The Ocean Protect SOÖRUZ label

RESPONSIBLE Innovations

SOÖRUZ OCEAN PROTECT

Soöruz integrates the environment into its innovation process to provide high quality, high performance and responsible products.

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The Label that reduces our environmental footprint

2019, label creation : Ocean Protect

The Objectives of this label

Reduce the environmental footprint
Life Cycle Performance Integration
Promote the most eco-responsible products

THE CRITERIAS TO OBTAIN THE LABEL

To obtain and display this label, A Soöruz product must respond to multiple criteria:

– 75% of the wetsuit made of renewable origin
– 100% Recycled nylon for the outer fabric
– 60% Recycled nylon for the inside fabric
– 100% production waste is recycled
– 125L water preserved per wetsuit
– 600g of solvent unused

An evolutionary rating grid

The evaluation grid will evolve over the years, incorporating more criteria and increasing the high level of rigor from year to year.
This will allow Soöruz to innovate and rethink its products to limit its environmental impact and improve the service provided by its products.

Goals 2022

100% of our products are Ocean Protect Soöruz certified
40% reduction of our carbon footprint
Recycling 20,000 wetsuits

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Eco-design actions implemented through the Ocean Protect Soöruz approach until 2019

From birth to the end of the product’s life, our experience allows us to know all the players involved in the product.
This allows us to meet their expectations and optimize the life cycle of the product.

Neoprenes
- Oysterprene : High-end foam integrated oyster shell powder (bio-sourced).
- Biöprene : Bio-sourced foam made with a mix of Oyster shell powder, Natural Rubber, Sugar cane & non food vegetable oil.
- Limestone : Neoprene with limestone from quarries & recycled tires.
Fabrics
- Recycled polyester made from plastics bottles.
- Recycled Nylon, made from scraps nylon of nylon production.
- Dope dye fabrics wich use less colors.
Glue
- Water-based glue, solvent-free, VOC-free and odourless
Certification
- All textiles are Bluesign certified
  Bluesign is an international label for textiles. It guarantees that no toxic substances have been used during production and sets binding criteria for energy and water consumption.

Manufacturing
- Cutting optimization
- Water based print
- Eco-cut ( Guru Pro )
Production Leftovers
- Close work with manufacturers to value the suits leftovers (for instance to fill boxing bags)
- Conception of Soöruz accessories with leftovers

Transportation
- Special organisation of the supply chain to encourage train transport
- Optimization of the sending thanks to a close cooperation with the long-haul transportation
- Package size reduction
- Recycled & recylable packaging

Sales and Use
- Partnering with the payment system PAYGREEN for the B2C.
- Conception of our products with the assistance of our users to develop sustainable and premium quality products.
- Set-up of a last after sales service including some reparation machine at the headquarter.
- Warranty on all our neoprene products as a durability engagement.

End-oflife
- The S2Life Programme (Soöruz Second Life) promotes the re-use and recovery of end-of-life products.
- Program collection of used wetsuit
- Trash process of wetsuit
- Re-used of thrashed wetsuit into new using

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Eco-design award – France – Nouvelle Aquitaine 2019

SOÖRUZ rewarded

by 2 eco-design awards to the regional symposium organized by the network of CCI Nouvelle-Aquitaine, l’ADEME, la REGION and their partners.

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