We manufacture with people and the environment in focus.
Traditional crafts are often produced in a traditional way in many parts of the world. Therefore, we are constantly working to choose partners with the best conditions and to then continuously improve what we can. Long-term collaborations lead to long-term profits.
Our material choices are always based on one
circular thinking. And with living materials such as wood, leather or textile fibers, the ethical aspect is our main concern. The leather and other animal products must be a by-product from the meat industry, the wood must come from legal logging and preferably be cultivated, the same ethical stance is taken every
once a material is selected.
Right now, several exciting projects are underway in the company where we are looking at how we can improve in terms of material selection to reduce our environmental impact. Using recycled materials in production is something we think is very exciting. And where we see great potential for future development, we hope to soon be able to make most of our forging in recycled iron, start casting in recycled brass and expand our use of reclaimed wood.
In addition to this, we already reuse packaging materials, almost exclusively manufacture our packaging and other paper products from recycled paper and work actively to remove all plastic packaging materials from our transports. If you receive a package with bubble wrap or similar as filling material, it is because we would rather reuse the material than throw it away.
Nordlys has always worked with natural materials and also interested us in materials that are "left over" and not used.
That's why we love cow horn as a material, with its minimal environmental impact and versatile uses. But we also already have several products where recycled materials are used. Some examples of this are our handmade books with paper containing recycled cotton fiber and our small colorful pearl bags sewn from recycled fabric.
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