Nos Engagements


                                                                                            

VALUES AND COMMITMENTS

                                                          

                                                        

Publishers of textiles and upholstery since 1872, Edmond Petit is a family business that has adapted and transformed for 150 years. We continuously explore our archives and search for new materials in order to offer our customer more sustainable and ethical high-end fabrics.

Edmond Petit is resolutely committed to the sustainable transition of the textile sector, by offering fabrics that respect both the environment and craft people making those products. In order to strengthen the ethical and environmental values of our products, we are committed to a CSR approach. The major pillar of our CSR commitment is to create a positive impact structured around to the constant development of more sustainable products.

"After two years of health crisis and at the dawn of our 150th anniversary, our environmental and social commitments have increased. The richness of our products and the know-how of our workshops has allowed us to navigate through this complicated period and to come out of it with even stronger commitments. We wish to continue and strengthen our commitments with local and virtuous economic actors who share our values, and together, build more sustainable projects promoting the know-how of the French industry ».

                                                               

OUR METHODOLOGY IS BASED ON TWO AXES

1 - Work with our suppliers

We engage with our suppliers to ensure compliance with the most environmentally friendly and responsible standards, labels and certifications. In this way, we also ensure the origin, quality and conformity of our products and collections.

  2 - Research innovative solutions  

We set up reflections and research, to improve our in-house processes on the issues of training, recycling, management of our stocks / waste and eco-design of our products.

                                                                        

   OUR ACTIONS ARE BASED ON THREE AXES  

1 - Environmental performance

We are committed to promoting a sustainable industry while protecting our natural capital. We are working to reduce our carbon footprint by understanding the life cycle of our products.

+ Ensure compliance with standards, labels and certifications with our suppliers

- As publishers and non-manufacturers, our CSR approach is built by carefully selecting our suppliers and collaborations in a demanding way to maintain eco-responsible standards, labels and certifications.
- Pillar of our CSR is the development of products, meeting certifications standards such as GOTS, OEKO TEX, MASTERS OF LINEN, REACH, allowing us to respond to a growing demand from our customers.
- These standards, labels and certifications have a positive impact on the sustainability of products on the issues of water consumption / discharge into the water, consumption of raw materials and welfare of all involved.

+ Working with local French and European companies

- Limiting material losses and the accumulation of unnecessary inventory is an important issue in our company. Although part of our collections is stocked in Ile de France, we work to promote on demand printing, especially for our wallpapers.
- From our very large archives of velvet, printed fabrics, tapestries, damask and silks, we develop a tailor-made service for projects. By offering our customers timeless products, to their unique taste, we promote a sustainable production system, without accumulation or loss of materials, with timeless fabrics.

+ Work with tailor-made and on-demand

-  Limiting material losses and the accumulation of unnecessary inventory is an important issue in our company. Although part of our collections is stocked in Ile de France, we work to promote on demand printing, especially for our wallpapers.
- From our very large archives of velvet, printed fabrics, tapestries, damask and silks, we develop a tailor-made service for projects. By offering our customers timeless products, to their unique taste, we promote a sustainable production system, without accumulation or loss of materials, with timeless fabrics.

+ Search for new packaging for our construction sites and the delivery of our parcels

In our workshops and in our storage facility, the transformation of our packaging system towards a more sustainable one is a significant challenge both to facilitate the transport of goods and to avoid the accumulation of non-recyclable waste. That's why we are working on designing a new packaging system, especially for our construction sites, using reusable linen bags.

2 - Ethics

Faced with several ethical conflicts related to the production of certain textile and beyond the environmental qualities of our products, our commitments are defined in the promotion of our values, respect for human rights and a sustainable relationship with our planet.

  + Quality/control/preservation of collections

In order to preserve a relationship of trust with our customers, we strive to preserve the exclusivity of our designs and materials. We are working on the establishment of a contract of trust with our suppliers protecting our artworks and know-how.

+ Support for sustainable businesses

- Beyond our environmental approach, we are concerned about the social and economic impact we have on our territory. A significant part of the textile industry is no longer “Made in France “but we see the emergence of several sustainable initiatives raising awareness and working on the renewal of French weaving industry.
- We continuously monitor local projects and thrives to create partnerships with of these initiatives, by giving our ends of stocks, sampling or waste from construction sites (such as curtains) useful for new uses.
- We are pleased to set up collaborations with artists (Marie Piselli for the hope exhibition, Rebecca Campeau for Trognes, Katherine Roumanoff), associations and schools (Climate Academy for an awareness program on upcycling, Ecole Boulle).

+ Preserving our know-how

- Textiles are one of the major French know-hows. That's why we are committed to raising the awareness and skills of our profession.
- For this, we are working on a competition project for students in textile design schools. This program will make these future textile professionals aware of the world of publishing and collection creation as well as raising awareness about the sustainable production and use of textiles.

3 - Safety, diversity and inclusion in the company

Although focused on extensive societal and environmental issues, our company applies the same principles of respect and trust within our team.

+ Proposal of in-house training

- The training of our teams is a priority, both to increase their skills as well as ensuring the compliance of our services. We offer various training courses both to the sales department and to the workshop staff.
- This year, for example, we offered specialized training on how curtain rails are fixed on construction sites. In addition, we train new teams’ members on safety, especially on construction sites; with training such as First Aid and Assembly of Advantage Training, Dismantling, Use and Reception of Rolling Scaffolding from Altitude Formations.

+ Diversity of profiles in our company

Family business for 150 years, we work as an intergenerational team, allowing to transmit our know-how and techniques. Representation by age, sex, cultural and educational background is equitable. This desire to work in a heterogeneous team allows each of us to learn and share specific skills with each of us.

+ Welcoming apprentices

- Finally, we welcome apprentices, especially in CAP tapestry, and interns coming to discover our company.
- In this way, we promote the hiring of younger generations through the transmission of our know-how.