We have come a long way since we started The ECO ESSENTIALS© Initiative in 2016. Now it’s time for us to engage in the next step and support where we can contribute to change regarding how we interact with nature. For 2020 we partnered up with SEA LIFE Trust a registered charity (no. 1175859) working globally to protect the world’s oceans and the amazing marine life that lives within them.

The partnership between Tretorn X SEA LIFE Trust is based on a shared passion for healthy oceans, that is properly protected and full of diverse life. With the partnership we want to inspire people to be part of creating a better world and enjoy time spent outdoors. For every product sold in this partnership we will donate 10 % of the retail price to SEA LIFE Trust.

SEA LIFE Trust Ocean Net Parka

The Ocean Net Parka is made in a unique quality, made of organic cotton and ECONYL® regenerated nylon fiber from fishing nets and nylon consumer waste. Waterproof, breathable and PCF free DWR treatment. Generously comfortable design with details for everyday use making it a perfect parka for commuting and everyday life in style. Padded with light synthetic insulation of recycled PET for extra warmth on rainy commutes. It’s a jacket where you will be protected from rain in style and with good conscious though its made a new icon within our ECO ESSENTIALS initiative.

Approximately 650,000 tons of fishing nets are believed to drift like debris in our oceans. Every two-three years the fishing fleets usually change nets, which are made from some of the best nylon materials in the world. Nets often disappear in the sea as debris and since this high-quality nylon decays slowly, it drifts with the wind and currents for years as “ghost nets”. Eventually, they can end up on a reef where they can knock out entire eco-systems. Ghost nets are considered among the greatest killers in our oceans. Approximately one million seabirds and one hundred thousand marine mammals and turtles die each year due to debris in our oceans.

We strive to be an inspiration and a role model for how people can interact with nature and create a more environmental conscious process. To do this we are inspired by nature’s ecosystem and we strongly believe in a process where nothing should go to waste. Products should last long, be reused and eventually recycled. We have also found new ways to look upon high quality waste such as fishing nets, consumer plastic and PET as an opportunity, a resource to be harvested and developed into a circular process, while slowly eliminating the very concept of waste. For us this is an ongoing mission without an end goal.

Where some see trash we see treasure. The process of up-cycling