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re.store® pet & Auchan

An Environmentally Responsible and Inclusive Partnership

Welcome to re.store® pet and Auchan's partnership

With Social Inclusion, we transform Textile Waste into Comfort
for your pets

re.store® is proud to announce a partnership with Auchan to bring you our exclusive pet beds, which are much more than just pet accessories. 
re.store® pet beds represent a commitment to sustainability and social inclusion, joining forces to create a positive impact on several fronts.

Our Initiative

re.store® pet beds are made with upcycled textile waste and leftovers from the Portuguese textile industry: fabrics, accessories and fillings. Each piece is carefully stitched by a dedicated group of inmates from the Estabelecimento Prisional de Guimarães, providing them with an opportunity for rehabilitation and social reintegration, as well as a sense of belonging to a personal and professional development project.

The importance of inclusion and reintegration

re.store®’s partnership with the Estabelecimento Prisional de Guimarães began in September 2023 with the presentation of our project as an opportunity to provide new skills to a group of inmates, paying for their work and contributing to their recognition as individuals and professionals. The group of inmates that was considered to this project had never sewn before, but they accepted this challenge with exemplary dedication and motivation. The team at the Estabelecimento Prisional de Guimarães also proved to be unsurpassable in creating the conditions for the success of this partnership, namely in providing the adequate space, allocating resources, being open to hosting the training at different times and getting companies in the Guimarães area to provide 2 sewing machines and sewing thread so that the project could be carried out.

We started by working on an order for shopping bags for a client, followed by the re.store® pet beds project after training with one of our longest-standing social partners, a Syrian refugee couple in Guimarães. Given their motivation, delivery, attention to detail and high level of commitment, we felt that this group would be the ideal social partner for this re.store® pet x Auchan partnership.

This partnership has been a winning bet because it is a success story in terms of acquiring skills that can certainly make a difference to the reintegration of these inmates into the job market once their period of imprisonment is over.

Why Auchan

Because “More than a retail brand, it is a company committed to sustainability!”
Auchan is an activist brand for what is BOM, SÃO E LOCAL (GOOD, SAFE and LOCAL), a movement that is committed to changing lives! In 2022, Auchan reaffirmed its activism by launching Vision 2032: feeding a better life and preserving the planet! For all this and much more, we believe that the two brands are aligned in their purpose of building a more sustainable and humanist world.

Auchan is a Zero Waste Militant, its strategy is based upon the 6 R’s: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recommend and Rethink, which coincides with the Reduce, Reuse, Recover strategy adopted by re.store®. To this end, it involves suppliers, to ensure quality and responsible production supply, and customers, seeking to influence informed and environmentally responsible choices. In other words, it applies a pedagogical approach to change with its stakeholders, just as re.store® does in its area of activity.

6 good reasons to choose re.store® pet beds for your pet:

re.store® pet beds available in Auchan pet stores

Now, thanks to our partnership with Auchan, you can find re.store® pet beds in selected Auchan stores, making it easier to buy products that combine sustainability, comfort and social responsibility. See here where:

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Join us and our sustainable and socially inclusive TRIBE

When you buy a re.store® pet bed, you will be part of a change that has a positive impact on People and the Planet. Join us in promoting a more sustainable and socially inclusive world by offering your pet the comfort it deserves.

Let's turn our pets' sleep and relaxing moments into an act of love
for the Planet and for People!