- The document discusses the bluesign standard, which aims to create transparency and sustainability across the textile industry supply chain by focusing on reducing the environmental impact of input streams and optimizing resource use. - The bluesign standard establishes criteria for approving chemical and material inputs and provides tools to help textile manufacturers select approved materials, track performance, and implement best practices. - Adopting the bluesign standard helps manufacturers control costs by reducing resource use while ensuring product safety and compliance with regulations.

8. What happened in the last 20 years?

12. Practical experience Finding It is not possible to run a business based on analytical testing!

16. If You Don’t Know, You Don’t Care! Consequence Practical experience

19. EHS Aspects … … in textile production work place ground-water contamination Soil contamination NO x CO 2 UFP‘s CH 4 SO 2 waste water waste products emission noise water raw material energy

21. Conventional approach Focus on end-product End-product Brands need more information Textile production chain Blackbox STOP

22. bluesign ® approach bluesign ® standard Input Process / Technology Focus on input streams End-product Textile production chain Blackbox Monitoring & Optimisation STOP STOP

23. Input stream management The five pillars of the bluesign ® standard Over 600 restricted and banned substances are monitored within the bluesign ® standard

29. Input stream management Rating based on ecotoxicological data blue : All foreseeable applications within the bluesign ® standard grey : Can be used for “Performance Products” under conditions provided by “Best Available Technology” – as long as consumer safety is not compromised black : Usage ban Component categorization Rating Definition of applications (A) (B) (C)

31. The bluesign ® standard in summary Qualitative comparison Focus on Consumer Safety Focus on Environment Market Penetration Focus on Resources & Processes Eco-Labels EU Eco Flower GOTS bluefinder™ bluesign ® standard Various RSLs

40. Resource management Motivation for Manufacturers Resource savings help to keep costs down by potentially reducing chemicals, water and energy using existing equipment… … not dependent on capital investment!

42. Resource management Cost inflation factor Total = 2.01 Electrical energy = 1.55 Water = 1.77 Base chemicals = 2.24 Additives = 1.67 Calorific energy = 2.61 Resource Inflation (rif): Cost Inflation (cif): Total = 2.09

43. Resource management Overview of the production process BAT 897’000 € Cost savings 2.09 cif 0.015 €/kWh 1.1 €/kg 0.45 €/kg 2 €/m 3 0.07 €/kWh Cost 2.01 rif

44. Resource management Convergence to BAT Resource Inflation Factor (rif) Cost Inflation Factor (cif) Initial-Screening Optimum 0 1 2 3 1 1. Re-Screening 2. Re-Screening 2.5 1.75

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