Schoeller receives first ever bluesign Award
Not only was Switzerland-based textile company Schoeller Switzerland the first firm to anchor the bluesign standard as its "production statute" back in 2001, it is now the first company to receive the bluesign Award for system partnership. The company received the award in January.
VP of bluesign technologies ag, Detlef Fischer, says: "It is clear that the first award had to go to Schoeller. Our very first system partner had a pioneering role not only in terms of products but also in production."
Companies wishing to become system partners must commit themselves to using bluesign analysed and approved raw materials and processes for their bluesign products as well as allowing screening to take place.
"Man is the central focus of our endeavours. We wish to support him in his work, in his leisure time and in his sporting activities with premium, intelligent and ecologically-safe textiles," CEO, Hans-Jürgen Hübner, explains.
The bluesign standard is based on five concepts: resource productivity, consumer protection, air emissions, water emissions and occupational safety.
