Responsibility and commitments
LATER is about respect for the planet and the people on it. In an effort toward the planet, we focus on recycled materials, we limit our ecological impact through minimizing our consumption and offsetting what we do consume.
For the people, we partner regionally with those who share our values, who pay living wages, and who are committed to seeing a more responsible approach to fashion.
We don’t always get behind initiatives that claim to be ‘sustainable’. So we prefer to talk about our ‘responsibility’: to our environment, our planet, of course, but also to every person, organisation and community around us, the sum of which makes up the society in which we live. Let’s live.
So here are the questions we ask ourselves when we take action or make decisions: What are the ecological and social impacts? Can we continue indefinitely? Can we grow our business in this way? Who are we helping? And how can we find the best balance between the two?
We are not looking for perfection, but for continuous improvement. We aim to generate maximum positive impact with our resources and our ideas. We want to show that doing things differently is possible, by making it happen.
We live in the city
A responsible future must also be urban. With 7 billion people on the planet, there isn’t enough room for us all to be at the top of the mountain. To live together, we’re going to have to cooperate (!).
Cities are part of the answer, they’re also our source of inspiration. In an urban environment, goods and services can be offered efficiently to a large number of people. Distances are shorter, interactions are more numerous, and the impact on our environment can be greatly reduced.si our source of inspiration.
An urban future doesn’t have to be sad. It doesn’t have to be the default option.
We can create a happy and responsible urban life.
Doing better
Responsible fashion seems like an elusive goal. But the current predatory approach of the textile and fashion industries is heading straight for disaster. We’re looking for a new business model, a more responsible way of dressing people. We believe it is possible, especially for a new brand that is not subject to the constraints and habits of the past.
Respect takes time
Our society is living out of time and out of step with our environment. We produce too much, consume too much, we can’t go on. Anyone who pays attention can see that this way of life is unsustainable. We have to break the spiral of frenetic consumption, where objects are obsolete before we unpack them. And we have to break it now. We’ve put it off for too long, ‘someone else will do it’, ‘we can do it later’…
FOR US, THE TIME HAS COME. ‘LATER’ IS NOW.
NOW IS LATER…
Our financial commitments
1% for the planet
Through our membership of 1% for the Planet, we are taking responsibility for ou planet by supporting associations that carry out important actions to create positive environmental impacts.
Find out more one onepercentfortheplanet.org
Carbon neutral
We do our utmost to reduce our carbon impact, but we still generate a footprint. We calculate this impact and offset it financially through the United Nations carbon offsetting programme. Find out more at unfccc.int
