Value chains difficult to improve? No, where there’s a will, there’s a way!
Schijvens Corporate Fashion believes that we should not wait any longer before introducing ICSR legislation.
In the media
New summer look for Etos employees
This summer you see Etos employees in a completely new look. Since 2017, Etos has introduced the Pick & Mix line. Every day, employees can choose their own style with ten items from the Etos clothing collection. In this way, more than 5,400 employees create their own Etos look. A new sustainable shirt has been added to this collection.
McDonald’s employees are undergoing metamorphosis
The employees of McDonald’s Restaurants are literally being given a new look. In collaboration with family business Schijvens Corporate Fashion, new company clothing has been developed for employees in the Restaurants, a hip clothing line with a lot of variation that is completely in line with this time. Employees from the Restaurants have helped with the choice of company clothing, which is produced in a sustainable manner.
How to tell if company clothing is really sustainable
How do you know for sure that the clothes you wear are recycled? And how sustainable is sustainable then? We have been in the dark for a long time, but we are now working on a standard that shows you exactly how sustainable (company) clothing is.
What is circular clothing?
We notice that there are still many different ideas about the meaning of circular workwear. In this blog we want to tell you our explanation of what we mean by circular clothing.
NEN NTA
To pursue for a clear and unambiguous formulation of circular textiles, the NEN is setting a standard. Until clear test methods for a NEN standard have been described, a Dutch Technical Agreement has now been made, which describes how one can subdivide circular textiles.
Schijvens Corporate Fashion creates new sustainable Albert Heijn collection
Employees of Albert Heijn will receive new work clothing. Schijvens Corporate Fashion from Hilvarenbeek has largely produced this collection in a circular way: from recycled clothing and recycled PET.
Artikel MVO Nederland: Koploper Shirley Schijvens (Schijvens)
In the interview series “Koploper uitgelicht” we ask a company from our Frontrunner network of Large Business Network every month about their ambitions and the opportunities they see to be part of that transition. Shirley Schijvens sets a new course for the company that her family started over one hundred and fifty years ago with the development of one hundred percent circular corporate clothing.
Final report: In de ogen van een ander
This week the final report of the research on agape within businesses was published. This research, titled: In de ogen van de ander. Een witboek voor agapè in een bedrijfsomgeving, was written by Prof Dr Harry Hummels.
Ambassador Bart van Bolhuis on NPO1 about Schijvens recycling project in Turkey
Dutch ambassador Bart van Bolhuis, stationed in Istanbul, talks about the current situation in Turkey, trade, the obstacles, but especially also the opportunities that exist there and which, for example, Schijvens is using regarding recycling old items of clothing.
