ST GALLEN – Textile chemical management specialist Bluesign has published figures revealing the extent to which it has helped textile manufacturers reduce their environmental impact over ten years.
Bluesign’s collective environmental impact figures cover the decade 2010-2020 and focus on five key areas – energy, CO2e emissions, water use, chemical consumption and use of Bluesign-approved chemistry.
On average, its system partner textile manufacturers reduced their energy consumption by five per cent, their emissions by 12 per cent, water use by 18 per cent and their chemical consumption by 17 per cent. At the same time, their use of Bluesign-approved chemistry rose by 76 per cent.
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