Zeeman

Aug 11, 2022

Zeeman is a Dutch fashion retailer founded in 1967 by Jan Zeeman and headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands. The multinational clothing-retail company creates affordable apparel for men, women, and children.

Zeeman is one of the largest textile superstore chains in Europe with nearly 1,300 stores in seven countries. The company grew faster thanks to a large number of acquisitions.

Zeeman operates retail stores in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Germany. It manufactures simple designs at low costs and in large quantities to ensure the lowest possible price.

Zeeman believes in sustainable collaborations and has respect for people and the environment. It offers more sustainable products manufactured responsibly and recognizable by a green ECO label.

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Sustainability Rating: 5/10

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Category: Clothing, shoes, bags, accessories

For: Women, men, children

Type: Basics, knitwear, activewear, underwear, loungewear, swimwear, outerwear, sleepwear, maternity, flats, sandals

Style: Casual

Quality: Low

Price: $

Sizes: S-4XL, 4-16 (US), 6-18 (UK), 34-48 (EU), 6-18 (AU)

Fabrics: Cotton, jute, lyocell, modal, viscose, acetate, polyester, nylon, spandex, acrylic, rubber, wool

100% Organic: No

100% Vegan: No

Ethical & Fair: Yes

Recycling: Yes

Producing countries: China, Bangladesh, Hungary, Philippines, Malaysia, India, Pakistan, Turkey

Certifications: GOTS, OCS, GRS, RCS, FSC, RWS, BCI, BSCI, Sedex, SA8000

Sustainability Practices

Zeeman takes wide-ranging measures to reduce its impact on the environment. It keeps an eye on its energy consumption, harmful transport, toxic substances, and polluted water.

Zeeman uses a medium proportion of organic materials such as organic cotton or recycled materials such as recycled cotton and recycled polyester.

Many of the fabrics it uses are still natural without relevant certifications, such as regular cotton or synthetic petroleum-based fibers such as polyester, nylon, acrylic, and more.

Zeeman also uses a small amount of semi-synthetic fibers or regenerated cellulosic fabrics such as lyocell, modal, acetate, and viscose.

Zeeman publishes a list of all its manufacturers and processing facilities on its corporate website. It aims to build healthy partnerships with its suppliers.

The 2021 Fashion Transparency Index gave Zeeman a score of 38% based on how much the group discloses about its social and environmental policies, practices, and impacts.

Zeeman manufactures its clothes in Turkey and many other East Asian countries where human rights and labor law violations still happen every day.

The Dutch clothing retailer shows some labor certification standards that ensure good working conditions, health, safety, and other important rights for workers in its supply chain.

Zeeman has a code of conduct that applies to all its suppliers and subcontractors based on the regulations set by the International Labor Organization (ILO).

Zeeman assesses compliance with its Code of Conduct by informal visits or third-party audits with or without notice. It works with international and local unions and NGOs to improve the working conditions in its factories.

Zeeman is part of industry initiatives such as the Fair Wear Foundation and the Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety.

Zeeman doesn't use any exotic animal skin, hair, fur, angora, leather, or silk. But it uses wool to manufacture many of its products.

Wool is an animal-derived material and is cruel and unethical. It also harms the environment by producing greenhouse gases and waste. More sustainable alternatives exist.

Sustainability Goals

Zeeman has committed to reducing its environmental impact across the entire supply chain. It's increasingly using sustainable materials and LED lighting and recycling.

Zeeman aims to source its cotton from sustainable sources. 90% of its cotton will be organic by 2023, and 70% of all materials will be sustainable by 2023.

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