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Gemeinsam nachhaltig handeln: Das World Textile Forum 2019 geht zu Ende (c) World Textile Forum 2019 - Schweizerische Textilfachschule STF
10.09.2019

Working together for a sustainable textile business: Looking back at World Textile Forum 2019

The 2019 World Textile Forum closes its doors after two successful and exciting days.

On September 9 and 10 renowned speakers and experts from the textile business gathered in Zurich to discuss opportunities in the changing textile world. Exciting talks and keynotes illustrated new possibilities for a more sustainable and digital textile industry. While one part of the versatile program focussed on “Sustainable Sourcing” with speakers such as Robert van de Kerkhof (Lenzing AG), Heinz Zeller (Hugo Boss), Daniel Gemperle (Calida) and Anna Maria Rugarli (VF), the topic of “Digital Production” became the centre of attention later thanks to experts like Torbjörn Netland (ETH), Maximilian Kürig (Karl Mayer), Maria Neidhold (Spoonflower) and Holger Max-Lang (Lectra). They offered new perspectives on the sustainable future of the textile industry, presenting innovative sustainable production and business models. The subsequent panels furthered the knowledge exchange between both attendees and speakers and led to lively discussions.

The 2019 World Textile Forum closes its doors after two successful and exciting days.

On September 9 and 10 renowned speakers and experts from the textile business gathered in Zurich to discuss opportunities in the changing textile world. Exciting talks and keynotes illustrated new possibilities for a more sustainable and digital textile industry. While one part of the versatile program focussed on “Sustainable Sourcing” with speakers such as Robert van de Kerkhof (Lenzing AG), Heinz Zeller (Hugo Boss), Daniel Gemperle (Calida) and Anna Maria Rugarli (VF), the topic of “Digital Production” became the centre of attention later thanks to experts like Torbjörn Netland (ETH), Maximilian Kürig (Karl Mayer), Maria Neidhold (Spoonflower) and Holger Max-Lang (Lectra). They offered new perspectives on the sustainable future of the textile industry, presenting innovative sustainable production and business models. The subsequent panels furthered the knowledge exchange between both attendees and speakers and led to lively discussions.

Swiss Textile Federation, Swiss Textile & Fashion Institute STF and Gherzi Textil Organisation would like to thank all attendees and look forward to the next World Textile Forum!

(c) Lenzing AG
21.06.2019

Lenzing Group to become the first carbon neutral fiber producer in the world

  • Lenzing sets net-zero CO2 emissions target by 2050
  • Reduction of specific CO2 emissions by 50 percent until 2030
  • Investment of more than EUR 100 mn to combat 1.3 Mt of CO2 emissions
  • Commitment to follow the Science Based Targets concept

Lenzing, member of the CEO Climate Leaders Group of the World Economic Forum and a signatory to the United Nations Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action, will drastically reduce its CO2 footprint. The Lenzing Group will invest EUR 100 mn over the coming years to reduce carbon emissions both inside its operational boundaries (scope 1+2) and in its supply chain (scope 3). Due to its ambitious CO2 emission reduction strategy, the Lenzing Group will further contribute towards helping customers to transition their business to a lower CO2 base.

A first milestone is set for 2030, when Lenzing plans to reduce CO2 emissions per ton of product by almost 50 percent (scope 1+2 and 3) compared to a 2017 baseline. The total CO2 reduction of all the planned initiatives will yield 1.3 Mt.

  • Lenzing sets net-zero CO2 emissions target by 2050
  • Reduction of specific CO2 emissions by 50 percent until 2030
  • Investment of more than EUR 100 mn to combat 1.3 Mt of CO2 emissions
  • Commitment to follow the Science Based Targets concept

Lenzing, member of the CEO Climate Leaders Group of the World Economic Forum and a signatory to the United Nations Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action, will drastically reduce its CO2 footprint. The Lenzing Group will invest EUR 100 mn over the coming years to reduce carbon emissions both inside its operational boundaries (scope 1+2) and in its supply chain (scope 3). Due to its ambitious CO2 emission reduction strategy, the Lenzing Group will further contribute towards helping customers to transition their business to a lower CO2 base.

A first milestone is set for 2030, when Lenzing plans to reduce CO2 emissions per ton of product by almost 50 percent (scope 1+2 and 3) compared to a 2017 baseline. The total CO2 reduction of all the planned initiatives will yield 1.3 Mt.

