Clothing bearing the bluesign® brand is made with the aim of reducing the footprint as much as possible. Bluesign® is a certification that guarantees production with the lowest possible impact on people and the environment, as well as responsible use of resources. When a product is marked with bluesign®, it means that the entire factory and its employees have been certified according to the bluesign® standard. The brand demands full transparency around chemicals used in production.

RDS stands for Responsible Down Standard, and is a standard that guarantees animal welfare at all stages of production, from farm to factory. The geese and ducks that contribute feathers and down are not force-fed or plucked alive, they also have the right to safe and good living conditions according to the five freedoms recorded by the Brambell Commission on animal welfare from 1965:

• Freedom from hunger, thirst and malnutrition: by more expensive people having free access to fresh water and a diet that maintains good health and well-being


• Freedom from physical discomfort: by the animals being kept in a suitable living environment with good sleeping space and shelter from the elements


• Freedom from pain, disease and injury: through prevention, rapid diagnosis and treatment


• Freedom to exercise normal behaviour: by the animals being given enough space and company with animals of the same species


• Freedom from hunger, thirst and malnutrition: by more expensive people having free access to fresh water and a diet that maintains good health and well-being
• Freedom from physical discomfort: by the animals being kept in a suitable living environment with good sleeping space and shelter from the elements.


• Freedom from pain, disease and injury: through prevention, rapid diagnosis and treatment


• Freedom to exercise normal behaviour: by the animals being given enough space and company with animals of the same species


• Freedom from fear and stress: in that the animals are kept and treated in such a way that they avoid persistent fear and stress

Our down is also a by-product from food production. We want everyone who buys a Tufte down jacket to be confident that the production is ethically sound and that all waterfowl that contribute to our down production are treated humanely and live a good life.

International Organization for Standardization (ISO), or in Norwegian the International Standardization Organisation. All our factories in China have ISO 9001 and 45001 certification.

ISO 9001: Quality assurance
The certification includes, among other things, quality management, product design, customer care, document control, internal training, internal auditing and management evaluation.

Important elements of the standard are:

• Management system for quality


• Management's responsibility


• Resource management


• Product sales


• Measurement, analysis and improvement

ISO 45001: Working environment
The standard ISO 45001 – management systems for the working environment – ​​provides minimum requirements for systems to protect workers against illness and accidents caused by conditions in the workplace.

Advantages of using the standard can be:

• Reduce the number of unwanted incidents in the workplace


• Reduce absenteeism and turnover of employees, which leads to increased productivity


• Reduce the costs of insurance


• Create a health and safety culture, where employees are encouraged to take an active role in the working environment


• Strengthen management's commitment to proactively improve the working environment
  make it easier to fulfill legal and regulatory requirements


• Improve reputation