Why SOXS wool comes from New Zealand, not the Netherlands

The Origin of SOXS Wool: Why We Choose New Zealand

When you wear SOXS wool socks, you experience a distinct quality that comes from their origin in New Zealand. We source our wool from this region because of its superior characteristics and sustainable practices. New Zealand provides ideal conditions for producing wool that’s soft, durable, and responsibly made. Let’s explore why we choose New Zealand wool for creating comfortable, sustainable socks that serve you well in every season.

What Makes SOXS Wool Special

SOXS wool offers exceptional comfort and practical benefits for everyday wear. Our eco-friendly socks provide warmth during cold weather while remaining breathable when temperatures rise. The natural fibers create a perfect balance of insulation and moisture control that works year-round.

The wool we use is naturally soft and elastic, ensuring your socks fit well without causing irritation. Its moisture-regulating properties help keep your feet dry during activities, while the natural odor-resistance keeps your socks fresh longer. These qualities make our wool socks suitable for various uses, from daily wear to outdoor activities and yoga sessions.

Why New Zealand Produces Superior Wool

New Zealand has earned its reputation as a producer of high-quality wool through ideal natural conditions. The country’s temperate climate and vast pastures create an environment where sheep thrive and produce exceptional wool. These conditions allow for free-range grazing, resulting in wool that combines softness, strength, and sustainability.

The wool fibers from New Zealand sheep are naturally longer, contributing to the durability and comfort of our socks. This quality makes them well-suited for everything from warm winter socks to flexible yoga socks. New Zealand’s commitment to responsible farming also aligns with our values at SOXS, ensuring we provide you with products that maintain high ethical standards.

Why We Don’t Source Wool from the Netherlands

While the Netherlands excels in many agricultural areas, it doesn’t offer the same favorable conditions for wool production as New Zealand. The Dutch climate limits the year-round outdoor grazing that sheep need to develop high-quality wool fibers. Additionally, the scale and type of farming in the Netherlands are better suited to other agricultural products.

These regional differences affect the quality of the wool. Dutch-sourced wool typically doesn’t match the fiber strength and softness that characterize New Zealand wool. By choosing New Zealand as our source, we ensure that our wool socks for adults and children maintain the quality standards that define our brand.

How New Zealand Wool Goes from Farm to Sock

The production of our wool follows a careful process that prioritizes quality and sustainability. It begins on New Zealand farms where sheep are raised in humane, environmentally conscious conditions. The annual shearing is done with care for the animals’ wellbeing, an essential practice for their health.

After shearing, the wool undergoes thorough cleaning and preparation. This includes washing and carding to remove impurities, resulting in clean, soft fibers ready for spinning. New Zealand’s commitment to sustainable practices ensures this process has minimal environmental impact, supporting our mission to create wool socks you can feel good about wearing.

Quality Differences: New Zealand vs. Netherlands Wool

New Zealand wool stands out for its long, strong fibers that create exceptional durability and softness. These qualities translate into wool socks that maintain their shape and comfort through regular wear, making them reliable for daily use and various activities.

Due to climate and farming differences, wool from the Netherlands generally doesn’t achieve the same level of quality. By sourcing from New Zealand, we ensure our socks provide the comfort and longevity you expect. The superior properties of New Zealand wool allow us to create sustainable socks that feel comfortable and last longer.

How We Ensure Ethical Wool Sourcing

At SOXS, we prioritize ethical practices throughout our supply chain. We work with New Zealand farmers who follow fair treatment standards and sustainable methods. This includes our commitment to using Mulesing Free wool, which respects the welfare of the sheep while maintaining our eco-friendly standards.

We partner with suppliers who share our dedication to sustainability, ensuring every step in the wool production process meets high ethical criteria. This responsible approach is integral to creating sustainable wool socks that respect both the environment and animal welfare.

How Sourcing Location Affects Your Socks

The origin of wool significantly influences the quality of your socks. Factors including climate, sheep breeds, and farming practices all contribute to the wool’s characteristics. In New Zealand, these elements combine perfectly to produce wool that’s strong, soft, and sustainable.

By choosing New Zealand wool for our products, we provide you with socks that balance comfort, durability, and environmental responsibility. Whether you need warm wool socks for winter or breathable options for everyday wear, the quality of New Zealand wool ensures you receive a product that performs well and lasts longer.

Curious about which SOXS would best suit your daily activities? Discover our full collection of sustainable wool socks at soxs.co.

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During the processing we conform to the requirements of the applicable data protection legislation. This
means we:

- clearly specify our purposes before we process personal data, by using this Privacy Statement;
- limit our collection of personal data to only the personal data needed for legitimate purposes;
- first ask for explicit permission to process your personal data in cases where your permission is
required;
- take appropriate security measures to protect your personal data and we demand the same from
parties who process personal data on our behalf;
- respect your right to inspect, correct or delete your personal data held by us.

