Social Responsibility
Behind every jersey are people.
We are responsible for the people throughout our supply chain. Fairer wages, safe working conditions and transparent partnerships are fundamental to how we work with our suppliers.
Standards & Responsibility
Social Code of Conduct
Our suppliers commit to clearly defined social and environmental standards. These include fair working conditions, safe production facilities and respectful treatment of everyone working throughout the supply chain.
- No forced or child labor
- No discrimination
- Reasonable working hours and fair pay
- Safe working conditions
- Minimum environmental standards in production
- Freedom of association
We regularly check compliance with these standards through audits and on-site visits.
Independent monitoring
Fair Wear Foundation
Since 2021, we have been working with the Fair Wear Foundation—the first and so far only professional football club in the world to do so.
Together with brands, trade unions and NGOs, Fair Wear works to improve working conditions in the textile industry over the long term.
Our supply chains and progress are reviewed annually. We publish the results in the Brand Performance Check Report.
Fair cotton
Fairtrade & living wages
We source Fairtrade-certified cotton. This supports fair prices, long-term partnerships and better prospects for cotton farmers.
Our skull hoodies and T-shirts, as well as many other clothing items, are also made according to the Fairtrade Textile Standard, which promotes living wages. We consciously cover some of the additional costs ourselves.
Transparency & partnerships
Long-term partnerships, not fast production
We have been working with some of our production partners for more than 20 years. At the same time, we deliberately keep the number of our partners small so we can build long-term relationships and ensure transparent processes.
Our main countries of production are India, Turkey, China and Portugal. We also work with manufacturers in Germany, Poland, Greece and Slovakia.
- India
- Turkey
- China
- Portugal
- Germany
- Poland
- Greece
- Slovakia
Certified standards
Certified standards
Together with independent organizations and standards, we work to improve working conditions and transparency throughout our supply chains. In addition to environmental criteria, the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) also assesses minimum social criteria in processing and manufacturing.
