.
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At Helly Hansen, we only use PVC in workwear applications and where full impermeability of water and chemicals is required.
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