Product
At PO.P, we create high-quality clothing and footwear – designed to last. Maintaining high standards of product safety and quality is fundamental to our business strategy.
Product quality is an integral part of how we work with our suppliers and throughoutthe design and production process. By working closely with a limited number of carefully selected suppliers, we build strong partnerships and maintain greater visibility and control – from materials and manufacturing processes to the finished product. Our production office in Hong Kong regularly monitors our suppliers to ensure they meet our social and environmental requirements, as well as our standards for quality and safety.
We set rigorous requirements for chemicals, materials and manufacturing processes, and conduct thorough testing of both materials and finished products. This allows us to verify product quality, performance and chemical safety, while proactively identifying, assessing and mitigating potential consumer health and safety risks. Through these measures, we work to ensure that our products are safe to use, perform as intended and can withstand the everyday activities they are designed for.
We choose the right chemicals
All clothing manufacturing requires chemicals to be used to a certain extent. They are needed, for example, to dye the fabric and to print patterns. For many years, we’ve been using a list of stringent chemical restrictions, and we always quality assure our products from an environmental and public health perspective.
Our goal is to work proactively on chemical issues, which in many cases involves us going one step further than the legislation requires. We use BIONIC-FINISH® ECO on all our water-repellent outerwear – a PFAS-free technology that mimics natural water resistance. And by choosing GOTS-certified cotton, we are guaranteed that only the most gentle chemicals on the market have been used.
Our chemicals criteria are monitored by spot checks carried out by third-party laboratories, both during the manufacturing process and on garments for sale in our shops.
Chemicals research is constantly moving forward. That is why Polarn O. Pyret is a member of the Chemicals Group run by Swerea IVF, which has over 100 members. The purpose of the Group is to spread up-to-date information about chemical and environmental issues, as well as to act as a support and provide tools for working on chemical issues.
Here you’ll find our banned chemicals list, which all our suppliers have a duty to follow. The list is updated in line with new legal requirements every year.