Fitz & Huxley is an alternative to ever faster product life cycles and disposable fashion – in other words, “fast fashion”. For us, sustainability is not a marketing buzzword, but a self-evident secondary condition of all our actions. We make beautiful, high-quality and functional backpacks – and that is the focus – but we and you would not be able to enjoy our beautiful products if they were not made in an ecologically and socially responsible way. We deliberately don’t plant trees or anything like that. Instead, we care about a truly sustainable supply chain. To underline our high environmental and social standards, our production is SEDEX and SA8000 certified. In addition, we work hard to further optimise the sustainability of our products by developing existing materials and testing new ones. This goes for example for our new OCEAN line made from recycled ocean bound plastic. Find more information here.

Over the years we have built up a family relationship with our production partner in India. Our producer is an integral part of the Fitz & Huxley story: it is only through our partner’s mutual trust and enthusiasm for our product concept that we have been able to realise our backpack designs while meeting the high standards we set ourselves. We visit our factory in India regularly and work with the team on site to further develop processes and products. For us, it is a matter of course that all employees can make a good living from their work and that good and meaningful working conditions prevail. Sometimes we hear the reproach why we would produce in India and not in Germany. But: for us, an Indian family that lives from backpack production is just as important as a German one. By now our Indian Fitz & Huxley team is about 140 strong. That means 140 people and their often many-headed families live from the permanent employment for the production of Fitz & Huxley backpacks and bags. We are very proud of that!

Our products are made from high quality, natural materials. We use genuine leather and cotton to produce beautiful, high-quality bags that look better and better over time. Our quality assurance team inspects every single backpack before shipping to guarantee the quality of our products. Products that don’t meet our standards are not thrown out, but are found a second life. For our vegan customers, we have a selection of products in the typical Fitz & Huxley design, where the leather is replaced by cotton. After a long development period, we are proud to present our collection made from recycled ocean bound plastic: with this product line we are proving that protecting our planet, using resources responsibly as well as beautiful and functional design do not have to be opposites. You can find more information here.

We attach great importance to acting sustainable and our goal is to minimize the ecological impact during production and shipping.

We ship plastic-free and our shipping boxes grow on the meadow! You read that right! We ship our products in a box made from 40% regional grass and 60% recycled paper. The use of rapidly renewable grass for cardboard production minimizes the consumption of fresh fibers, which are obtained from wood. This protects the important resource of wood which is good for forests and the climate. Furthermore, the grass used for this carton is grown on local meadows. This local supply concept achieves a eco-balance with up to 50% less CO2 emissions compared to traditional procurement methods for fresh fibers.

In addition, we ship our products climate-neutral with DHL GoGreen.