Arsenal footballers Matheiu Flamini and Mesut Özil have launched a wellbeing brand named Unity that is designed with a sustainable future in mind.

The co-founders launched the range in a bid to allow consumers to ‘feel and do good.’ Unity comprises 11 vegan-friendly products that feature the highest grade of up to 100 percent natural origin formulations free from SLS and SLES, parabens, PEGS, mineral oil, silicones, synthetic colours and artificial fragrance.

Speaking in a joint statement, Flamini and Özil said, “UNITY came from a passion to prove that we can do good for ourselves, while also doing good for our planet. The damage that has already been done is irreversible, but we can take charge of what happens next by making better choices. Everybody should have equal access to affordable, natural products that aren’t harmful to the sustainability of our planet and our bodies. UNITY is founded on the belief that progress and improvement only happens when we work together, so we’re hoping we can start to tackle these major global issues as a collective and that our efforts will start to inspire others to follow suit.”

The range can be brought through the Unity website as a one-off purchase or via a subscription model, with 1 percent of all company revenues going towards charitable causes.

As reported by GQ…

What do French midfielder Mathieu Flamini and German winger Mesut Özil have in common? As it turns out, it’s more than just donning the Arsenal shirt.

Yesterday, in London, the pair launched their first ever grooming line, Unity. Following in the footsteps of David Beckham and his inordinately successful House 99, this new range is one with an eco-aware twist.

Comprising eleven products, the range includes a pleasingly gloopy and inordinately conditioning beard oil (“This is my favourite,” Özil told us. “I don’t have much of a beard to put it on, but maybe one will grow overnight”) and a light, refreshing skin defence moisturiser, all of which are not only great on the skin, but are also surprisingly affordable. The moisturiser, for instance, comes in at an easy £11.90.

The best thing about the range (apart from the fact that one per cent of all revenues will go towards eco-friendly charities) is that all the packaging in the range (orange lids aside) is made out of fully recyclable materials. (In the case of the more malleable bottles: biodegradable sugar cane. In the instance of the more solid casings: glass.)

What’s more, the products housed within said containers are made from up to 100 per cent natural-origin formulations free from sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) and sodium laureth sulfate (SLES), parabens, polyethylene glycols (PEGs), mineral oil, silicones, synthetic colours and artificial fragrance. Phew.

It’s predicted that by 2050 there will be more plastic in the sea than fish – a scary statistic that proves the importance of Özil and Flamini’s new move.

“For me, I’ve been working for many years to provide solutions to the problem of climate change,” Flamini told us at the launch. “What’s important for us is to have a positive impact, and we wanted to deliver a brand that was doing good for both people and the planet. That’s what we wanted to achieve and it’s hopefully something bigger than just product.”

It was a sentiment mirrored by Özil: “It all started with our friendship. Mathieu always talked about business opportunities, about the planet, about the climate, and I was more the guy on the social side,” he told us. “I went to Jordan and there I got to experience kids that have nothing. I had a difficult childhood myself, but this was something that changed my life.

“I realised after that these were war refugees, but after talking more to Mathieu we also realised that these were refugees from climate change and that people have no fresh water or food. We said, ‘What we can do together? We’re on different sides, but we hope we can start something.’ This is the beginning of a long journey and we hope we can help others in the process.”

All products in the Unity range are available to buy now from oneunity.com