We wanted to find out whether our elastic straps made from natural materials completely degrade in the soil within a year - a decisive criterion for compostability. To do this, we subjected one of our products to a comprehensive practical test. With the support of a worm farm in Austria, we were able to successfully carry out this test.

We have reason to celebrate – we have won two awards! Fairness First Award and Entrepreneur of the Future Award from the German Institute for Innovation for Sustainability and Digitalisation

Green Buddi Award - Logo --> GREEN BUDDY AWARD 2024 YEAH, we have won our first award. We won 3rd place in the "Retail" category for our commitment to sustainability, which we also

The cultivation of and the trade in natural rubber is not without its challenges of various kinds. The demand for the white gold is high, but the price is very low. So small, in fact, that the primary producers can barely make a living from it. We are lucky with our Malaysian supplier of natural rubber, as they already voluntarily take responsibility for their actions. Nevertheless, we go one step further and want to ensure that the farmers can make a good living from their work.

This news is worth a blog post for us, also because the initiator is one of our long-time customers. Australia wants to set the world's first commercial standard for composting textiles. This could make the country a pioneer for other countries to follow. Humus is created from textiles. A beautiful idea.

Our first blog post is dedicated to a young designer who we find really great. With his intelligent and visionary final thesis, in which we were kindly allowed to accompany and support him, he has launched his own brand and has big plans beyond that. In an interview, we asked him, Frederico Badini Confalonieri, a few questions about this. Here we go!