ALLIED Feather + Down (AF+D) – which delivers high-performance, ethically sourced and recycled down – announced that it supplied down to NEMO Equipment’s GOOD DESIGN sustainability award-winning, fully recyclable Endless Promise down sleeping bag collection.
AF+D is supplying down for NEMO’s Disco and Riff down sleeping bags. When these bags reach the end of their lifespan, they will be returned to ALLIED. After removing, cleaning and reviving the down, ALLIED will incorporate the insulation into its RENU:TRACE offering of traceable recycled down.
“Recyclable and naturally biodegradable, down is one of the most sustainable insulations on the planet and plays an important role in a circular economy,” said Daniel Uretsky, president, ALLIED. “We launched our RENU:TRACE recycled down program in 2022 as a way to recycle down in a closed loop, the only way to ensure this recycled material is 100% traceable and ethically sourced. We are proud to partner with NEMO on this award-winning collection.”
All ALLIED down is 100 percent ethically sourced and traceable back to the region where it was produced. Unless traceable down is both sourced and recycled in a closed loop, it is virtually impossible to ensure that recycled down comes from purely ethical sources. Before RENU:TRACE, brands had to make a decision to either focus on post-consumer recycled material OR ethically treated animals.
While NEMO is the first to participate, the RENU:TRACE program is available to all of ALLIED’s partner brands.
