From day one, we've wanted to do more than just make clothes. That's why we've set concrete goals that bring us step by step closer to our vision: a future in which people and nature are in harmony.
Our purpose is: "Grow a community to plant trees and protect nature". That's why we didn't define our sustainability goals alone. Together with our community, we collected and discussed ideas, and from these, developed goals that will guide our path until 2040.
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100% Circularity by 2030
We develop products that remain in circulation for as long as possible and can become part of something new at the end of their life.
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Negative emissions balance by 2040
We consistently reduce our emissions and absorb more CO₂ in the long term than we produce.
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Fair and Transparent Supply Chains
We rely on transparent supply chains and humane working conditions from raw material to finished product.
Not perfect.
But a step further every day.
Sustainability is not a state, but a journey. Some goals we have already achieved, others are still ahead of us. It is important for us to transparently show where we stand today and where we want to develop.
Timeline
This is how we achieve our goals
2023 Survey, expert interviews, and community workshop conducted Reached
Over 1,000 people took part in our survey. This was supplemented by discussions with experts and a workshop with around 30 representatives from the community, academia and business to jointly develop our sustainability goals.
2024 Sustainability goals defined together with our community Reached
The findings from the survey, interviews, and workshop were further developed into concrete goals and measures until 2040 and jointly adopted.
2025 "Circular Cashback" and Retraced introduced Reached
With "Circular Cashback," we launched our take-back system for circular products. At the same time, with Retraced, we made a large part of our supply chain transparent and traceable for our community.
2026 launches Circularity Score and new innovative materials Reached
With our own Circularity Score, we are evaluating all products according to uniform criteria for the first time. At the same time, we are expanding our product range with additional products made from innovative materials such as RCO100™.
2028 All products have a digital product passport
Every product should be digitally traceable and make information on materials, supply chain, certificates, and recyclability easily accessible.
2030 All NIKIN products are circular and fully transparent.
By 2030, all NIKIN products are to be part of a closed loop and their entire supply chain made fully transparent.
2040 100% NIKIN achieves a negative emissions balance.
We aim to reduce our emissions as much as possible throughout the entire value chain. The remaining emissions are invested in high-quality climate and nature projects to absorb more CO₂ than we emit in the long term.
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