REV Ocean and Aclima to champion new sustainable clothing for ocean research
REV Ocean and the Norwegian wool clothing manufacturer Aclima have entered into a cooperation agreement to develop new sustainable solutions in the textile industry.
REV Ocean is focused on creating positive change for the ocean and is currently building a new state-of-the-art research vessel with global capabilities and ambitions.
The companies’ sustainability programme encompasses all aspects of the vessel’s operations, including building materials, energy, waste, clothing, food, etc.
LeisureWool ReBorn
ReBorn is a comfortable shirt with carefully chosen details, like buttons made of coconut shells and threads made of recycled polyester.
Fibres: 70% Wool (Merino Recycled) 30% Polyamide (Recycled).
PRICE: € 180,-
Creating new solutions at sea
Ultimately, the goal is to be as sustainable as possible, including clothing, and to incorporate innovative natural products.
The collaboration will look at how marine plastic can be used in clothing in new and innovative ways, and investigate what opportunities lie in raw materials such as seaweed and fish skin.
In addition, a limited edition and special wool clothing line are being planned in collaboration with the wider REV Ocean network.
Exploring new possibilities together
REV Ocean will often be in areas with extreme weather and harsh conditions and will depend on sustainably produced high-quality garments.
This also provides completely unique opportunities for testing functionality and materials.
- We have high expectations of how we can work together to use the expertise in both companies for the benefit of the environment and the future. At Aclima, we base our business on natural fibres, and the focus on sustainability is therefore completely natural.
- At the same time, we want to be a driving force in development. The world-leading expertise found in REV Ocean will be incredibly important in this work. says Aclima’s Marketing Manager, Ole Magnus Halvorsen.
Aclima LeisureWool ReBorn
Joining forces to solve new challenges
Finding and implementing new and sustainable solutions requires joining forces on many different levels.
Both companies see that global ocean and environmental challenges cannot be solved by individual actions alone.
This cooperation will be an important driving force to showcase how companies can work together to champion new ocean solutions.
REV Ocean’s CEO Nina Jensen says: - - The collaboration with Aclima is a good example of putting REV Ocean’s mission into practice.
- Going ‘from curiosity to understanding to solutions’ is our core goal and we are excited to see real sustainable products being made available that our team can start using, whilst developing innovative solutions at the same time, and to encourage other companies to do the same.
ReBorn is a comfortable shirt with carefully chosen details, like buttons made of coconut shells and threads made of recycled polyester.
Fibres: 70% Wool (Merino Recycled) 30% Polyamide (Recycled).
PRICE: € 180,-
LeisureWool ReBorn (man)
ReBorn is a comfortable shirt with carefully chosen details, like buttons made of coconut shells and threads made of recycled polyester.
Fibres: 70% Wool (Merino Recycled) 30% Polyamide (Recycled).
PRICE: € 180,-
LeisureWool ReBorn (woman)
- It goes without saying that we place particularly high demands on our partners related to sustainability.
- In addition, the conditions we often operate in mean that we are also uncompromising requesting that all equipment has a high technical quality. Therefore, Aclima was the most natural choice for us, says Anne Slaaen, Sustainable Uniform Program Advisor for REV Ocean.
A plus for the conscious consumer
The decision to not recolour the wool means that different deliveries can vary somewhat in colour.
- I think that many put a price on a garment like ReBorn and the unique history connected
to the garment. A big interest in advance for the product shows that we’re right, says sales manager Lars Eivind Johansen.
Aclima
A third-generation family company, founded in Drammen,
Norway in 1939
90 employees in three countries
Produces clothing to defence and security workers in
several countries and premium wool products to outdoor enthusiasts around the world.
All material development takes place in Norway and is
produced in our own European factories.
All production follows strict environmental
guidelines.
Read more here
About REV Ocean
REV Ocean is a not-for-profit company created with one overarching purpose and ambition – to make our ocean healthy again.
Established in Norway in 2017, REV Ocean’s mission is to enable and inspire ocean solutions and combat the negative pressures currently affecting the ocean.
The science strategy is focused on dealing with plastic pollution, climate change, and the environmental impacts of unsustainable fishing.
UNIQUE COLOUR: Aclima LeisureWool ReBorn is not recoloured, but retains the colour of the waste material. This saves our environment and gives the garment a unique shade of colour.