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18.04.2019

Lenzing Gruppe veröffentlicht Nachhaltigkeitsbericht 2018

  • Mission für Nachhaltigkeit: Ökologisierung der Wertschöpfungskette
  • Umsetzung der Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung
  • Partnerschaft mit US-Marken in der Earth Day-Kampagne zur Wiederaufforstung

Das Thema Nachhaltigkeit ist für die Lenzing Gruppe ein Kernwert der Unternehmensstrategie, ein wichtiger Geschäftstreiber und Ansporn für Innovationen. Der Fokus des neuen Nachhaltigkeitsberichtes, der ab dem Earth Day am 22. April verschickt wird, liegt auf den vielfältigen Aktivitäten des Unternehmens, um die Textilbranche und die Vliesstoffbranche zu einem ökologischeren Wirtschaftsmodell zu motivieren. Der Bericht trägt den Titel „Partner für den Wandel“ – ein Konzept, das auch die jüngste TENCEL™ Kampagne anlässlich des Earth Month inspiriert hat, die am 1. April 2019 gestartet wurde und bis zum 30. April 2019 andauert.

  • Mission für Nachhaltigkeit: Ökologisierung der Wertschöpfungskette
  • Umsetzung der Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung
  • Partnerschaft mit US-Marken in der Earth Day-Kampagne zur Wiederaufforstung

Das Thema Nachhaltigkeit ist für die Lenzing Gruppe ein Kernwert der Unternehmensstrategie, ein wichtiger Geschäftstreiber und Ansporn für Innovationen. Der Fokus des neuen Nachhaltigkeitsberichtes, der ab dem Earth Day am 22. April verschickt wird, liegt auf den vielfältigen Aktivitäten des Unternehmens, um die Textilbranche und die Vliesstoffbranche zu einem ökologischeren Wirtschaftsmodell zu motivieren. Der Bericht trägt den Titel „Partner für den Wandel“ – ein Konzept, das auch die jüngste TENCEL™ Kampagne anlässlich des Earth Month inspiriert hat, die am 1. April 2019 gestartet wurde und bis zum 30. April 2019 andauert.

Nachhaltigkeit ist ein wichtiger Bestandteil des Markenversprechens von Lenzing. Im Rahmen der TENCEL™ Earth Day-Kampagne „From Trees, For Trees“ arbeitet die Lenzing Gruppe mit Einzelhandelsmarken in den USA zusammen. Gemeinsam wird die Wiederaufforstung in Kalifornien unterstützt, wo im vergangenen Jahr durch Waldbrände mehr als 354.000 Hektar Wald verwüstet wurden. Vom 1. April bis zum 30. April 2019 rufen die Marke TENCEL™ und ihre Partner die Öffentlichkeit über Instagram-Beiträge zum Thema „Earth Month“ zu Spenden für Bäume auf (https://www.tencel.com/earth-day).

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18.04.2019

Lenzing Group launches Sustainability Report 2018

  • Lenzing’s mission: Greening up the value chain
  • Putting the Sustainable Development Goals into practice
  • Partnering with US brands in Earth Day campaign to plant trees

For the Lenzing Group, sustainability is a core value, key business driver and stimulus for innovation. In its new Sustainability Report, which will be sent from Earth Day, April 22, readers will learn about the wide range of activities the company is engaged in pursuing its mission of greening up the value chain. The Report is entitled “Partner for Change”, a concept that also inspires the latest TENCEL™ campaign on occasion of Earth Month, launched on April 1, 2019 and continuing until April 30, 2019.

  • Lenzing’s mission: Greening up the value chain
  • Putting the Sustainable Development Goals into practice
  • Partnering with US brands in Earth Day campaign to plant trees

For the Lenzing Group, sustainability is a core value, key business driver and stimulus for innovation. In its new Sustainability Report, which will be sent from Earth Day, April 22, readers will learn about the wide range of activities the company is engaged in pursuing its mission of greening up the value chain. The Report is entitled “Partner for Change”, a concept that also inspires the latest TENCEL™ campaign on occasion of Earth Month, launched on April 1, 2019 and continuing until April 30, 2019.

Sustainability is an increasingly important element of Lenzing’s brand promise. The current TENCEL™ Earth Month Campaign “From Trees, For Trees” is a brand collaboration supporting the replanting of trees in the California forests recently devastated by last year’s wildfires that burned over c of forest. From April 1 to April 30, 2019, TENCEL™ brand invites the public to get involved in helping them donate trees by liking and sharing Earth Month related posts on their branded Instagram channel as well as their retail partner’s Instagram channels (https://www.tencel.com/earth-day).

