SOFFA’S Mission
The legal entity is a work integration social cooperative.
90% of its shareholders are: refugees (60%) and unemployed Greeks (30%).
Soffa is unique because we are operating within the fashion world by tackling at the same time the four main issues of fashion:
- the environmental crisis and exploitation of resources;
- human rights, fair wage and working conditions;
- waste management and approach to resources,
- and the lack of action from existing fashion brands and institutions.
We have pioneered the Green Social Fashion Factory Solution, a humanitarian manufacturing process based on “Fashion Production Islands” to help break the inhumane paradigm of working conditions in assembly-line production units.
We provide B2B service of fashion production for:
- International private labels & designers
- Festivals and events
- Commercial producers
- Multinational brands and high street chains
We offer our customers a garment that has a strong social and environmental footprint and the tools to communicate their choice, in a full production package.
SOFFA adopts a slavery-free due diligence process for the prevention of modern slavery in all tiers of its supply chains from farming to weaving. It employs recycled, plant-based or local Greek clean cotton raw materials and it implements zero-waste manufacturing processes.
Income is used for:
- offering the vocational training in sewing and inclusion programs to refugees and women survivor victims of human trafficking and Sex Gender-Based Violence
- running awareness and fundraising activities in Athens,Alexandroupoli, Lesvos, Thessaloniki, Arta, Ioannina and Cyprus with city leaders, friends and collaborators, within the frame of Fashion Revolution Greece.