South Beach Boardies

Our Sustainability Framework

• Emissions & Key Environmental Issues

  What is your company doing to reduce your emissions or combat key environmental issues (e.g. waste (packaging, end of life product strategy or recycling), biodiversity, land use, water, chemical use, energy use, and natural resource use etc.)?

  Not only do our fabrics take waste out of the environment, but our high quality and comfortable fabrics made from recycled plastic bottles has a significant environmental benefit, whilst maintaining the quick-drying, lightweight, high performance functionality, strength, and durability of virgin polyester. Recycled polyester doesn’t require new petroleum to create, lowering the demand for new petroleum extraction. Recycled polyester production creates 55% less CO₂ emissions and requires 53% less energy consumption than virgin polyester. Of the 200 million tonnes of plastic are produced every year, it is estimated that 10% makes its way directly into the ocean, where it has a dire environmental impact, and on ocean-dwelling fauna. Recycling PET grade plastic into high-quality fabrics reduces such pollution, reduces landfill, and reduces the likelihood of plastic incineration (which releases toxic gases into the atmosphere). Our boardies last and last, we design them that way - and make all the kids styles unisex, so you can pass them down to the next kid in the team! Our offices are solar passive, powered by solar, and use grey water. We recycled everything we can, and use minimal packaging, all recycled & biodegradable.

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• Materials

  How are the products your company offers made from environmentally friendly materials (e.g. recycled, organic materials)?

  High quality polyester made from recycled plastic bottles has a significant environmental benefit, whilst maintaining the quick-drying, lightweight, high performance functionality, strength, and durability of virgin polyester. Fighting Climate Change: Lower Carbon Footprint Recycled polyester doesn’t require new petroleum to create, lowering the demand for new petroleum extraction. Recycled polyester production creates 55% less CO₂ emissions and requires 53% less energy consumption than virgin polyester. (Source: Stockholm Environment Institute) Reducing Landfill & Ocean Pollution Of the 200 million tonnes of plastic are produced every year, it is estimated that 10% makes its way directly into the ocean, where it has a dire environmental impact, and on ocean-dwelling fauna. Recycling PET grade plastic into high-quality fabrics reduces such pollution, reduces landfill, and reduces the likelihood of plastic incineration (which releases toxic gases into the atmosphere).

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• Supply Chain

  Do you partner with ethical factories that meet international labor standards? What processes have you implemented to make your supply chain more sustainable?

  We're here to make a difference, and to give ocean lovers a genuinely ethical, local, independent and progressive source of board shorts. Right from the moment we first envisioned South Beach Boardies, we've always taken sustainability, ethical trade and production, and justice for workers seriously. And we still do. Our Board Shorts We only use the best quality recycled plastic (polyester) fabrics that we source from sustainable fabric mills in Italy, the USA and China. Our board shorts and swimwear are made by skilled workers in ethical factories in China and Indonesia. Why China? Because there are a lot of truly progressive factories there, with the technical expertise, and commitment to eco-friendly, zero-waste production processes and renewable resources that we have been unable to access in Western Australia. We only work with factories that are committed to the Amorfi BSCI (Business Social Compliance Initiative), as system designed to make supply chains more transparent and fair. Our factories are regularly audited (with great results!) on their compliance with the 11 core BSCI principles.

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• Community Initiatives

  How does your company give back to the community (e.g. financial donations, volunteering, partnerships etc.)?

  We give 5% of our profits to ocean conservation charities. We also donate hundreds of pairs of brand new boardies a year to charities to help refuges, foster kids, and Indigenous kids in rural areas who need to go to the pool! We also give away thousands of dollars in vouchers every year to community groups in need of raffle prizes and auction items.

• Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

  How has your company made a commitment to achieve and maintain inclusion & diversity (e.g. Gender / Race / Ethnicity / National Origin / Sexual Orientation / Religion / Disability / Age)?

  Our diversity and inclusion policy includes a commitment to using real-customer models, with a focus on including a diverse range of representations of all genders, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, sizes, and abilities. We have an inclusive sizing policy, and make a large range of unisex clothing.

• Service Offering
• Circular Models