Interview with Astrid Rengervé, CSR Manager at Le Slip Français

Le Slip Français is a French fashion brand that designs and manufactures clothing entirely in France. The brand focuses on sustainable production, local manufacturing, and responsible fashion to reinvent the French textile industry.

Astrid Rengervé, CSR Manager at Le Slip Français, shares the brand’s CSR challenges, upcoming goals, and expectations toward stakeholders.

Astrid, can you introduce yourself in a few words?

Passionate about CSR and fashion, I have been CSR Manager at Le Slip Français since September 2023. My role is to highlight our sustainability approach and ensure the continuity of the company’s long-term commitments.

I oversee the brand’s commitments, including:

• B Corp certification: We complete a 200-question ESG assessment and undergo audits to validate our responses. A minimum score of 80 points is required to maintain certification.
• Mission-driven company commitments: We track operational objectives, CSR KPIs, and commitments with manufacturers (such as the number of certified partners).

I also work on product-related CSR challenges:
Our products are 100% made in France, including weaving, dyeing, accessories, and packaging. We focus on responsible sourcing, traceability, eco-friendly raw materials, and carbon footprint measurement. Producing in France allows us to achieve an average 50% lower carbon footprint per product. All our underwear is certified OEKO-TEX Standard 100.

Finally, I manage working conditions topics. We joined the ICS network to conduct social audits with our manufacturers to ensure safety standards, reduce risks, and verify compliance in factories.

What are Le Slip Français’ key CSR challenges?

Our CSR challenges include:

• Reducing carbon footprint across the entire product lifecycle
• Ensuring product durability
• Material traceability from weaving and dyeing onward
• Maintaining jobs and promoting the made in France model to show it works
• Highlighting and communicating all our commitments

What does committing to CSR mean to you?

For a company, it means first measuring social, societal, and environmental impacts in order to improve them.

For example:

• Socially: ensuring good working conditions and maintaining local jobs
• Environmentally: conducting a carbon assessment and taking action to improve it
• Reducing negative impacts and maximizing positive ones

What are your next CSR priorities?

Our next objectives are:

• Continuing to meet our mission-driven company goals
• Demonstrating that a profitable made in France model is possible while offering accessible, high-quality, long-lasting products
• Promoting ethical and responsible fashion, for example through pre-order operations that make products more affordable
• Improving our impact on stakeholders
• Continuing to measure the carbon footprint of our products
• Optimizing stock management to avoid overproduction
• Promoting the French textile ecosystem by sharing know-how and participating in collectives

What are your expectations toward your stakeholders?

We want all stakeholders to be fully engaged in our CSR approach. We rely on consumers to continue trusting and supporting us, and on manufacturers to keep improving their environmental impact.

What do you expect from Affilae as a stakeholder?

We expect to:

• Reach a larger community of French consumers interested in low-impact products
• Reduce data-related environmental impact through Green IT practices
• Strengthen brand visibility compared to fast fashion brands targeting younger audiences

How do you involve your service providers?

As part of our B Corp approach, we need data, so we work closely with our service providers to understand their commitments. We are open to collaborating with partners on ethical and environmental topics.

What is the biggest CSR challenge in your advertising activities?

The biggest challenge is raising awareness of responsible consumption through our communication and convincing consumers to buy durable products made in France.