Ethical Baseline:
Balancing purpose, profit and positive impact
Being committed to a minimal or positive ethical impact has been at the heart of Rezon from the outset, all the while ensuring we still deliver the best design, manufacturing, and quality standards to create an innovative product for the global stage.
Rezon’s core ethical pillars include:
- Contributing towards social vitality and lowering carbon footprint through UK-based operations
- A circularity commitment that includes using materials that are 100% recyclable and up-cyclable
- Reducing waste with recyclable packaging that’s sized for the product, and selecting 100% recycled materials
- Lowering our carbon footprint with UK-made products that don’t use glue or adhesives
- Raising awareness and championing women-owned brands through our membership of BUY WOMEN BUILT.
With Rezon, every design principle and decision is intentional.
Proud to be a B Corp
In 2023 Rezon achieved B Corp Certification, the foremost accreditation for ethical and sustainable businesses.
Certified B Corps are a new kind of business that balances purpose and profit, and are legally required to consider the impact of their decisions on their workers, customers, community, and the environment.
The B Corp label is an official certification, with a rigorous verification process, and is earned by for-profit companies that use their business for good.
Good for All
Environmental impact, sustainability, and ethical factors have informed the design, components and manufacturing choices of Rezon.
From day one, Rezon has been a brand focused on upholding ethical and sustainable practices at every stage. From recyclable materials and reduced packaging to in-house repairs, we want to be as sustainable as possible.
Rezon’s textile choices contain OEKO-TEX® – certified recyclable materials from manufacturing waste and plastic bottles. These materials reduce the demand for oil that is turned into new plastic, emitting fewer greenhouse gases and conserving water and energy.
Reducing Waste
Unnecessary packaging waste is a huge problem. Rezon’s postal packaging is recyclable and sized for the product. Halos® and Halos® Team products come in washbag pouches, with no polybags, tissue paper or tags used.
Halos® and Halos® Team are made-to-order products, with considered stock levels to reduce textile waste and a commitment to using selected materials containing 100% recycled content.
To reduce environmental footprint, Halos® and Halos® Teams products do not contain glue or adhesives. In fact, our CO2 footprint is estimated to be 0.4 Kg/per Halos®, including its complete lifecycle – that’s the equivalent of driving just one mile.
Circularity
Circularity means a product has an end-of-life plan for when it is finished being used. Less than one per cent of clothing material is recycled into new garments as the industry incinerates or landfills 73% of materials.
In working with the Northumbria University Live Projects Hub, Engineering Master’s students from the Advanced Practice Programme are conducting an analysis of the circularity of Halos®. This will bring further insight into the potential uses for the individual components and materials within Halos®, including the potential 2nd and 3rd life, and new ideas into how Halos® can be recycled or remanufactured into new products.
We’ve worked hard with local experts to ensure Halos® materials are 100% recyclable and up-cyclable. Halos® headbands have so far been upcycled into sports clothing including wetsuits and athletic leggings!
The Materials Processing Institute, a research and development organisation based in the United Kingdom, has carried out the life cycle assessment (LCA) of Rezon Halos®. The LCA is an established methodology to determine the environmental impact of a product or process throughout its life cycle.
Proudly British
At Rezon, we value British-made products and believe the United Kingdom’s reputation for high-quality manufacturing is worth protecting.
Working conditions matter to us, as do conditions throughout Rezon’s supply chain. Rezon manufactures in Yorkshire, where all the team are paid a living wage and work in a modern factory environment with a proud manufacturing heritage.
Rezon is a Made in Britain member, a body for responsible, transparent and authenticated British manufacturers. The Made in Britain mark stands for a commitment to quality, value, safety and high standards.
Giving Back
Rezon is committed to supporting further research into brain trauma.
The first project to be supported is SCORES, an independent UK research study designed to better understand the cognitive health of athletes as they age.
The SCORES study will investigate the rate of cognitive decline in former professional sportspeople compared with the average healthy person. This is a longitudinal project designed to monitor brain health in former male and female athletes for the next 10 years.
Female-Founded
Rezon is a member of BUY WOMEN BUILT. This is a campaign for supporting and recognising female-founded businesses, and to encourage consumers to buy from female-founded businesses. This movement is shining a light on the incredible women-built consumer brands in the UK and starting a whole new conscious shopping movement.
By supporting BUY WOMEN BUILT brands, the belief is this will help the next generation dream bigger, making our economy stronger and fairer. Rezon is proud to be a part of BUY WOMEN BUILT.
