Companies link up on renewable nylon for The North Face

HELSINKI — Goldwin Inc, the Japanese licensee of The North Face, has partnered with Finnish energy company Neste, Japanese petrochemical firm Idemitsu Kosan and fibre manufacturer Toray Industries to establish a supply chain for nylon fibre made from renewable raw materials.

Mitsubishi Corporation coordinated the four-company consortium for which Neste supplies Neste RE, a renewable naphtha — a petroleum-derived liquid used as a chemical building block — produced from ISCC-certified bio-based feedstocks including used cooking oil and other waste and residue streams.