Sustainability

Our core value is and will remain ethical entrepreneurship doing justice to man, nature and the
future of our planet. We consider ourselves pioneers of sustainability, with a long history of
developing eco-friendly solutions that are safe for customers, and safe for the planet. Like the
patents for innovative products, long before any public awareness for sustainability was present.
The company’s efforts for a better future mainly focus on:

• eliminating all hazardous chemicals in the textile industry, replacing them by sustainable, safe
  products.
• Reduce water consumption in the textile industry as much as possible by developing innovative products that will facilitate waterless production, and introduce new production possibilities,
  minimizing water consumption.
• Market high concentrated products to minimize packaging and transportation impact per kg.
• Optimize packaging to have maximum payload per export shipment thus reducing carbon
  footprint.
• Optimizing purchase of raw materials to come to a green supplychain

Accurate selection of raw materials, production technique, packaging and transport partners,
which is strictly regulated by our internal risk assessment procedure ,will guarantee the best
possible combination of safety for humans, sustainability for the environment and technical
performance and innovation at our customers.
Enlisting our full product portfolio to the ZDHC gateway will give our customers the best possible
guarantee of sustainability with the highest standard of quality and traceability.

In accordance with our mission and values it is managements commitment to:

• Customer satisfaction
• Compliance with the applicable legal requirements and other requirements concerning the
  environment regarding the products we produce
• Systematic monitoring of the performance, efficiency and effectiveness of processes as well as
  the environmental aspects, with reference to the products we develop
• Prevention of pollution and any possible non-compliance with environmental laws and
  regulations
• Continuous monitoring and improvement of environmental performance
• Prevention and reduction of possible environmental risks resulting from new activities, available
  technologies and emergency situations
• Continuous engagement, information sharing and training of internal staff, as well as suppliers
  regarding quality and the environment
• Ability to ensure the best technological solutions
• Expertise and reliability of suppliers
• Commitment to systematically monitoring the environmental aspects of our activities and their
  resulting effects on the environment, with particular reference to environmental aspects and
  impacts arising from production activities: generation of waste, resource consumption, pollution
  of water resources, prevention of emergencies related to possible ground contamination;
  continuous improvement of quality and environmental management systems
• Maintaining open and constructive relations with public administration, the institutions,
  communities and individuals which have a legitimate interest in the environmental performance
  of our company.

We will continue with the commitment to make our industry sustainable and together with all
stakeholders bring measurable changes to the textile industry.