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Lenzing AG: Innovatives Mehrwegnetz für Obst und Gemüse im Lebensmittelhandel (c) Lenzing AG
28.02.2019

Lenzing AG: Innovatives Mehrwegnetz für Obst und Gemüse im Lebensmittelhandel

  • Lenzing und BILLA bieten “grüne” Alternative zu Plastiksackerl für Obst und Gemüse
  • Holzfasern statt Plastik: Material ist vollständig biologisch abbaubar
  • Erhältlich bei BILLA, MERKUR und ADEG in ganz Österreich

Die Lenzing Gruppe, Weltmarktführer bei Spezialfasern aus Holz, und BILLA, der österreichische Nahversorger mit über 1.088 Filialen in Österreich, bieten Konsumenten alternative Lösungen zu Verpackungen aus Plastik. Die neu auf den Markt gebrachten Mehrwegnetze für Obst und Gemüse aus LENZING™ Modalfasern finden großen Anklang: Seit der Einführung der Mehrwegnetze im November 2018 sind bereits über 138.000 Stück bei BILLA, MERKUR und ADEG verkauft worden. Aufgrund der großen Nachfrage ist die umweltfreundliche Verpackung seit Anfang Februar in allen BILLA-Filialen österreichweit erhältlich.

  • Lenzing und BILLA bieten “grüne” Alternative zu Plastiksackerl für Obst und Gemüse
  • Holzfasern statt Plastik: Material ist vollständig biologisch abbaubar
  • Erhältlich bei BILLA, MERKUR und ADEG in ganz Österreich

Die Lenzing Gruppe, Weltmarktführer bei Spezialfasern aus Holz, und BILLA, der österreichische Nahversorger mit über 1.088 Filialen in Österreich, bieten Konsumenten alternative Lösungen zu Verpackungen aus Plastik. Die neu auf den Markt gebrachten Mehrwegnetze für Obst und Gemüse aus LENZING™ Modalfasern finden großen Anklang: Seit der Einführung der Mehrwegnetze im November 2018 sind bereits über 138.000 Stück bei BILLA, MERKUR und ADEG verkauft worden. Aufgrund der großen Nachfrage ist die umweltfreundliche Verpackung seit Anfang Februar in allen BILLA-Filialen österreichweit erhältlich.

Die Mehrwegnetze aus den holzbasierten Fasern der Lenzing Gruppe bieten einen entscheidenden ökologischen Vorteil gegenüber herkömmlichen Plastiksackerln für Obst und Gemüse, denn sie sind natürlichen Ursprungs und daher im Abfall biologisch abbaubar und kompostierbar. Mikropartikel, die beim Waschen der Netze in das Abwasser gelangen, werden zügig Teil des natürlichen Kreislaufes und hinterlassen daher weder in Flüssen noch Meeren schädliche Rückstände.

Die Mehrwegnetze sind optimal für Lebensmittel geeignet, denn wie vom Hersteller VPZ Verpackungszentrum GmbH bestätigt, halten die atmungsaktiven und feuchtigkeitsregulierenden Eigenschaften Obst und Gemüse bis zu drei Tage länger frisch. Die nachhaltigen Netze wurden bereits mit dem Staatspreis für Smart Packaging ausgezeichnet, der vom Bundesministerium für Digitalisierung und Wirtschaftsstandort in Kooperation mit dem Bundesministerium für Nachhaltigkeit und Tourismus verliehen wird.

Die Packnatur® Mehrwegnetze auf Holzbasis werden von VPZ Verpackungszentrum GmbH in Graz aus LENZING™ Modalfasern hergestellt. Bereits seit 2014 gibt es bei BILLA Cellulosenetze aus LENZING™ Fasern, die bei Bio-Gemüse und Bio-Obst zum Einsatz kommen. Auch die Zitrusfrüchte sind großteils auf das Cellulosenetz umgestellt. Mit dem Mehrwegnetz wurde nun eine zusätzliche nachhaltige Verpackungslösung für den dauerhaften Gebrauch gefunden.

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Lenzing AG and Partners Win Austrian State Prize 2018 for Smart Packaging (c) BMDW/Silveri
(from left to right) Head of the Department DDr. Reinhard Mang, Tanja Dietrich-Huebner (Rewe), Susanne Meininger (Verpackungszentrum), Marina Crnoja-Cosic (Lenzing AG), Malte Stackebrandt (Coop), General Secretary Dipl-Ing. Esterl.
23.11.2018

Lenzing AG and Partners Win Austrian State Prize 2018 for Smart Packaging

  • The Packnatur® reusable cellulose bag wins State Prize in the B2C category
  • Bags are made from wood-based fibers of Lenzing AG, which are biodegradeable
  • Bags were developed together with VPZ Verpackungszentrum GmbH and are utilized by Coop and REWE for fruits and vegetables


Lenzing/ Vienna – Lenzing AG was granted the Austrian State Prize 2018 for Smart Packaging this year together with its partners. The Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs and the Federal Ministry of Sustainability and Tourism bestowed the Austrian State Prize this week in the B2C category on the Packnatur® reusable wood-based bag. This reusable bag is made with fibers produced by Lenzing AG and was developed by Lenzing and its partner VPZ Verpackungszentrum GmbH. The bags are utilized in the supermarkets of the Swiss food retailer Coop and the Austrian firm REWE International AG.

