Responsibility Environment
Keeping the environment firmly in focus
The environment is the habitat we all share. How we treat it says a lot about who we are – both as a company and as people. Responsibility is a shared effort. Every individual contribution matters, and so does our role as a company within society.
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Environmental and climate data: the foundation of our actions
The development of our climate strategy and reduction targets is based on the continuous monitoring of our energy use and CO2 emissions. The full 2025 carbon footprint covers our own operations (Scope 1), purchased energy (Scope 2), and the entire (upstream and downstream) value chain (Scope 3). Our current focus is on reducing greenhouse gas emissions directly generated by OLYMP. At our Bietigheim-Bissingen site, we place great importance on operational environmental and climate protection and actively advance energy efficiency in line with ISO 50001 standards.
Environmental milestones and highlights from 2025:
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100%
renewable electricity at the Bietigheim-Bissingen site through certified renewable sources -
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-11%
CO2e compared with the base year 2023 -
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97%
renewable electricity in our stores -
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25 team members
involved as part of a working group for reducing emissions and establishing more environmentally friendly processes at Bietigheim-Bissingen -
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You can find more details to our environmental activities as well as all our emissions data for scopes 1-3 in our sustainability report 2025.
Selected mission reduction measures
OLYMP’s climate protection measures focus first and foremost on reducing emissions. At our Bietigheim-Bissingen site, we have been using a photovoltaic system since 2013, making a clear commitment to renewable energy. Additional electricity demand is covered by our combined heat and power plant as well as certified green electricity. Since 2026, a heat pump has further increased our energy efficiency. Once again, it is people who drive our environmental efforts forward. Since 2024, a cross-departmental working group of team members has been actively shaping the further development of processes at the OLYMP site.
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Raw material strategy and product development: from people for people
More conscious purchasing decisions by consumers are changing what products need to deliver. OLYMP meets these expectations through its choice of materials and product development, while also ensuring transparent communication. A growing part of our high-quality standards are products with certified fibres and manufacturing processes, such as GOTS, OCS, RWS, RCS, or OEKO-TEX® MADE IN GREEN. Relevant features are clearly identified directly on the garment through consumer-friendly certification labels.
As an innovative flagship project, we introduced the fully Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) certified capsule collections "Boris Herrmann X OLYMP" in 2024. Working together with the professional sailor and environmental and climate advocate, we addressed key challenges in product design form an ecological perspective and translated these insights into further successful design ideas for our product portfolio. The products are made from 100% organic cotton or 100% organic linen.
Boris Herrmann is an important partner, contributing his expertise and commitment. With his dedication to protecting the environment and the climate, he is the ideal ambassador for our responsibility and will continue to fulfill this role in the years to come.
“We want to show that high-performance products can come from organic fibres and certified production. Our joint capsule collections are proof of that.”
Boris Herrmann, Environmental and Climate Activist and Responsibility Ambassador for OLYMP
Here you can find explanations of the product standards and the cellulose-based branded fibres identified on the garment:
Chemical management: safety for all
OLYMP also takes responsibility in its collaboration with production partners. For this reason, we continuously monitor our partners regarding chemical use based on international standards, such as the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) initiative and the Manufacturing Restricted Substances List (MRSL). To ensure the highest level of safety, we systematically record which substances are used in our garments across all countries of production. Our OLYMP Restricted Substances List (RSL) sets our all chemicals considered particularly critical, which are either completely prohibited or permitted only under defined restrictions.
Waste reduction and circularity: production, to the point
At OLYMP, waste reduction begins with how we manage production. With four fashion collections and two Never Out of Stock (NOS) programmes each year, we operate on a solid and well-planned product range structure. For trend-driven seasonal items, industry-standard pre-order cycles help us avoid overproduction. When processing returns, we inspect returned items in-house, repair products where necessary, and return them to stock. We see waste reduction as a key building block of a circular economy. In 2024, we transitioned most of our product packaging to mono-materials.
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