Down and feathers impress with their unbeatable properties: they retain heat, are breathable, lightweight, and durable.
Grüezi bag uses only the highest quality down for its sleeping bags and jackets, ensuring our products provide cozy warmth for many years.

This down is sourced and harvested sustainably and responsibly. Grüezi bag uses only RDS-certified down and feathers.

What does the term RDS – Responsible Down Standard mean?

The Responsible Down Standard (RDS) is a voluntary and independent global standard established by the Textile Exchange and certified by independent institutions. It is the most stringent standard in the down industry.

The goal of the RDS standard

The welfare of the ducks and geese is ensured.

• Every step in the value chain is audited by an external certification body and subject to strict controls – from the breeding farm to the warehouse. This ensures complete traceability and ensures that you know exactly where each individual batch of down comes from.
• Only products with 100% certified down and feathers may carry the RDS logo.

You can read the exact criteria of the RDS and further information here .

Through RDS certification, Grüezi bag ensures that our products are manufactured without cruel methods such as live plucking and force-feeding . The animals from which our down comes are kept under species-appropriate conditions. We only use down and feathers left over from food production. No animals need to be slaughtered specifically for our sleeping bags.