A GIFT WITH A PAST

It was the autumn of 2025 when A1 invited employees to bring in woollen pullovers they no longer used.

“Bring them for a good cause,” they said.


The initiative did not come as a surprise. Volunteering and environmental responsibility are already deeply embedded in A1’s culture. Employees regularly take part in projects that create a positive impact in public spaces, support people in need and help protect endangered nature, especially bees.

To encourage the collection, we sewed a large felt bag and added a hand-stitched illustration showing how worn woollen garments can find a new life through regeneration. For a month, the bag occupied a prominent place in the lobbies of A1’s buildings in Ljubljana and Maribor. As employees arrived at work, they contributed woollen garments already carrying their own personal stories. The collection became a visible reminder that valuable materials are often already around us, simply waiting for a second life.

The very bag that collected the pullovers later travelled with us to Tuscany.
On the photo: Sara, Head of Studio.

Garments are sorted by colour and composition before beginning their next chapter.


What employees did not yet know was that the initiative would come full circle a few months later.


As a New Year gift, A1 chose ReWooly slippers for employees and business partners — slippers made from regenerated woollen garments.

They received a gift with a past, a purpose and a softer next chapter.

Future ReWooly slippers. Still jumpers for now.

The next chapter.


POSITIVITY REPORT 2025 - A SUMMARY OF WINS



Photographer: Hana Jelovčan

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