1% FOR THE PLANET

A 1% for the Planet certified business commits 1% of annual revenue to vetted and approved environmental organisations. This logo confirms 1% for the Planet has verified that this annual commitment has been met. For the EU market third-party auditing further ensures the highest level of compliance and credibility.

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TEKO is a small, family-run business. This collection reflects what we are wearing right now and will be updated as the seasons change.

We Promise

  • A Life Time Guarantee

    Every pair is guaranteed for life against manufacturing faults. The standards of an ISO 9001-certified Italian factory mean a sock made to be worn for years, not seasons.

  • Merino Certified Mulesing-Free

    Our merino comes from Patagonia, raised mulesing-free. Ensuring the sheep at the heart of our products are all treated to the highest quality of care throughout their lives

  • We Use Renewable Energy

    Knitted in the foothills of the Italian Dolomites, in a factory powered by renewable wind, solar and hydro — lowering our carbon from the very first stitch.

  • You Get Free UK Delivery

    Free standard UK delivery on orders over £30, sent in fully recyclable, plastic-free packaging — right down to the tags. Spend more, save more.
Merino Sheep standing in a grassy field in Patagonia with mountains in the background

Merino Wool from Patagonia

Patagonia is twice the size of France. It has a population of 2 million people mostly located around the coast. It is incredibly unmechanised or polluted. The region is a wilderness of mountains and vast grasslands and an ideal habitat for the merino flocks that we use in our socks. All of our merino wool is certified mulesing-free. It is transported by sea to Europe where the merino wool is treated without the use of any nasty chlorine or bleach to be shrink-resistant. This eco-friendly Bluesign® certified process transforms our wool into a high performance yarn. We use merino wool in our ecoRUN, ecoHIKE and ecoSKI collections.

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Stacks of multicoloured wool bales in front of a building,ready to be recycled into melton clothing

Our Recycled eco-MELTON™

At TEKO, circularity isn't a label we reach for — it's the line we design along. We choose recycled and regenerated materials wherever we can, and build what we make to be recycled or regenerated again at the end of its life. A loop, not a line.

Our eco-Melton™ wool is where you can see it most clearly. Manufactured in Scotland from reclaimed wool and left entirely undyed — its colour comes from the recycled fibres themselves — it becomes shackets and waistcoats built to be worn hard, repaired rather than thrown away, and recycled once more when they're finally spent.

We won't pretend the loop is fully closed. Circularity is a direction of travel, not a destination — and there's plenty in how we source, make and finish that we're still working to improve, and to measure and share more openly. We'd rather show you the honest state of things than overstate where we are. What we learn, we'll share.

What does this standard mean?

If a textile article carries the STANDARD 100 label, you can be certain that every component of this article has been tested for harmful substances and that the article therefore is harmless for human health. The test is conducted by our independent OEKO-TEX® partner. In many cases the limit values for the STANDARD 100 go beyond national and international requirements. The criteria catalogue is updated at least once a year and expanded with new scientific knowledge or statutory requirements.

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What is Blue Sign Approved?

The traditional problem with wool is it felts and shrinks during laundering. In the 1960’s a nasty chlorine-based treatment was developed to make wool machine washable. We use a radical new solution approved by Bluesign : It is a closed-loop plasma treatment which modifies the surface of the individual wool fibres altering the scales on the fibre surface to prevent felting and shrinking.

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