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Nollat taulussa - emme ole selvittäneet, mitä alihankkijoidemme työntekijöille maksetaan

Nollat taulussa - emme ole selvittäneet, mitä alihankkijoidemme työntekijöille maksetaan

Zero poeng! Eettisen kaupan puolesta ry (Eetti) antoi Lekalle euroviisuhenkiset 0 pistettä vaatealaa käsittelevässä elämiseen riittävien palkkojen selvityksessä. Iso kiitos Eetille isoimpien vaatefirmojen ryhmään pääsystä ja tän tärkeän asian nostamisesta!...

Kierto has gone AWOL

Kierto has gone AWOL

  It looks like Kierto is missing in action for the rest of the year. Kierto second hand products are not visible on the website at the moment. We missed...

Emissions

Emissions

Climate targetSince everything else is pointless if the planet becomes a fiery inferno, the key measure of our progress is the carbon footprint. Our goal is to achieve the so-called...

Irresponsibility Report 2023

Irresponsibility Report 2023

Breaking news - Varusteleka reduced their CO2e emissions by 1,200 tons!This piece of news could create very juicy clickbait headlines, but it would be blatant greenwashing. This is a fact,...

Project MEGA - GTFO of China Continued

Project MEGA - GTFO of China Continued

Our MEGA project is moving ahead! For most of our Made in China products, the final shipments are now arriving before we shut down our production in China. One could...

Project MEGA - GTFO of China

Project MEGA - GTFO of China

We have mentioned a certain mysterious project MEGA a couple of times, and now is finally the time to tell a bit more about it. The Project MEGA stems from...

Behind the scenes: Varusteleka Design Process

Behind the scenes: Varusteleka Design Process

For several years, we have participated in the Fashion Revolution Week by showcasing the companies that manufacture our own products. However, right now we are in the middle of a...

Irresponsibility Report 2022

Irresponsibility Report 2022

We’ve made an inventory on our environmental sins committed in 2022, and here’s what we confess. In 2022, the emissions related to our operations in Helsinki became smaller with energy...

Operation Unethicality Program: Carbon Footprint 2021

Operation Unethicality Program: Carbon Footprint 2021

So there it is again another year of emissions. For a couple of years now, we have been working on determining and keeping track of the environmental destruction caused by...

Varusteleka's own product carbon footprint

Varusteleka's own product carbon footprint

Hey gang, we have finally calculated the carbon footprints of the majority of our own textile products. Meaning the amount of greenhouse gases emitted in the production process of each...

Product carbon footprint calculation method

Product carbon footprint calculation method

We have finally calculated the carbon footprint value for the majority of our own products, meaning the amount of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere in the production process of...

Who Made Your Clothes, Part 14, DD Hammocks

Who Made Your Clothes, Part 14, DD Hammocks

This article series by Varusteleka is part of the global Fashion Revolution Week, a campaign that aims at making the sourcing, manufacture, and sales of clothes more ethical and transparent....

Who Made Your Clothes, Part 13, Ozra Textiles Company

Who Made Your Clothes, Part 13, Ozra Textiles Company

This article series by Varusteleka is part of the global Fashion Revolution Week, a campaign that aims at making the sourcing, manufacture, and sales of clothes more ethical and transparent....

Who Made Your Clothes, Part 12, Savotta

Who Made Your Clothes, Part 12, Savotta

This article series by Varusteleka is part of the global Fashion Revolution Week, a campaign that aims at making the sourcing, manufacture, and sales of clothes more ethical and transparent....

Operation Unethicality Program: Carbon Footprint 2020

Operation Unethicality Program: Carbon Footprint 2020

This is a glance at all the irresponsible and destructive things we did in 2020. Our business is to buy stuff and ship it around the world, so destruction is...

We and the environment are so not friends

We and the environment are so not friends

Hey thanks for the prize Paytrail and everyone who voted for us! So, we won the public vote for Verkkokaupan Ympäristöystävä, something like Webstore Friend of the Environment. And we...