Sustainability
Sustainability in the textile and clothing industry
“The world has enough for everyone's needs, but not everyone's greed.”
Gandhi
The clothing and textile industry is the second largest environmentally damaging industry in the world. About 20% of wastewater emissions and 10% of carbon dioxide emissions are created as a result of our industrial production. Roughly 7,000 tons of industrial waste are generated in Hungary every year. These numbers justify the fact that in the future, sustainability, the circular economy and thus the protection of the ecosystem will be given a prominent role in the development of strategies. It is gratifying that sustainable clothing (as a new trend) is becoming more and more popular in the world of fashion. Here, sustainability means that instead thing with short life span that are harmful to the environment and health, environmentally friendly, healthy and long-lasting pieces are put on the market.
Sustainability means different things to different people. In our interpretation, sustainability is about incorporating environmental and social aspects into our operations, as well as into the products and services we offer to our customers. For us, we have translated this into five areas: design and development, production processes, waste reduction, partnership and social responsibility.
Design, development
We typically use fast-degrading cellulose raw materials for our products. To develop their protective properties, we use processes that cause the lowest environmental load and additional materials that are durable and long-lasting.
Production processes
We use cotton yarn instead of mixed fibres, so the shortened dyeing time results in better water management. We purchase materials - whenever possible - with contracts concluded with the shortest supply chain. The ECO bags we manufacture and sell can replace disposable ones, thus inspiring customers to the importance of ecological sustainability. In order to minimize the use of office paper, INNOWEAR-TEX Kft. uses an IT system that is under continuous development, thanks to which the use of "shared documents" is available.
Waste management
Internal waste generated in the finishing process of fabric production is reprocessed at our company's partners, in the form of manual carpet production. In order to reduce the generation of waste, we optimize the knitting width of our fabrics. Partnership
Partnership
We support organizations and programs who
contribute to the sustainable development of the
textile and clothing industry.
National Fashion League Hungary
(https://www.fashionhungary.com):
Educating young people on environmental
awareness, educational program
● Fashion Revolution Hungary campaign
(www.fasshionrevoluion.org/europe/hungary)
: - Sustainable and ethical fashion
● Global Sustainable Fashion Week
(#GSFW)
(https://www.gsfashionweek.com/)
● INTERREG ENTeR international project
with the European Textile Association
(https://www.interreg-
central.eu/Content.Node/3.html),
Hungarian member INNOVATEXT Zrt,
stake holder Anna Hannauerné Szabó,
president of the VOSZ Textile and
Clothing Section - the project focused on
reducing textile industry waste and
preventing the use of non-renewable raw
materials in cooperation with businesses.
Design, development
We typically use fast-degrading cellulose raw materials for our products. To develop their protective properties, we use processes that cause the lowest environmental load and additional materials that are durable and long-lasting.
Social responsibility
We have an extensive network of Hungarian
suppliers in the procurement of auxiliary and
packaging materials; our producer network is
Hungarian in terms of both garment production
and tailoring.
Our managing director, the president of the
VOSZ Textil section, does active work for
the sector in the representation of interests,
in the evaluation of regulations, tax laws,
economic analyses and draft laws affecting
businesses at the proposal level.
Our operation is regular, transparent and ethical.
We regularly provide social institutions and
kindergartens in need with our products from our
stock free of charge. Our offers also include
direct financial support of a sports association.
