Ocean Friends’ was the first product line in our charitable program “Giving Back” – and through the years we have given a significant contribution to our partner, the non-profit organisation Waste Free Oceans (WFO).

Increasing pollution is affecting our oceans and all life in it. Therefore, we have partnered with Waste Free Oceans to support ocean cleaning in the most needed areas. 

With every ‘Ocean Friends’ product sold, Petjes World will donate 0,20 - 0,75€ to Waste Free Oceans, an organisation focused on reducing marine litter.

We hope you will join us in these small steps towards cleaning our oceans!

The ‘Nature Friends’ and 'Nature Friends Endangered’ product lines are programs in our ‘Giving back’ project. The purpose of this project is to donate money to EAZA

(The European Association of Zoos and Aquariums) to help protect and save wildlife and endangered species. 

For every ‘Nature Friends’ product sold, Petjes World will donate €0,20 - 0,25 to EAZA.

We hope you like this product line so we can donate a lot of money to EAZA. The more you buy and sell, the more we donate. It is a great win-win situation, and a good story to share with your customers.

Occasionally some products fail quality control. There can be multiple reasons, e.g. defective sewing, colours, tags etc.

Instead of destroying the products we collaborate with a wonderful group of volunteers, who repair them so they can be donated to children’s organisations or medical institutions. 

The list of places the products have been donated to is among others:

Hospitals in Denmark
Hjemløs i Århus (Homeless in Aarhus)
Legeheltene (play heroes)
Red Cross family camps
Danish Cancer Society
Ukraine

All stuffing in our plush toys is made of recycled rPET. And the following products lines is made our of only rPET.

ECOsoft, ECOmbacks, ECOmbacks snakes, Caps, Bucket hats, Umbrellas, Shopping bags and some Bracelets   

But what exactly is rPET?

RPET stands for recycled polyethylene terephthalate. So in simple terms, rPET is recycled plastic - just like the plastic waste we see floating in our oceans and the plastic we return using recycling systems in many countries.

We design and produce with sustainability in mind, and we will continue to focus on the use of recycled material in our future production.

• We try to minimise the use of packaging as much as possible. We use recycled materials as often as possible.

• All our hangtags, back cards and colour boxes is printed on recycled paper with soy ink.

• The cord for our hangtags is cotton.

• We reuse or recycle all shipping packaging and encourage our customers to do the same.
  

• Our Displays are made out of FSC veneer.

• When we send out orders we use FSC boxes.
  
  FSC wood is wood that comes from forests certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), a global nonprofit organization that promotes responsible forest management. The FSC certification ensures that the wood is sourced from forests that are managed in a way that is environmentally sustainable, socially beneficial, and economically viable.

We use OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 material for our socks and baby products.

OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 is a certification for textiles and fabrics, ensuring they are free from harmful substances and are safe for human health. The standard is especially important for products that come in direct contact with skin. Products that carry the OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 label have undergone rigorous testing for various harmful chemicals, including pesticides, heavy metals, and carcinogens.

• We use 100% wind powered energy in our office.

• We have invested in four electric cars. and installed a charger, as you are welcome to use when visiting us.

• Our catalogue is printed in Denmark, on paper certified with FSC and Nordic Swan Ecolabel.

• We use 100% recycled paper at our office.