Sustainability

Our Commitments & Credentials

Noa Surf Collective are committed to providing high quality clothing & surf related products that are responsible for the welfare of the people involved in their creation and in caring for the planet.

We pride ourselves in creating innovative handplanes, bodyboards and surf boards that encourage responsible surfing. By recycling and using sustainable materials where we can, we hope to be part of a growing surf community that respects the ocean and protects it for future generations.

Direct to garment waterbased inks used on our clothing carry the Oeko-Tex Certification and are CPSIA compliant.  They are vibrant, colour-fast and designed to drastically reduce ink wastage compared to traditional methods. As a result the inks we use are more environmentally friendly.

Our clothing is packaged in re-useable biodegradable polybags. Please see individual clothing for specific certifications and below for more information.

Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production (WRAP)

Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production (WRAP) is the world's largest factory-based certification program for manufacturers of clothing, footwear and other sewn products.
The WRAP program certifies facilities for compliance with the 12 WRAP Principles which assure safe, legal and ethical manufacturing processes.
https://wrapcompliance.org/en/

Sedex

Sedex stands for Supplier Ethical Data Exchange, which is an online system that allows suppliers to maintain data on ethical & responsible practices and allows them to share this information with their customers.
https://www.sedex.com/

OEKO-TEX® Standard 100

OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100 is one of the world's best-known labels for textiles tested for harmful substances. If a textile article carries the STANDARD 100 label, you can be certain that every component of this article, i.e. every thread, button and other accessories, has been tested for harmful substances and that the article therefore is harmless for human health.
https://www.oeko-tex.com/en/our-standards/oeko-tex-standard-100

Organic 100 Content Standard (OCS100)

The Organic 100 Content Standard (OCS) applies to garments containing 95-100 percent organic material.
It verifies the presence and amount of organic material in a final product and tracks the flow of the raw material from its source to the final product.

Organic Blended Content Standard (OCS)

The Organic Blended Content Standard (OCS) applies to garments containing 5-100 percent organic material blended with conventional or synthetic raw materials.
It verifies the presence and amount of organic material in a final product.
Further OCS tracks the flow of a raw material from its source to the final product.

Fair Wear Foundation (FWF)

Fair Wear Foundation (FWF) is a European initiative, which strives for fair working conditions in the garment industry worldwide.
FWF verifies effective implementation of the code of conduct by its member companies and their suppliers.
https://www.fairwear.org/

Cruelty-Free

The cruelty-free certification is designated for companies that have signed our statement of assurance verifying that they and their suppliers do not conduct, commission, or pay for any tests on animals for their ingredients, formulations, or finished products anywhere in the world.
https://www.peta.org/