What is your commitment to sustainability?

At Inverna, we firmly support fair trade and oppose animal cruelty. Every year, thousands of alpacas die in the highest parts of the Peruvian Andes because of harsh winters. These winters also threaten the livelihoods of the communities living there.

Historically, these communities have supported themselves by raising free-roaming alpacas to trade or sell their wool. The loss of many alpacas during cold winters severely affects their livelihoods, leaving them with no option but to sell their hides. Inverna uses this hide, which would otherwise go to waste, and transforms it into carefully crafted items.

It is important to emphasize that killing an alpaca for its hide is economically unviable: its wool is worth almost three times as much as its hide, and alpacas can live for up to 20 years. For more information, visit our sustainability section.