SOXS.co is the party responsible for all data processing. In this privacy statement, we will explain which
personal data we collect and for which purposes. We recommend that you read it carefully.

Registration
Certain features of our service require you to register beforehand. You will have to provide some
information about yourself and choose a username and password for the account that we will set up for
you.

For this purpose, we use your email address and wachtwoord.We do this on the basis of your consent. We
store this information until you close your account.

We will retain this data so that you do not have to re-enter it every time you visit our website, and in order
to contact you in connection with the execution of the agreement, invoicing and payment, and to provide
an overview of the products and services you have purchased from us.

Providing to Third Parties
We collaborate with other organisations, that may receive your personal data.

Handling your order
We will use your personal data when handling your order. We may share your data with the delivery service
to have your order delivered. We may also obtain information on your payment from your bank or credit
card company.

For this purpose, we use your name and address details, phone number, invoice address, payment details
and bedrijfsnaam.The law requires us to do this. We store this information until your order has been
completed and seven years thereafter (the legal retention period).

Providing to Third Parties
We collaborate with other organisations, that may receive your personal data.

Contact Form and Newsletter
You can use our contact form to ask or questions or make any request.

For this purpose, we use your phone number, email address, name and surname. We do this on the basis of your consent.
We store this information until we are sure that you are satisfied with our response.

We have a newsletter to inform those interested of our products and/or services. Each newsletter contains
a link with which to unsubscribe from our newsletter. You can also use your account to do this.
Your e-mail address is added to the list of subscribers, only with your permission. We store this information
for three months after you cancelled your subscription.

Promotion
Other than the advertisements on the website, we can inform you about new products or services:

- by e-mail
- via social media

You can object at all times against this promotional communication. Every e-mail contains a cancellation
link. On social media, you can block us or use the cancellation option. You can also inform us through your
account.

Publication
We will not publish your customer data.

Advertisements
Our web shop shows advertisements. We do not publish these ourselves, but we collaborate with
advertising companies. These companies keep track of what you like, and use that information to only show
or make nice or interesting advertisement or offers in the future.

Providing Data to Third Parties
Except for the parties mentioned above, we do not under any circumstance provide your personal data to
other companies or organisations, unless we are required so by law (for example, when the police
demands access to personal data in case of a suspected crime).

Our website features social media buttons. These buttons are used by the providers of these services to
collect your personal data.

Statistics
We keep statistics on the use of our web shop

Cookies
Our web shop makes use of cookies. Cookies are small files in which we can store information, so that you
do not have to fill that information again. We can also use them to see whether you are visiting us again.

The first time you visit our web shop, we will show you a notification explaining our cookies and ask for
your permission for the use of these cookies.

You can disable the use of cookies through your browser setting, but some parts of our website may not
work properly as a result of that.

Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to track visitors on our website and to get reports about how visitors use the
website. We accepted the data processing agreement from Google. We do allow Google to use information
obtained by Analytics for other Google services, and we don't anonymize the IP-adresses.

Security
We take security measures to reduce misuse of and unauthorised access to personal data. We take the
following measures in particular:

- Access to personal data requires the use of a user name and password
- Access to personal data requires the use of a user name and login token
- After receipt, the data will be stored in a separate system
- We take physical measures to protect access to the systems in which the personal data is stored
- We make use of secure connections (Secure Sockets Layer of SSL) to encrypt all information between
you and our website when entering your personal data
- We keep logs of all requests for personal data
- We are ISO 27001 certified

Changes to this Privacy Statement
We reserve the right to modify this statement. We recommend that you consult this statement on a regular
basis, so that you remain informed of any changes.

Inspection and Modification of your Data
You can always contact us if you have any questions regarding our privacy policy or wish to review, modify
or delete your personal data.

You have the following right:

- Being informed on which personal data we have and what we are using it for;
- Inspection of the personal data that we keep from you;
- Having incorrect data corrected;
- Request to delete outdated personal data;
- Revoke your consent;
- Object to certain uses.

Please note that you always make clear who you are, so that we can assure that we do not modify or
remove the data from the wrong person.

Complaints
If you think that we are not helping you in the right way, you have the right to lodge a complaint at the
authority. For The Netherlands, this is the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens.

Contact details
SOXS.co
Houtlaan 8
9403EX Assen
hello@soxs.co
0592861824

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Why SOXS wool comes from New Zealand, not the Netherlands

The Origin of SOXS Wool: Why We Choose New Zealand

What Makes SOXS Wool Special

Why New Zealand Produces Superior Wool

Why We Don’t Source Wool from the Netherlands

How New Zealand Wool Goes from Farm to Sock

Quality Differences: New Zealand vs. Netherlands Wool

How We Ensure Ethical Wool Sourcing

How Sourcing Location Affects Your Socks

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