  • The Packnatur® reusable cellulose bag wins State Prize in the B2C category
  • Bags are made from wood-based fibers of Lenzing AG, which are biodegradeable
  • Bags were developed together with VPZ Verpackungszentrum GmbH and are utilized by Coop and REWE for fruits and vegetables


Lenzing/ Vienna – Lenzing AG was granted the Austrian State Prize 2018 for Smart Packaging this year together with its partners. The Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs and the Federal Ministry of Sustainability and Tourism bestowed the Austrian State Prize this week in the B2C category on the Packnatur® reusable wood-based bag. This reusable bag is made with fibers produced by Lenzing AG and was developed by Lenzing and its partner VPZ Verpackungszentrum GmbH. The bags are utilized in the supermarkets of the Swiss food retailer Coop and the Austrian firm REWE International AG.

The Packnatur® reusable cellulose bag is particularly suited for the packaging of fruit and vegetables and serves as an ideal replacement for plastic bags. The jury provided the following reasons to justify the selection of the winner: The Packnatur® reusable cellulose bag comprises a long-lasting, reusable packaging solution made of a renewable raw material but not at the expense of food. It has very pleasant haptics and supports longer shelf life of food.

LENZING™ fibers are made from the natural and renewable raw material wood. For this reason, they are biodegradable. Moreover, they pollute neither rivers nor seas with microparticles washed out in the process of washing.

The Austrian State Prize for Smart Packaging was granted on the occasion of the 3rd Austrian Packaging Day. This year for the 58th time, the objective of this award is to highlight modern packaging solutions and excellent projects as best practice examples and thus put the national packaging industry in the international limelight.

13.07.2018

Lenzing continues to raise the bar in sustainability

  • More than EUR 100 mn investment in sustainable production technology until 2022
  • Lenzing is committed to improving the textile and nonwoven industries as a leader in sustainable fiber solutions
  • UN-Sustainable Development Goals as guiding principles for Lenzing’s sustainability agenda
  • All Lenzing sites strive to fulfill the EU Ecolabel standard by 2022

The Lenzing Group, producer of botanic fibers from wood, expands its environmental leadership commitment. As a leader in wood-based cellulosic fibers, Lenzing has particular responsibility and ambition to help raising the bar in sustainability in the textile and nonwovens industries. To fulfill this vision, Lenzing is continuing its ambitious roadmap by investing more than EUR 100 mn in sustainable manufacturing technologies and production facilities until 2022.
 

  • More than EUR 100 mn investment in sustainable production technology until 2022
  • Lenzing is committed to improving the textile and nonwoven industries as a leader in sustainable fiber solutions
  • UN-Sustainable Development Goals as guiding principles for Lenzing’s sustainability agenda
  • All Lenzing sites strive to fulfill the EU Ecolabel standard by 2022

The Lenzing Group, producer of botanic fibers from wood, expands its environmental leadership commitment. As a leader in wood-based cellulosic fibers, Lenzing has particular responsibility and ambition to help raising the bar in sustainability in the textile and nonwovens industries. To fulfill this vision, Lenzing is continuing its ambitious roadmap by investing more than EUR 100 mn in sustainable manufacturing technologies and production facilities until 2022.
 
Lenzing’s circular operating models with closed loop production processes set the standard in the industry. In order to further extend the environmental leadership, a major part of this investment will focus on closed loop production technologies for the expansion of the sulfur recovery systems. The second area of investment will be in improving the effluent treatment units. In addition, Lenzing will upgrade its energy usage to more sustainable solutions reducing its greenhouse gas emissions due to the construction of a gas boiler at its site in China. This investment strengthens Lenzing’s sustainability leadership at its Viscose facility in Nanjing.
 
The investments underline Lenzing’s commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) as guiding principles for its sustainability agenda. One of the most significant SDGs for the company is SDG 12: Responsible production and consumption.
 
Stefan Doboczky, Chief Executive Officer, comments: “The textile and the nonwoven industries face fundamental challenges related to sustainability. Lenzing is passionate to take a leadership role in addressing this and making the world a better place. Our holistic approach to sustainability underpins this scope. The new eco-investment program is a major step forward in our ambitions.”
 
“The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are a universal call for a sustainable economy that protects the planet and ensures prosperity and well-being for all people”, states Lenzing Chief Commercial
Officer Robert van de Kerkhof. “With our REFIBRA™ technology, Lenzing is innovating to support a more circular, bio-based economy, contributing in particular to SDG 12”, he adds.
 
With the Lenzing Group sustainability targets announced in 2018, Lenzing strives to upgrade all its production sites to the ambitious European Ecolabel standard by 2022. As a result, Lenzing is one of the first companies to commit to a global sustainability-oriented manufacturing standard.

 

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