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We offer products that are not only environmentally friendly but also manufactured under fair conditions. To ensure this, we rely on partnerships and long-term collaborations with the producers in our supply chain. The people who manufacture our products should have good working conditions and be paid fairly – no matter where they live on the planet.

Is sustainability only an issue when times are good? Is it destined to fade into the background in crisis situations such as the current coronavirus pandemic? Or is it possible that just the opposite is true? We at VAUDE have been dealing with these questions and now, six months into the coronavirus pandemic, we've come to some interim conclusions.

The outdoor specialist VAUDE has always set great store in ensuring that its products have the smallest ecological footprint possible and that they can be used and repaired over the long term. Now the outdoor outfitter is going one step further and systematically embedding reparability in its product development operations.

Intertek, an international testing and certification company, tested the enclosed air quality of our tents and found nothing but clean air.