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Tracing Fashion / Down Tool

13 October 2022

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The Responsible Down Standard (RDS) provides for the release of an environmental declaration verified by a third party which ensures that down and feathers used for padding elements are obtained from aquatic birds (goose and duck) or terrestrial (e.g. chicken and turkey) that have not been subjected to treatments that cause pain, suffering or stress and that an identification and traceability system that applies to the origin of the material is applied and maintained.

Allied Feather + Down Introduces Recycled Down Traceability Tool

An increasingly important material, recycled down now has a new traceability and circularity programme that abides by the Responsible Down Standard (RDS).

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