Clarification required on DyStar’s latest sustainability report
16/10/2014
Goals centre on achieving a 20% reduction by 2020 of operational impact in four key areas: energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, water consumption and waste generation.
“Anticipating the demand for sustainable production practices in the textile industry, we were amongst the first to recognise sustainable actions as a business imperative,” said chief executive, Harry Dobrowolski, on releasing the report, which covers the company’s activity in 2013.
However, statements from DyStar at the time of the release suggest progress against the goals was limited last year.
“We managed to reduce emissions intensity in both dyestuff and chemical manufacture in 2013,” the company said. It did not clarify if this means the volume of greenhouse gas emissions fell or if the volume of emissions only fell relative to the volume of production. DyStar did point out that its total manufacturing output increased by 12% in 2013.
It said nothing about its performance in energy consumption, water consumption and waste generation; sportstextiles.com has asked the company for clarification.
Share this story:
