Sofia, Bulgaria based Kingly, has received the Socially Responsible Strategic Management Award 2022 at a ceremony organized by the Ministry of Labour & Social Policy on 22 December 2022. The company was nominated in the Ecology category and won 1st Prize in the contest for its continuous work towards implementing sustainable projects within the merchandise manufacturing industry.

"Corporate social responsibility in Bulgaria is not a myth and it is proven by the long-term sustainability efforts of business with a focus on society, human resources and ecology," emphasized the deputy social polity minister Nadya Klisurska, when presenting the award.

She congratulated Robert Armour, CEO and Founder of Kingly, for investing not only in the ecological sustainable development of the company, but also in the well-being of his employees.

Recently Kingly’s upcycled cotton socks and GOTS organic cotton socks were shortlisted in the Sustainable Product of the Year category for BPMA’s Product Awards 2023. The company has been working on shifting the perspective of textile products for quite some time.

At the beginning of 2019, Kingly introduced its upcycled cotton socks in compostable bags to the promotional merchandise market. The company even received the Promotional Gift Award 2020 as upcycled cotton provides significant savings in resources and compostable bags can break down within 8 weeks once disposed of.

With a single order of 1000 upcycled cotton socks you save 2652 kW/h of energy, 1088 kg of C02, 710 530 litres of water, and 120 m2 of landfill, the company says.

Following the success of its upcycled socks, the company launched eco-sustainable knitted sweaters that became an instant hit. The environmental savings when it comes to the creation of upcycled sweaters are even more substantial, says Kingly. Every customer can calculate the amount of preserved resources with our sustainability calculator and get a certificate from Kingly. The product statements have been calculated through LCA work and verified by Universidad de Valencia and UNESCO. Learn more here.

Kingly’s upcycled socks are supported by BCome's Cradle to Grave sustainability platform. It empowers textile and apparel businesses to build responsible supply chains, guarantee transparency and bring it to the final customer The company’s upcycled socks have earned ‘Advanced Score’ when it comes to planet care and transparency, and ‘High Score’ when it comes to circularity.

BCome also embraces Kingly’s GOTS organic cotton socks. This product has achieved ‘Honours score’ – the highest rank given by Cradle to Grave sustainability platform. For a sock to call itself an organic cotton sock, it must not have used any chemical pesticides, genetically modified seeds, or artificial fertilizers. Its production is supposed to promote and enhance biodiversity and biological cycles. Spun with care and comfort, it is softer, kind to your skin, and gentler on the planet. Moreover, if not recycled it’s biodegradable, so it creates less waste going to landfill. The qualities of the GOTS organic cotton socks created by Kingly have already been acknowledged and awarded the Promotional Gift Award 2022.

Recently the company launched The Kingly Upcycled Project which intends to retrieve textile offcuts from sock production for creating new products. In line with their ISO 14001 Environmental Policy, the leftover fibres find a new life as stuffing for printed pillowcases and furniture.

Learn more about The Kingly Upcycled Project

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