Green Services
SUSTAINABLE DENIM DEVELOPMENT
Low-impact processes through Jeanologia™ EIM Score
Starting from the principle that the best way to improve is by measuring its efforts, Jeanologia™ created a scoring software that measures the environmental impact of garments' finishing processes. Specifically designed for the clothing industry, the EIM score provides laundries and garment finishers with a tool that helps them build more sustainable processes. It's also a way to better understand the environmental impact of a product's finishing processes at all its levels.
- Its water consumption, measured in litres of water per garment produced. The total consumption will be the result of the quantity of water used in each step in the process.
- Its energy consumption: EIM takes into consideration the mechanical energy, needed to run the machines and other tools and the caloric energy, needed to heat the water and air during the washing steps.
- Its use of chemical products: EIM punishes the use of more pollutant chemicals, no matter the quantity of product used. The chemical products are classified as chemicals of high, medium, or low impact to the environment following the self-classification system defined by TEGEWA.
- Its impact on the health of workers during the finishing operations and the handling of chemical products.
Benchmark and process classification depending on the EIM score;
NATURAL GARMENT DYEING
Go green is Officina +39™’s passion.
The dyeing, washing, printing and treatment of fabrics wastes thousands of litres of water per day around the world.
Luckily, the development and use of dyes made entirely of natural ingredients is bringing a little life back into the textile industry. In addition to using renewable resources, this type of dyeing process leaves zero trace of chemicals in its waste water.
In order to offer a wide variety of colours, our artisans and specialized dyeing workshops are turning to a panoply of plants, spices and fruits, like tea, turmeric, pomegranate, eucalyptus and many more. Not only are these dyeing processes more sustainable, they're also entirely natural and gentle on your skin.
This dyeing technique also provides each item with a unique look thanks to its variations in colour and texture, which add character and highlight the rustic beauty and authenticity of these product.
ECO-CONSCIOUS JERSEY
Fibers made from recycled plastic bottles.
Increasingly valued for its REPREVE™ fibres, a material made out of recycled plastic bottles, the UNIFI™ company now offers a polyester made from plastic waste that might otherwise end up in our oceans. To do this, they collect plastic bottles that are less than 50 km from the coastline in developing countries and regions.
Broadly speaking, recycled fibres are an ideal solution for upgrading the waste that accumulates in our ecosystems and improving the environmental impact of our wardrobes.
