We strive for a better future. We aim to create with responsibility at the core.
THE CHANGE WE WANT TO BE
Our journey has been driven by creativity, craftsmanship, and a deep sense of community around our garments. Yet, we recognize the challenges the fashion industry must still overcome.
With the support of our customers and partners, we have committed to meaningful change - staying true to our heritage while taking responsibility for our impact. Our approach is rooted in education, expertise, and a shared mindset across our teams, ensuring that progress is not just a vision but a daily practice.
Our 2025 ESG Agenda is a guiding framework that helps us make conscious decisions, aligning our operations and ambitions with our values. By focusing on tangible actions today, we turn commitments into measurable progress, shaping a future where fashion is a force for good.
B CORP CERTIFIED
With a strong score of 88.9 points across Governance, Workers, Community, Environment, and Customers, Birger Christensen Collective is among the few global fashion houses to earn this prestigious certification - recognizing our commitment to responsible business practices and positive impact.
“B Corp is an instrumental network transforming the global economy for the benefit of all. Being recognized as a partner is a milestone for Birger Christensen Collective, reinforcing the values we have always stood for and will continue to uphold.”
— Denise Christensen, CEO
For over 150 years, we have embraced innovation and adaptability. Our journey toward B Corp certification began over two years ago, driven by a dedication to transparency, accountability, and the empowerment of women across our teams, suppliers, and customers.
While certification marks an important achievement, our work continues. We are committed to advancing product certification and traceability, supplier audits, and carbon reduction efforts—while further embedding inclusivity and responsibility into every aspect of our business.
B Corp represents a collective force for good, holding businesses to the highest standards of integrity and impact. As part of this global movement, we are dedicated to driving continuous progress for our stakeholders, our industry, and the future of fashion.
Innovation for change
We want to help innovations reach their potential faster. We dare trying new ways, materials and technologies to foster change, starting with us.
We nurture transformational ideas and technologies within our teams and partners, and we accept failure as being part of the process.
+ BETTER FIT WITH CLO 3D
Since 2022, we started working with CLO, a 3D software that allows us to test the fit of a garment in 3D before placing prototype request.
From 1st proto, the garment looks great, and we often can use directly!
Less samples, less waste!
PARTNER WITH UNIVERSITIES
2023 was an intense year for collaboration where we started new research partnerships and intensified recurring work with key partners.
Always exploring options to be smarter together, we have used 2023 as a base year to implement new collaborative work.
MADE WITH CIRCULOSE
We publish this report in a very special context, as we just heard the news of our partner Circulose filing for bankruptcy.
Our story with Circulose started in 2022, when we contacted one of our key supplier, to talk them into incorporating Circulose in our collections.
We did not limit to a PR event with a capsule or a design that does not reach market: in less than 9 months, Circulose joined our collections and has now become a recurring fiber in our ROTATE collections.
We developed 5 fabric bases with Circulose, and 18 styles in 2023, and sold almost 5500 garments made with Circulose viscose blend.
We hope Circulose will survive this crisis. Times are challenging for fashion material innovations, but we are firm believers in regenerated and circular fashion. We will keep on onboarding partners to try and integrate innovations directly in our collections.
Power to the people
We want to be a respectful and trustworthy partner and employer. Each of our stakeholders has a unique voice that we recognize, empower and celebrate, with a special focus on women rights and fights. We want to help people blossom and bring their unique self to our collective.
+ 100% TRAINED EMPLOYEES
In 2023 our priority has been on developing clear and transparent HR activities to develop our teams. More than 20 different training sessions were organized during the year as a direct response to internal demand.
COLLECTIONS UP TO SIZE 46
Since 2023, our collections are available from size 32 up to size 46.
After years of marketing focus to make bigger sizes visible in fashion, we are so happy to be able to offer our collections in larger sizes too.
We have also integrated an amazing fitting tool in our ecommerce websites to support our customers find the best size for their figure.
+18 POINTS WITH BETTER BUYING
In 2022, we joined the Better buyingTM initiative to allow our suppliers to anonymously rate our purchasing practices. Thanks to an intense commitment of our teams, we implemented the Five Principles of Responsible PurchasingTM in our agreements and reshaped our processes. In one year, our performance has increased by 18 pts showing a stronger feeling of respect and trust.
CHALLENGE OURSELVES FROM DESIGN
We want to design & produce unique, durable and quality garments and accessories.
We train and we challenge ourselves and our partners to become more circular. We believe prosperity can only be reached by sharing success and responsibilities, and by respecting the people and the planet.
+ 80% PREFERRED MATERIALS
2023 was the first full year of enforcement of our Preferred material strategy, based on Textile exchange recommendations. In just one year, we increased our ratio by 16% reaching 80% of our sold collections produced with Preferred material in 2023.
It has been a very enriching, challenging and motivating journey both for our employees and suppliers, pushing us further on the road to traceability and certification.
1st CARBON REPORT
Carbon footprint is the evaluation of the quantity of greenhouse gases emitted (expressed in CO2 equivalent) over the year by a company’s activities. In 2023, we partnered with the
University of Copenhagen and the Leadership on Climate transition to build a solid framework and get our data verified, as we aimed to use 2022 as our base year.
We aim to set science-based targets by joining the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), ensuring BCC’s climate action is in line with the latest science.
WE TESTED 100 PRODUCTS
In 2023, we engaged in an intense testing campaign to assess the product risk on our categories, and secure 100% safe and compliant products. With the help of SGS, an independent and international laboratory group, we tested more than 100 styles following the AFIRM RSL protocol in 2023.
POLICIES
Since 2022, we have been very busy scaling the company up within our new business model and move to being a fashion collective.
Building new processes, testing them and continuously improving them has been a big part of the growth consolidation.
We want to keep the agility of the “old” start-up we were, while providing transparent and clear rules and expectations for our partners and our employees.
Our policies, procedures and guidelines support the onboarding and training of our stakeholders to ensure respect of our commitments.
ANIMAL WELFARE & PREFERRED MATERIALS POLICY ›
