NATIONAL INNOFINLAND HONOURABLE MENTION 2005

Globe Hope Oy, Nummela: Fashion by using recyclable materials

Globe Hope Oy is a Finnish fashion company which designs and makes trendy clothes for young pacesetters. Globe Hope creates new with respect for the old; the company is committed to the principles of sustainable development. The idea of Globe Hope developed from a will to create individual clothes without increasing the amount of waste in the world and by utilising materials that have already been processed.

Globe Hope's clothes are made of materials already existing such as old hospital textiles, army wear, work outfit, oddments from the industry, and things that consumers have recycled. With a new design, resewed, dyed, or printed, they get a new life.

The Globe Hope collection is sold in Finland, Japan, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Belgium, Italy, Luxemburg, and Switzerland, for example.

Globe Hope Oy, founded in 2003 on the basis of Ms Seija Lukkala's reflections, has already received many rewards: Länsi-Uudenmaan uusyritys 2003 (New enterprise in Länsi-Uusimaa in 2003), Vuoden Uusyrittäjä 2003 (New entrepreneur of the year, in 2003), a Diploma of the Assosiation for Finnish Work in 2004, and the Vision of the Year Prize by the Green Cultural and Educational Centre in 2005.

Globe Hope Oy, Vihdintie 32, FI-03100 Nummela
Managing Director Seija Lukkala
Tel. +358 (0)9 2242 7029, Fax +358 (0)9 22427051
tarja.miettinen@globehope.com
www.globehope.com