After dyeing large batches of fabric, we often have some left over. Besides our civic responsibility of giving back to the community, we also see our donation of fabric as recycling, or in this case up-cycling. Recently we donated some fabric to a Methodist retirement center in Winston Salem. The extra fabric provided was for [...]
Fashion and sustainability meet with the DyStar L.P. Lava Product line. Here at DyStar we accomplish eco-friendly denim in a variety of ways. Pairing shorter cycle times with less chemical use reduces energy and water usage. Bleaching is the biggest problem for the environment, but with our product line you can attain a variety of [...]
On April 10th 1912 the latest addition to the White Star fleet of luxury liners sailed out of Southampton on her maiden voyage to New York. The liner had been built at the world famous Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast and was designed to be “unsinkable” with sixteen watertight compartments running the length of [...]
In past few years, I have noticed that the awareness among textile manufacturers to use environmentally compliant products has increased significantly. Their lives are not easy when it comes to understand environment regulations, RSL’s compliance and make conscious purchasing decisions still they are striving to ensure the safer use of chemicals in their supply chain. [...]
The whole of 2011 was a year of assessments, setting achievable targets and ambitious goals. With drive and passion I embarked on the journey of sustainability in DyStar to measure its impact on the environment and society and publish the findings through its first ever Sustainability Report 2010. It was an ambitious step from a [...]
Following the publication by Greenpeace of their Dirty Laundry Reports many brands and retailers are asking themselves the question: Do we really know what is on our garments? Of the six companies who have signed up to the Joint Roadmap towards zero discharge of hazardous substances from their supply chains by 2020 most have a [...]
In order to secure that the color inspiration that you selected in the early stages of color development reaches the consumer, you want to avoid the three common failures in your supply chain. 1. Wrong Color due to communication failure in the supply chain. This leads to disappointed consumers as the color in the store [...]
In the last blog post, we established that setting “a color standard” for a color inspiration, was a key step to initiating a sustainable communication process in the supply chain. Furthermore, we demonstrated that the use of a proper color standard positively impacts planet, profit and people by reducing waste, cost, and time. We are [...]
