Empowering the users of our clothes

Circularity is based on collaboration. For us, it is essential to put co-construction with our suppliers at the heart of the approach, and to optimise our own processes in order to reduce our environmental footprint. This could also include joint commitments on eco-design or the recycling of materials.

The City of Paris has always been a pioneer in incorporating ethical criteria into its contract specifications. Today, thanks to our Clothing Department, the worn-out working clothes of our cleaning staff are once again becoming a source of hope and meaning. The circle is complete.

The design as well as the approach to collect and recycle our brand image outfits are initiatives that are totally in keeping with Orange's environmental challenges. We wish to continue to develop the reuse of our clothing and, at the same time, make our employees aware of circular economy principles.

"This show of solidarity is an extension of a visit to a garment factory in Madagascar during the manufacture of the new waistcoat for post office customer service representatives. After meeting the local population of this country on the other side of the world, we wanted to do something for future generations.

"At the same time that the city of Paris is adopting its responsible public procurement scheme, we were the first local authority in France to buy fair trade cotton workwear back in 2007 and show that it was possible."

"The future of workwear will defifinitely involve consuming less but better and,above all, producing differently. These crises make us reimagine our profession, accelerate our transformation and review our business models to create new value, in particular, through more services related to our products. And, this is exactly where our customers expect us to be today."

"Nespresso has been taking action promoting the circular economy for 20 years. Moreover, the company is increasing the proportion of recycled materials in all areas: in its machines, its capsules and its Coffee Specialists' uniforms. Thanks to the partnership with CEPOVETT, we're able to offer these meaningful tote bags to our Boutique employees. For us, this is a structuring element for involving all our employees in our circular economy initiatives."

"Environmental issues and our actions in the circular economy form one of the main areas of our strategic plan. Our image-building outfits are part of this approach: we favour outfits made from certified raw materials. By collecting and then recycling them, we can turn them into new products for us to re-use."

"Recycling is essential to reducing our impact on ecosystems. Here we manufacture technical and ethical clothing, we measure the benefits of our programmes on overall quality, both economically, socially and environmentally, on a daily basis."

“I thank all of those who have welcomed me with so much respect and in a fraternal spirit and who have generously given financial support to allow us to continue this miracle at Akamasoa for 24 years. With these donations, we can offer the children of Madagascar a better future and we can involve them in protecting our planet.”