The company won the Global Award for Sustainability in Hanoi, becoming one of the seven most sustainable organisations in the world. A new concept of textile supply chain — sustainable and circular.
New materials born from waste or production off-cuts. A sector of the circular economy in which many Italian companies have already been investing for some time. Among them is Carvico Spa, an Italian company operating in the textile landscape and in the production of run-resistant fabrics, which recently won the Global Award for Sustainability, ranking among the seven most sustainable companies in the world.
The award was presented on the sidelines of the Adidas Supplier Summit, held in Hanoi, Vietnam. The recognition sought to highlight all those organisations that have distinguished themselves most in corporate sustainability. The Italian company, founded in 1962, has specialised over the years in weaving, dyeing and finishing and takes its name from the Lombard city where it is headquartered.
Today it is an established presence on the world market, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong and Shanghai and two logistics centres in Hong Kong and Brisbane. As early as 2005, it committed, as a private company, to complying with the Kyoto Protocol, stepping up its efforts towards sustainability, reaching today a reduction in energy consumption of 300 megawatts per year, a reduction in water consumption of 36 per cent (in 2017), a cut in CO2 emissions of more than 2 tonnes, and the recycling of 95 per cent of waste produced.
It is innovation and research, however, that have led the company to achieve significant milestones in the fields of textiles and sustainable fashion. In 2010, a new research and development centre was established, capable of operating in complete autonomy and with a twofold purpose: to monitor the quality of Carvico products on a daily basis and to promptly test the latest market innovations with a constant commitment to the search for new products and materials.
From this came collaborations with "Healthy Seas – a Journey from waste to wear", an NGO dedicated to recovering abandoned fishing nets from the ocean floor and reintegrating them into the production process, giving rise to new recycled textile products. Also of note is the recovery and reuse of fluff (the shaved pile of carpets) and tulle: materials that give life to the 100 per cent regenerated polyamide yarn Econyl. From these come some of the company's technical fabrics, capable of meeting the new demands of the worlds of fashion, design and furnishings, which are increasingly attentive to the sustainability of materials and processes.
(last modified 27 March 2018, 11:00)