KAILAS PROMISES TO PROGRESSIVELY INTEGRATE SUSTAINABILITY INTO PRODUCT INNOVATION. FROM MATERIAL SELECTION TO DESIGN PROCESSES, KAILAS ADHERES TO THE PRINCIPLE OF COMBINING CONTINUOUS INNOVATION WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. THUS, THE DREAM OF EXPLORING THE WORLD WILL FOREVER WALK HAND IN HAND WITH THE MISSION OF SAFEGUARDING OUR PLANET, JOINTLY CREATING A BRIGHTER FUTURE.
SELECTING DURABLE FABRICS SUCH AS GORE-TEX
THE USE OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE, DURABLE FABRICS LIKE GORE-TEX SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCES PRODUCT DURABILITY AND FUNCTIONALITY. THIS ENSURES PRODUCTS MAINTAIN OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE DURING PROLONGED, MULTI-SCENARIO USE, REDUCING RESOURCE CONSUMPTION AND WASTE GENERATION FROM FREQUENT REPLACEMENTS DUE TO WEAR AND TEAR. CONSEQUENTLY, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT IS MINIMISED AT SOURCE.
ECO-FRIENDLY MATERIALS AND CARBON FOOTPRINT CONTROL
IN FABRIC SELECTION, KAILAS PRIORITISES MATERIALS MEETING HIGH ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS. ALL FOOTWEAR AND SELECT JACKET RANGES UTILISE GORE-TEX ECO-FRIENDLY FABRICS COMPLIANT WITH OEKO-TEX AND BLUESIGN STANDARDS, PROGRESSIVELY PHASING OUT PFAS CHEMICAL TREATMENTS (E.G., PFAS-FREE DWR TREATMENTS ADOPTED SINCE 2022).FOR INSTANCE, THE KAILAS 9A TAPERED TROUSERS FEATURE FLUORINE-FREE WATER REPELLENCY, FREE FROM ENVIRONMENTAL HORMONES LIKE PFOS, PFOA, AND APEO. THIS PREVENTS BIOACCUMULATION, ENHANCES DEGRADABILITY, AND MINIMISES HARM TO BOTH HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT, MEETING STRINGENT EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS.
INNOVATIVE RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
THE 5000GT SNOW MOUNTAIN DOWN JACKET FEATURES PREMIUM GOOSE DOWN SOURCED FROM HIGH-LATITUDE FRIGID REGIONS, SELECTING MATURE DOWN CLUSTERS WITH EXTENDED GROWTH CYCLES. NATURALLY OCCURRING COLOUR VARIATIONS ARISE FROM ORGANIC METABOLIC PROCESSES. THIS MATURE DOWN EXHIBITS SUPERIOR LOFT AND THERMAL INSULATION, REQUIRING NO CHEMICAL BLEACHING. PRESERVING THE DOWN CLUSTERS' PRISTINE STATE MINIMISES ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION. THE NATURAL COLOURATION OF THESE DOWN CLUSTERS MINIMISES DYEING PROCESSES, REDUCING CHEMICAL ADDITIVES THROUGHOUT PRODUCTION FROM RAW MATERIAL COLLECTION TO MANUFACTURING. FURTHERMORE, THE DOWN IS 100% RECYCLABLE, EXTENDING THE MATERIAL'S LIFECYCLE.
THE FLAGSHIP MODEL OF THE KAILAS T10 SERIES SOFTSHELL TROUSERS, ENGINEERED FOR DEMANDING ROUTES IN HEAVY-DUTY TREKKING WHILE ALSO ACCOMMODATING DRY-WEATHER CLIMBING SCENARIOS. HIGH-FRICTION ZONES AT KNEES AND SEAT FEATURE CORDURA® RE/C™ FABRIC, CRAFTED FROM RECYCLED MATERIALS YET RETAINING CORDURA®'S RENOWNED STRENGTH AND DURABILITY. ENHANCED ABRASION RESISTANCE WITH REDUCED WASTE.
THE AT80-PRO SOFTSHELL JACKET UTILISES APEXHEAT 80G/M² ODOUR-CONTROL COTTON THROUGHOUT, COMBINED WITH HEIQ XREFLEX® INNOVATIVE PATENTED RADIATION BARRIER TECHNOLOGY IN CORE ZONES TO ENHANCE WARMTH AND WIND RESISTANCE. APEXHEAT IS KAILAS' PROPRIETARY ECO-COTTON MATERIAL CONTAINING AT LEAST 35% RECYCLED POLYESTER FIBRES. ITS PRODUCTION PROCESS MEETS BLUESIGN CERTIFICATION STANDARDS AND INCORPORATES FUNCTIONAL ODOUR CONTROL AGENTS, REDUCING WASHING FREQUENCY AND THUS WATER CONSUMPTION. HEIQ XREFLEX, COMPOSED OF 100% RECYCLED NYLON, BOOSTS GARMENT WARMTH EFFICIENCY BY 15%, CONSERVING INSULATION MATERIALS AND MINIMISING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.
KAILAS AETHER TIANQIONG 30 MAIN BODY FABRIC UTILISES ECOPAK™ ECO-TECHNOLOGY FABRIC 【ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION】 THE WORLD'S SOLE FABRIC CRAFTED FROM 100% RECYCLED POLYESTER (DUAL ECO-CERTIFICATION FOR FIBRES AND FILM). EACH YARD OF FABRIC PRODUCED CONVERTS 20 DISCARDED PLASTIC BOTTLES INTO PREMIUM TEXTILES, ACHIEVING A TRUE CLOSED-LOOP RECYCLING SYSTEM: ‘WASTE PLASTIC → TECHNICAL MATERIAL’.