| 5 products | % | |
|---|---|---|
| 100% natural | 100% |
Beckmann makes recycled polyester (rPET, company-wide from 2024) backpacks. Beckmann sits at the middle tier, a mixed or recycled material of the Throne toy standard. Beckmann is owned by Sold majority stake to Herkules Private Equity.
Brand stated, not yet independently verified. The certifications and material claims below are as the brand states them on its own site.
| Material | recycled polyester (rPET, company-wide from 2024) |
| Material tier | Mixed or middle tier |
| Certifications | Beckmann's own site (sustainability page) displays: OEKO-TEX, Fair Wear Foundation, Global Recycled Standard (GRS), BSCI, Intertek testing, and REACH compliance. These are brand-displayed logos and were NOT cross-checked against certifier registers (Fair Wear members directory unreachable). |
| Where made | Designed and developed at HQ in Kristiansand, Norway (beckmann-norway.com); production location not stated on the site. |
| Ownership | Beckmann AS (Kristiansand, Norway; brand since 1946). Reportedly sold a majority stake to Herkules Private Equity, then acquired by Shanghai M&G Stationery Inc. in August 2021 (per mergr.com / Nordic9), the acquisition was NOT re-verified from a primary source here. |
| Caveat | From 2024, all Beckmann backpack series (City, Urban, Street, Active Air FLX, Classic, Classic Maxi) switched to recycled-PET-bottle fabric, cutting CO2 versus virgin polyester by up to 70% per the brand's own figures. No longer an independent Norwegian family firm; now Chinese-stationery-group owned. |
No explicit PVC-free or PFAS-free statement found for the water-repellent finish on the backpacks in the sources reviewed; confirm directly with the brand before certifying PFAS-free.
Why this verdict: Materials are published; a mixed or middle tier material, so a partial verdict.
Sources checked: Beckmann's materials were read from Beckmann's own website, https://beckmann-norway.com/en/collections/ergonomic-school-backpacks-children. The certifications shown are as Beckmann states them, not yet checked against a certifier register.
