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SUSTAINABILITY

Sustainability
made by zwissTEX

Vision

Trends

Since 2017, we have been voluntarily reporting on our efforts
to operate more sustainably
at the triple interface of economic, environmental and social issues.

We are also happy to do this in accordance with new, nationwide obligations.

Our vision of sustainability

Our sustainability vision is based
tradition, performance, partnership,
and the courage to advance and grow.

We achieve sustainability
by unfolding the potential of our employees
who create our products.

We achieve sustainability
through resource-saving products from efficient processes.

We manufacture trust.

Certificates by conviction

We also have certificates hanging on the wall. However, they are not wall decorations but symbols of our corporate future. We consider ourselves sustainable when our products are the result of innovation and circumspection, and when we support the people involved in creating them. Our certificates stand for milestones of this, our understanding of sustainability.
In our download area you can conveniently download the certificates.

ISO 9001

Quality Management

since 2007

IATF 16949

Quality Management (Automotive)

ISO TS 16949 since 2007
IATF 16949 since 2018

STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX ®

Schadstoffmanagement Unternehmen & Lieferkette

since 1996

BLUESIGN ®

Chemiekaliensicherheit
Unternehmen & Lieferkette

since 2016

ISO 50001

Energy Management

since 2015

ISO 14001

Environmental Management

since 2017

GLOBAL RECYCLED STANDARD

Recycled materials in the product chain

from 2023

HIGG Index

Social and ecological performance

from 2023

Selected sustainability trends

New product line: zwissPRINT

zwissPRINT is an extremely fast and resource-saving method for printing any patterns, shapes and colors on any textiles - such as knitted fabrics, woven fabrics, fleece and artificial leather. Compared to traditional dyeing and assuming full capacity utilization, zwissPRINT enables companies to save around 16 million liters of water and several hundred tons of CO2 every year. At the highest quality, the savings are equivalent to the annual drinking water requirements of around 350 people!

Sustainable adjustment: Alcantara

For economic and ecological reasons, the textile industry has decided against Alcantara on a large scale. In our own outsourcing process, we were able to recycle or upcycle ALL of our Alcantara overhang materials 5% went to LIFESTYLE Products and their training workshop via Porsche, 95% went to the VW secondary plant via Audi.

Expansion: Photovoltaics

Despite our switch to electricity from hydropower (Bavaria), we have also
started to save electricity structurally ourselves and independently using
photovoltaic technology. The current system at Plant II will save up to 600,000 kWh/p.a. A further system is being planned for Plant III.

Initiative: Inner development

Following a successful one-year development program for young talent in 2022, zwissTEX Germany GmbH is launching the “Internal Development” campaign:
From June 2023 to May 2024, at least 75 employees from all divisions and hierarchy levels will complete Stephen R. Covey's “7 Ways to Effectiveness” development program.
In addition, managers and teams are advised internally in accordance with systemic organizational development.

Decrease: Total energy consumption 3% 3%
Decrease: total material consumption 2023 vs. 2022 13% 13%
Proportion: recyclable waste 2023 31% 31%
Decrease: Energy-based CO2 footprint 10% 10%
Increase: Water consumption 2023 vs. 2022 7% 7%