OUR MISSION

To create coveted items that are to be treasured for years to come. As a female owned small business who cares about our impact on the planet as much as we care about the upliftment of our community. We are eco-conscious and have made every intention to be as sustainable and ethical as possible by aligning with suppliers and other businesses (throughout all orders of operation) who carry the same eco-mission and level of care as us. We believe in empowering our customer and community through sustainable creation and supply.

 

CARBON NEUTRAL DELIVERY

Carbon neutral shipping is now a complimentary added benefit of our partnership with Route Package Protection. Each order directly supports an agroforestry initiative that removes CO₂ from the air and promotes a flourishing ecosystem. You can neutralise your shipping emissions and carbon footprint when you add "Green Package Protection" at checkout. By simply adding Green Package Protection - you’re automatically taking instant climate action – no donation required, and St Soleil will take care of the rest!

"Beginning with this project, we've committed to neutralising 100,000 tonnes of carbon. That's equivalent to planting and protecting 1.65M trees. We want to lead the charge toward a net-zero emissions ecommerce experience by equipping Merchants with the tools they need and encouraging customers to offset their carbon footprints" - Route

Explore how carbon neutral shipping works, what current projects are being supported and more route.com/sustainability

 

 

SUSTAINABILITY & FAIR TRADE

We love our planet, and aim to respect it and tread as lightly as possible for the love of future generations to come. We recycle, reuse and reduce wherever possible. Here are the ways ST SOLEIL is consciously contributing, caring and giving back:

I. Carbon Neutral Production & Shipping: omission offset, and every order can now be carbon offset at the checkout!

II. Packaging: Our packaging is now 100% recyclable and most is even biodegradable! Our Thank You & Care Cards are printed on paper made from recycled coffee cups and our clear jewellery bags that may look like plastic on first glance are actually are made from recycled materials and are biodegradable.

We also wanted to change the way jewellery is purchased and stored. Instead of individual boxes for every item, which requires more tree's and paper to be produced, we have created a custom jewellery box to house multiple items in individual biodegradable bags! We love to keep our products eco friendly, so our paper glassine jewellery bags are 100% recyclable, biodegradable, plastic free and produced with translucent pH7.

Here's a list of what you can recycle and reuse:

Biodegradable	Our Clear Jewellery Bags, Thank you cards, Care cards, Shipping Boxes, Eco-Friendly Protective Paper Wrapping, Eco-Cotton Product Bags, Fragile packing tape (180 days biodegradable)
Recyclable	Thank you cards, Care cards, Shipping Boxes, Shipping Labels, Jewellery Boxes
Reusable Items	Vegan Suede Pouches, Jewellery Boxes, Our Eco-Cotton Drawstring Bags

 

III. Regional Manufacturing: Our production is based in similar regional locations to one another, decreasing our shipping and therefore, our carbon footprint. Our Air Shipments are carbon offset, and ship via slow Ocean Freight where possible.

IV. Regional Distribution: We're launching new mini St Soleil hubs to reduce carbon footprint, carbon emissions and unnecessary logistics. We have set up our main space in California, one in Sydney, Australia. We are busy preparing to open two new spaces in the UK/EU; one in London, UK and one in Poland. We hope by connecting our customers and community to local St Soleil spaces we can all benefit from reduced shipping costs, and additional carbon emissions from shipping across the globe.

V. Certified Sustainable Paper: All paper and card stock we use is created with certified sustainable paper products that are FSC Approved, meaning no natural tree areas are cut down to produce our products. Vegetable based inks are used in our offset printing. 

VI. Fair Trade: Product manufacturing is certified Fair Trade Labour

 

JEWELLERY SUSTAINABILITY & COMMUNITY

Recycled Gold & Silver:
We use 100% recycled sterling silver and gold. It’s the same quality as freshly mined metals, but we avoid unnecessary mining.

Gold Vermeil:
This piece is true gold vermeil. It has recycled 925 silver at its core and is plated in a thick layer of gold measuring 2.5-3.0 microns. This is 5 times thicker and longer-lasting than regular "gold-plated" jewellery, and 100 times thicker than flash-plated jewellery. We use 14k gold for its soft, elegant hue.

Stainless Steel:
Stainless Steel is fully recyclable and considered eco-friendly as no harmful chemicals are released during its production, unlike other metal alloys.

Crystals & Stones:
We use only ethically sourced, hand-cut gemstones, semi-precious stones and crystals. Beautiful and responsible!

NONPROFIT 'GIVE N KIND' ♻

Transforming excess goods into community resources. GiveNKind facilitates responsible giving to benefit our community and the environment.

St Soleil works closely with Give N Kind a Chicago-based nonprofit organisation that matches returned, excess and misprinted stock items with local nonprofits. Transforming excess goods into community resources

We believe in changing the Retail System, and what it means to for to produce an item with a multiple-use life cycle, or re-purposing items for a different life than intended. We believe our initiative should be a standard of the retail industry, not an exception.

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We're always looking for ways to improve. We welcome any helpful feedback or suggestions! Get in touch with us here