The Origin of ViJi
Anne-Laurence and Josselin, a long history with textiles!
We met 20 years ago, when we both worked in a large French
textile group. Logistics, supply chains and project management for one;
quality, purchasing and intrapreneurship for others. At that time it was the
full boom of the globalization of production and fast fashion. After 25 years
cumulated to work in this field, including a part in the producing countries,
we make the following observation: the sector badly needs to progress to be up
to the environmental and social stakes, and the expectations of its consumers
in terms of traceability and transparency.
Increasingly glaring findings
You could get tons of figures on the environmental and
social impact of fashion, but you've probably heard them before. More than 80%
of you denounce the lack of information on eco-responsible fashion (source:
ifm, 1ère vision study on eco-responsible fashion). We therefore
made the choice to put our expertise at the service of this cause by starting
from a question: "How to help both brands to progress on transparency and
eco-responsibility, and consumers to easily have reliable information?"
This is the mission that ViJi has set for itself.
What we do
ViJi designs innovative ways to collect, authenticate and
disseminate reliable Social and Environmental Responsibility (CSR) information
on brands and their products.
We divided this information into 4 themes: health safety (Is this product really harmless for my skin or that of my child?…), Social conditions of production (Can I be sure that the workers who have worked on this product have been decently treated? ...), traceability (What were the different stages of manufacturing this product? ...) and the environmental conditions of manufacture (What is the overall impact of my product on the environment ? …).