N°1 in France for professional clothing

Ecologically and socially responsible brands

CEPOVETT is a French industrial textile group founded in 1948 in Villefranche-sur-Saône, and a European leader on the workwear market. Its product ranges (workwear, uniforms, corporate and protective wear) respond to companies’ various professional clothing needs. A family business for three generations, today CEPOVETT is an expert in its field and a pioneer in the sale of textile solutions. More than just a clothing manufacturer, CEPOVETT also assists professionals in managing the outsourcing of their company clothing needs. CEPOVETT caters to everyone from sole traders to key accounts including AIR FRANCE, ACCORHOTELS, SNCF, RATP, Europcar, Orange, VINCI, NESPRESSO and the City of Paris. The group’s growth has been achieved through the acquisition and incorporation of external companies, namely local SMBs established in their territories, today constituting a solid group with nearly 295 employees.

CSR PROGRESS PLAN

GROUP'S COMMITMENTS



CEPOVETT Group has integrated sustainable development for several years at the heart of its business strategy, business processes and tools.

The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policy, carried by The General Management, applies to the entire product life cycle: from conception to the end of professional clothing’s life. Declined in 10 areas of progress commitments, it is a lever for team mobilization, differentiation and sustainable value creation.

 
 
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What they say about us...

  • "The future of workwear will defifinitely involve consuming less but better and,above all, producing differently. These crises make us reimagine our profession, accelerate our transformation and review our business models to create new value, in particular, through more services related to our products. And, this is exactly where our customers expect us to be today."
    Gael VANNEUVILLE
    Directeur Général CEPOVETT
  • "This groundbreaking solution is part of the initiative focusing on continuous innovation and on mastering historic know-how, from spinning to weaving. Together with CEPOVETT Group, we share the same desire to accelerate the circular economy and to popularize our technical fabrics."
    Patrick MERCHIERS
    Business Development Director
  • "The buyer's job now integrates the ethical aspect into the qualitycost- leadtime trio. Being a responsible buyer means favouring responsible, recycled materials, referencing local suppliers, working together sustainably, whilst ensuring price performance: a daily challenge."
    Laurent GOURBIÈRE
    Responsable Achat Matières Premières CEPOVETT
  • "This laboratory, hosted on our Villefranche/ Saône premises and testing the compliance and performance of our textiles, is a high-performing, state-of-the-art tool, intended to deliver more proactiveness in order to address our customers' and regulation evermore demanding technical and safety requirements effectively."
    Malala DORILLEAU
    Directrice Qualité CEPOVETT
  • "Training for our teams is one of our key concerns for 2022. In this post-Covid period, it is vital to unify, to train and to mobilize our employees to meet the new challenges that CEPOVETT will have to address today and tomorrow."
    Prisca DONA
    Chargée de mission RH CEPOVETT